Ascending Acrostics Again
Posted in response to prompts from Acrostic Only. (Nickers and Ink has been honored with a handful of First Place awards and several Honorable Mentions from Acrostic Only, as well as the July 2009 Acrostic Poet of the Month award. You can find these awards in the sidebar at Nickers and Ink.)
Celebration
Convening cheerfully,
Everyone is exuberant.
Look all around.
Entertainment and excellent eats
Beckon us to indulge.
Relationships are reborn
And acquaintances are established.
Time travels too quickly.
Instants escape us.
Overdue outlooks elapse.
No wonder we lose touch.
Schism
Skipping sense,
Conflicts are created.
How does it happen?
Individualities emerge.
Semantics and specifics supplant
Mercy’s good measure.
Sensuality
Setting spirit and soul aside,
Entertainment intervenes.
Now trumps not yet.
Sensations replace sense,
Utter pleasure the goal.
Anyone can see
Liberty equals not license.
In an instant,
Total fantasy
Yields far less than we expected.
Magnum Opus
Magnificent masterpiece.
Audiences applaud. Greatness glistens,
Needing no introduction.
Understanding appears with Mastery.
Only the most gifted
Perceive life purely,
Unless true artistry
Sets seekers to see it too.
To Be or Not to Be
Try to tell
Outright untruths.
Before long,
Everything is revealed.
Only in living may
Recognition return.
No one may know
Our own souls by
Trying to tease the truth.
Try to tell
Outright untruths.
Before long,
Everything is fulfilled.
Futile
Flawed forms fail
Under purposeless existence.
Tell me why you breathe,
Imitating idealism for nothing. No!
Linger in love that lasts.
Eternity counts for everything.
Wilderness
Where are we?
I imagined such a place,
Long ago.
Did we depart for a distance?
Everything seems eerie, though
Relics remain.
Never did we need
Escape from the everyday.
Somehow, sanity stays
Safely ensconced, since we skipped her step.
Not My Cup of Tea
No more for me, thanks.
Only one cup.
Testing new tastes is tricky.
Maybe next time
You can try my tastes.
Cups may overflow
Unless we endure
Periodic possibilities.
Outside our own choices
Favorites may flourish.
Till we sample
Every epicurean ideal,
Anyone may avoid a treasure.
Broken Verses
Busted.
Ruined.
Objects of nil.
Killing time and
Erasing lines of
Needless nouns.
Vibrant verses
Escape,
Replaced by
Silly sentences and
Empty phrasings.
Stop a while, Muse.
Persuasion
Please! Please! Please!
Enthusiasm entreats.
Resolution rebels.
Stop and submit.
Underlings are all others.
All he asks is
Simple accord,
Insisting
Only his way.
No others matter.
How Great Thou Art
Heavenly Father,
Omnipotent One,
We worship You.
Glorious God,
Righteous Ruler,
Eternal Father,
All creation bows
To honor You.
Triumphant and true,
Holy and honored,
Only You are worthy,
Up above all.
Almighty and
Reigning,
To You we sing.
My two favorites ones, Linda, are "Broken Verse" and "How Great Thou Art" ... the latter being my most favorite, as I felt close to God when reading it, I felt as if I was praying right alone with you.
ReplyDeleteI thank you for gracing us with your talent, it a gift for all of us to share.
You my dear is second to none when it comes to writing .. I so enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You have won several BWA's and Honorable mentions for July 11 & July 18. Click here HERE and type your name in search. Thank you for participating!
I listed your name as Linda - Nickers & Ink.
Gosh! I thought I wrote often but you definitely outdo me! And all of them are so creative! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteYou my dear sister has won Acrostic Only Poet of the Month award! You won 11 BWA's and has been our most active participants for the month of July. We are so very honored to have you share your poetry with us, and happy to issue you this award.
ReplyDeleteYou can pick it up HERE!
We are happy to say that there will be some changes over at AO for the better. However, we will be going to monthly prompt. There will continue to be thirteen prompts, one being Writer's choice. We hope that you continue to share your art with us.