Introduction to Poetry: Day 3 – Acrostic
An Acrostic poem is one in which the first (or last) letters of each line combine to spell out a word or a phrase, or follow the order of the alphabet.
SURE YOU CAN SEE? (MESSAGE FIRST LETTER OF EACH LINE)
I’m so lucky to have him
could not be more glad
a beautiful baby
no, he sleeps not too bad
the house is so tidy
cause I clean when he sleeps
oh yes I see people
playgroup has them in heaps
everyone seems so perfect
hat’s off to them all
easier in the daytime
late nights are long haul
perfect, one in a million
most precious to me
everything is just dandy, I’m sure you can see?
This was fun! I managed to include the daily prompt too. If you’re adventurous (or want to put yourself through torture) you can write a double acrostic with a hidden message at the start and end of each line. I tried both. I think the first one worked out ok, but the double acrostic was poor. I’ve put double here too though so that you can see what it’s meant to achieve. Double acrostics were difficult for me. I’m on holiday again, so I was also under some time pressure to get them completed.
Now the (poor) double acrostic. I might have been a bit ambitious here:
Wilt – our love will never; it’s stronger than the blossom
I want just you forever; no more a Casanova
Let’s explore together; we have the world to wander
Level headed, clever – you give me much to ponder
Your beauty drew me in, and with you I want to stay
Old age and mature skin – hand in hand we will transform
Unite the love within, let new beginnings’ commence?
I live acrostics, they’re not too hard to write and they’re a boatload of fun! Great job!
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Yes the single acrostic was quite easy. The double was a different story though
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I think you did an admirable job with both. 🙂
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Thanks
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I think it looks pretty difficult. Don’t know if I could do it! Great job!
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The single one is fairly easy. The double one I found difficult. You’re a good writer though, so you’d likely crack it no prob’s 😉
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I don’t think much before writing and this looks like a lot of effort. But you know what, I like these posts. I didn’t know there were so many types of poetry! Good job.
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Fabulous, fabulous–and I love the picture–how sweet and precious!
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Thanks, that’s very kind of you. Baby wasn’t mine though. Mines was even cuter (said every mother ever) 😉
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All babies are cute! 🙂
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Lovely, heartfelt poems.
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Thanks David. Still not happy with the second one but felt I was doing a public duty. Probably just encouraged people never to try and double Acrostic haha!
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You’re welcome. That’s probably how a lot writers feel, I certainly do — not feeling happy yet feeling the need to communicate something. I disagree about the double acrostic however, it was great and made me feel like trying my own!
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Holy cow! And I thought Anaphora was hard! This seems especially difficult! Well done! (Also, you might have noticed this already, but I am catching up on my blog reading from the last week. It was a pretty stressful week at work – budget cuts at the university and then poor coping skills by some of my colleagues… they need to blog! At any rate, I apologize for all of the comments in one day. I missed reading your blog this past week, so I’m glad to be spending a Sunday morning reading through all of your recent poems.) 🙂
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Thanks for reading, and your lovely comments. It must have taken up lots of your time! Hope the upheaval at work isn’t too problematic.
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I would so much rather dedicate time to reading writing from writers! Always worth the time investment! 🙂 Word drama always involves people and usually ones with cruddy coping skills. Yet another meeting today, but I’m not letting it take any more energy out of me! 🙂 Thanks for the thoughts. 🙂
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