Acrostic Adventures
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.)
Writing
Winsome words
Rarely recall requirements.
Instead, inspiration
Tangles with truth,
Inciting introspection.
Never negate
Great glimpses engaged.
Obtuse
Overlooking the obvious,
Baiting the curious,
Tremulous theories are tested.
Unless one is included.
Stories may be spelled, but
Everyone else escapes esoteric understanding.
Banquet
Bounteous banquet,
Awash in color
Needs no menu.
Quintessential quest
Unmeasured,
Every appetite is
Tested by treats.
Moonlight Melodies
Marvelous musings
Overtake us
On such glorious
Nights.
Lovely lighting
Interprets the world in
Glinting glory.
How we stare at the starry span.
Tonight is filled with promise.
Moonlight melodies mark the sky,
Embracing every ear in
Long-lost lore.
Only optimistic stories
Dare be told.
Into each heart
Evening spills its
Sweet song.
Back to Square One
Biding time,
After achievement –
Can crusaders
Kill creativity?
Try triumph
On for size.
Suddenly, conquests
Quit.
Unseen underlings
Acquiesce.
Ready or not, all is
Erased.
Only, if only,
Necessity had knocked.
Everything begins again.
Banshee
Biting banshees
Always attack
Needlessly.
Shark-like, they
Hover to
Eat the innocent with
Evil enjoyment.
Writer’s Choice
Gaping
Glamour and glitz
Are accentuated,
Pitching paparazzi
Into interaction.
No one knows why
Gossip is glorified.
Niagara Falls
Nature is numbing.
Into the foam of
Astounding aqua,
Great gusts tumble.
Amazed onlookers
Roar in appreciation.
Ah, what wonder.
Falling is easy,
Although an eddy may
Leave us whirling.
Look up and
See the source of each splash.
Back Seat Driver
Belted-in bellower,
Always alarmed,
Cries for control.
Kids are comical.
Stop right there.
Eateries everywhere.
Attention-getting alerts
Tempt tiny taste buds.
Don’t drive by.
Remember you promised
I’d have a snack?
Values are vital,
Even for parents.
Ruling from the child seat?
Metaphysical
Maybe
Eternity
Takes time.
Apathy
Pretends
Hope is
Yielded.
Somehow
It seems
Contradictory.
After all, we
Live for love.
War and Peace
Winning and losing
Are all about
Rebellion and rights.
Awareness
Needs a
Dream.
Postwar
Establishment
Absolutely
Costs
Everything.
As Good as It Gets
Anyone can
See.
Greatest gifts
Outdo all
Others.
Don’t they?
Anyone can
See.
Identity travels not
Two by two.
Go grab life.
Enjoy enthusiastically.
Today awaits each
Single soul.
What a Wonderful World
Why whine?
Holy heartache.
All around us,
Truth tolls.
Alleluia.
What wonders –
Only observe.
Needless nagging
Drags us down.
Eternity echoes
Resounding rolls of
Fabulosity and favor,
Under an umbrella of
Love that lasts.
Watch and wait.
Overcomers’ outlook
Revives the rest.
Look, He comes,
Dancing on the dawn.
Posted for a variety of prompts:
Easy Street Prompts (“two by two,” “winning and losing,” “postwar establishment)
Meme Express (shark)
Simply Snickers (“scene”/”seen,” “span” and “stare”/”stair”)
Three Word Wednesday (“accentuate,” “glamour” and “pitch”)
Totally Optional Prompts (“color”)
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Writing – How true, anyone can write and that was the reason why I used this as a prompt, but a poet creates!
ReplyDeleteObtuse – Ha! I love the last line of this one … “everyone else escapes esoteric understanding”.
Banquet – Love to be invited as I am hungry!
Moonlight Melodies – Oh I so love this one, as I do embrace the night during a full moon, it’s so very beautiful, and I am so inspired by the stars and the quietness.
Back to Square One – I had to smile here, because this one truly speaks to back to square one.
Banshee – This is it! You nailed it here … it’s an old country story about the Banshee coming for the dead or dying, but no one seem to get it like you did.
Writer’s Choice (Gaping) – You know you make a lot of sense here. Why is it? Also why do folks like to see so much violence? It’s beyond my understanding.
Niagara Falls – I have always desired to visit this place, it’s so awe inspiring, and the wonders of what God can do with His toys.
Back Seat Driver – Back seat drivers make me nervous. I have a rule, if I am the driver everyone else is the passenger with no rights where it comes to my driving!
Metaphysical – This is by far one of my favorite subject, as it can never truly be explained, but like the Bible one can expound on its many contradictions.
War and Peace – Wars very seldom bring peace. All they bring is poverty and hate.
As Good as It Gets – Oh my, this was a delight to read. You are so right!
What a Wonderful World – Oh you ended this series on a most profound and thought provoking note. I love this ending:
Look, He comes,
Dancing on the dawn.
Truly poetic! What a wonderful world! Thank you for taking me on this most wonderful journey and teaching me a little along the way. Don’t know why, but I feel like getting on my knees and giving thanks for just being here!
Linda you are amazing. It takes a great person to share their gifts the way you do. I am so honored to know you. Thank you for you support, this old one is truly blessed.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, talk about the extra mile! You never cease to amaze me!
ReplyDeleteWow! A terrific group of reads! A pleasure indeed.
ReplyDeleteThose are a great great collection of acrostics ...
ReplyDeleteLoved the adventure:)
Absolutely great- can't stop gushing about them, I love acrostics!:)
veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy full of variety :D
ReplyDeletei cant pick and choose now!
all are great
View on my way down *3ww*
Amazing collection - I enjoyed each and every one :)
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