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The Edward de Bono Creative Team^TMBONTOS - Volume 35

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.

I watered rocks to grow
They're best that way, you know
My neighbour's at a loss
Some stones gather moss
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

I thought nought before now
I took a solemn vow
And now I break my oath
History shows growth
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

I shrugged in deference
I had no reference
Opinion unfounded
Better thoughts are grounded
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

I struggled with the faceless
To kill a slander baseless
Much effort to entail
Squashed rumours still prevail
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

This mirror's for the blind
It shows what's in your mind
Try to keep your sanity
Intellect beats vanity
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

I placed trust in a thief
To test my disbelief
He stole my faith, I've reckoned
Good will lasts one second
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Today is yesterday
Tomorrow's mental play
Till then it's mystery
Design your history
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Black is white indeed
A sophist gathers speed
Much verbage to support
Improve your mode of thought
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

God was breathalysed
His driving compromised
He's over point three seven
Don't speed your way to heaven
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Sex is worth ignoring
It interferes with snoring
I tend to play the sleeper
Sleep's like love, but deeper
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Models are grotesque
Lust's not love but less
Packaging's misleading
Put beauty behind breeding
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Sex is just for birds and bees
(They have stronger wings and knees)
Manners and a mind beat lust
Marry brains, then go for bust!
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Progeny's from birds and bees
(So I'm told) luck runs in threes
Freedom children won't afford
Selflessness its own reward
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

A man had two hearts
Or one, in two parts
Even joy made him sad
A wise man knows when he's mad
© Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

The Devil invented tact
Deception, to be exact
Truth became defective
Learn to be selective
© Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

I think with my cock
(That's hardly a shock)
And it causes much strife.
Misdemeanours make life.
© Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Jim surprised his rooster
Lateral thought's a booster
Until the fowl's bereavement
Don't crow of your achievement
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Jim's fowl has now gone to God
He had plucked it in ways odd
Sold its feathers, ate its meat
Pluck success from your defeat
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

I see white as black
It's a curse not a knack
So I strive to be cheerful
Asymmetry's fearful
© Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Money buys you happiness
(Or makes the misery less)
And your wife can be younger
Hope won't feed a hunger
© Jim Duthoit & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

Bill quit his career
His time had come, we fear
New talents soon he masters
Success springs from disasters
© Steve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1998

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