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BONTOS - Volume 34


There are specific forms of poetry like Limericks, Haiku and the Malaysian Pantun. Each of these have a very formal structure as to number of lines, meter, syllables etc. The meaning is often also tightly prescribed - especially the Pantun.

The Bonto is a new formal type of poetry for use on the net.
There are four lines in each poem.
Rhyming is aa bb.
Syllables: as yet undecided (5, 6 or 7)
Content:

  • First line: sets out some extraordinary behaviour. The more bizarre the better.
  • Second line: gives the explanation for the bizarre behaviour.
  • Third line: gives the result or outcome of the behaviour.
  • Fourth line: provides some "philosophical" reflection on life in general but arising from the situation.



    • He jumped out the window
    To make his pain go.
    Then ended up paralyzed;
    Now was that so wise?
    © Michael Gintowt & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    We tried to compose a poem
    for reasons completely unknown.
    It jiggled our brains surprisingly,
    leaving us wondering - wisingly?
    © Michael Gintowt & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    He stared at the sun
    Out of loving fun.
    He burned out his eyes,
    He crazy or wise?
    © Michael Gintowt & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Curving torso of 'Blue Nude'
    New dream by the Fauvy dude
    There's nothing to be told
    Get it before getting old
    © Jukka Kukkonen & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I don't do as others do
    If I don't then don't you
    Although you'll be a freak
    A freak is unique
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I stole my best friend's missus
    With chocolate and kisses
    Now she's fat and forty
    You pay for being naughty
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    He showed that wrong was not wrong
    By making the weaker view strong
    And his reputation grew
    Things can be more or less true
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Yeltsin looked 'confused'
    That's the term the papers used
    I spat and shouted "Strewth!"
    What's true is never the truth.
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    "Bonto" cried the wild parrot
    when I's eating my carrot
    I did "bonto PO rabbit"
    Ruminating's a habit
    © Lucas Gonzales Santa Cruz & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Lucas PO'd a bunny
    To make his bonto funny
    Convention he'll defy
    Some concepts multiply
    © Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I flew the coop
    to get the poop
    face to face talk
    Can't always walk
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Grounded awaiting clearance
    No trouble by all appearance
    Air traffic control was viral
    Better safe than in peril
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Free beer on domestic flight
    I guess to subdue our fright
    Now all of us have to pee
    Compensation is never free
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I was trapped by screaming infant
    Trade my window seat in an instant
    Finally able to access lavatories
    Changed habits follow painful stories
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Crying baby sucks in air
    Vocal beat of sharp despair
    Giving us bad twelve bar news
    Sounds of pain give me the blues
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Island tethered to mainland
    Knowing http command
    With links you'll not isolate
    Find reason to celebrate
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    All wild life is life tame
    The same nature we came
    Forgotten the wisdom
    It is not Man's KINGdom
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    See the normal weirdos
    Learn the mind control doze
    The odd reach their limit
    Rebels too, dim emit
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Cut the tree for more fruit
    Leaving more for the root
    Buds nipped more branching
    Step back for advancing
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Clowns without gravity
    New kind of levity
    Smiles floated a stipend
    Invention from intend
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    The plastic pear was not sweet
    Though it looked tasty to eat
    Left only indigestion
    First sight is just suggestion
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Two shoes with no soles
    Worn out, full of holes
    Skin now callous, tough
    Time's often enough
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    A flawless defection
    Pursuit of perfection
    No time now to finish
    Work, plans will diminish
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Took aspirin for cancer
    Rid the pain, the answer
    Died despite all the pills
    Symptom's cure may keep ills
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Trapped by the opening
    Options not alluring
    Worn track's a sticky sap
    Success can form a trap
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Onions make you smile
    Tears of joy fumes rile
    Once cooked bring pleasure
    Change becomes treasure
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Notebook pc on my wrist
    convenience takes on new twist
    never need a piece of paper
    Digital tools will ever taper
    © Jim Handyside & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I can turn black into white
    But I need a lot of light
    And it might make you blind.
    To change the world, change your mind.
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    If you cook his perceptions
    To win his affections
    They will call him hen-pecked.
    Love is based on respect.
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Some areas interesting;
    Hurry up confirming.
    T-shirts in japanese?
    Bontos are a Team-tease.
    © Jukka Kukkonen & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    A bonto a day,
    keeps the Dr away.
    Bontos are good for you,
    the structure is a clue.
    © Jukka Kukkonen & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Posted a bonto a day,
    to keep the Dr away.
    Bontos are good for us,
    simplicity is a plus.
    © Jukka Kukkonen & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I tasted lemon curd
    At the sight of the word
    And came close to starvation
    Learn discrimination
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Romeo had zits
    And it tested his wits
    He used darkness as cover
    Thought, not looks, makes a lover.
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    Death wore Calvin Klein
    (That's death by design)
    And looked good as he picked 'em
    Don't be a fashion victim.
    © Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

    I unwound toilet paper
    It's wrapped round the grim reaper
    He looks a tangled mess
    Be flushed, but with success
    © Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

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