Fireworks and Acrostics

Fireworks and Acrostics

Happy Birthday, U.S.A.

How about some fun with acrostics? (Most of these acrostic poems are posted in response to prompts from Acrostic Only.)

Thanks to Acrostic Only for awarding Nickers and Ink four First Place awards and four Honorable Mentions for this collection of acrostic poems. (See blog sidebar for awards.)

American (Dreams)

All created equal,
Men stake their claims,
Ever chasing
Relentless hope.
Individualism is
Champion in
Americans'

Never-Ending

Dreams.

Vacation

Verge of panic –

Assembling the family,

Car fully loaded.

Arriving at last,

Toting luggage

Into new surroundings.

Only one week –

Need much longer.

Oozing

Only for a moment,

Outwardly appealing,

Zealously alluring.

Inside, however,

Neurons fire falsely.

God only knows.

Survivor

Staying power,

Undergirded by

Resolve.

Vigor lasts.

Integrity endures.

Viable values

Outrun mere

Reputation.

Breaking Up

Bypassing

Respect,

Esteem is

Absolutely

Knotted

Into

Ninety little lies –

Gone.

Unstung?

Perhaps.

It’s Only Words

Indeed,

Terminology

Stings.

Obviously,

No one

Likes

Yacking and attacking.

We

Only

Ridicule and

Destroy with

Semantics.

Juxtapose

Jumping

Under

eXtremes of

Truth,

Always

Pretending,

Opposites may

Seem

Equal.

Tropical Depression

Thunder calls,

Raining blues

Onto all weaker

Promises below.

Inside their souls,

Characters

Await the

Light of hope.

Dousing cheer,

Every drop dips,

Pouring weight

Right to the core of

Each hardened heart.

Stop the downfall!

Save the sodden ones

In time for

Overtures of bright

New days.

Walking on Eggshells

Weak-kneed worry,

Always anticipating

Leers and sneers.

Knowing not

If this time

No one can

Guarantee safety.

On the outside,

Nothing seems wrong.

Eggshells crack,

Giving way to

Ghastly

Scenes.

Havens turn to

Enmity.

Love is

Lost,

Sadly surrendered.

Supernatural

Surely, an

Unseen

Person

Eternal

Reigns.

Natural

Appearances

Undermine

Truth, but

Right relationship

Always

Lasts.

Purple Robe and Anemones

By Henri Matisse

1937

The Color Purple

Tints and

Hues may

Exchange.

Cast an

Outward

Look

Over the

Rainbow.

Purple is

Understood as

Royalty,

Properly

Left to

Elegance.

Just My Imagination

Just

Under

Sight, is

Triumph.

Mark it

Yours.

In my own

Mind, I

Always

Gather

Insights and

Notions,

Appraising and approving

Totally of any

Initiative

Outpacing mere

Normalcy.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Acrostic Only (“vacation,” “oozing,” “survivor,” “breaking up,” “it’s only words,” “juxtapose,” “maya angelou,” “tropical depression,” “walking on eggshells,” “supernatural,” “the color purple,” “the twilight zone: and “just my imagination”)

Easy Street Prompts (“ninety little lies”)

Meme Express (“fireworks”)

One Single Impression (“blue rain”)

Then Sings My Soul Saturday (“4^th of July”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“weather”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“sting”)

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