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BONTOS - Vol 7

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.

A Monk tore his hair out
Frustrated by Doubt
Ran off and got married,
Better Bound than Harried.
ŠRavi Mohan & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

Rich men poor men fight like cats
Its survival for life's fats
They end up twisted in knots
Life is haves against have nots
ŠGregory Mattson & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

Ron jumped from the roof
In order to do a spoof
He landed in a heap
Look before you leap
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

Sally sunbaked on the roof
Because she was aloof
She got bad sunburns
Fashion never learns
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

By traversing the span from left ear to right
I get all my jobs done every day and each night
My mental juice flowing, it swells like the tide
To achieve on the outer, best focus inside...
ŠBruce Lobelson & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

I've a computer that thinks like a person
It's silicon mind uses neural recursion
The silly thing's got an idea to date me
To cut off it's power is reason to hate me....
ŠBruce Lobelson & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

A Rhino ate some Java code
Coz he was so very bored
He ended up multithreaded
Badly done is ill digested!
ŠRavi Mohan & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

Willy wore no clothes
They were drying on the stoves
Now he has a cold
Foresee what will unfold
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

The reindeer wore a wooden hat
To take attention from her fat
The hat now has mould
Foresee what will unfold
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

A Pig once danced on London Bridge,
To earn some money,buy a fridge,
Butchers chopped him into sausage,
At Folly's altar don't pay homage.
ŠRavi Mohan & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

I studied DATT
to make my brain fat
and now I've learned to focus.
Perception, it seems, is real hocus-pocus.
ŠChuck Dymer & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

Gary slept through the meeting.
Jerry droned on, bleating.
The sleeper was embarassed.
Fall asleep and be harassed.
ŠJon Jonas & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

They reorganized
when told to be proper sized.
Service became a mess.
Base structure on process.
ŠJon Jonas & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

The couple bought an old house.
Each wanted a happy spouse.
The house brought much more work.
Old house can drive berserk.
ŠJon Jonas & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

I ate my desert before main meal
To see how it would feel
I invented an odd routine
Stick to the cuisine
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

I framed an old comb
Made by da Vinci in Rome
The comb lost its initial function
Ordinary things have some fascination
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

I threw a rock in a glass house
In order to hit a mouse
The glass wall did shatter
Small things do not matter
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

I drew on the ceiling
To get that artistic feeling
My ceiling now looks like the rings of Saturn
Art should have a pattern
ŠTony Stagnitta & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

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