Category 2021 Poetry Prompt 5: Acrostic
Poetry Prompt 5: Acrostic
Deadline: 26 May April 2021
Please do not post before the deadline.
Someone switch my brain off, please by Kim
. In the early hours when the moon holds sway, Nestling under warm duvets, unable to find sweet, sweet Sleep – that elusive bed companion more fickle than a spoilt child Obstinate, refusing to play nice. Slipping away even as…...
Jodhpurs by Joan
JODHPURS Jodhpurs! What a funny word! – Odd in spelling and sound. Doing duty today to jumpstart a poem – How those deadlines come rushing around! Pants for riding a horse, it seems, are Uniquely designed for a rider. Really…...
Who Knew … by Lee Montgomery-Hughes
Acrostic poetry starts with the first letter of a word Creative people know that Really … but did you know Other forms exist? Some examples are The ones where the main letter is in a different position It can be…...
Transhumance by Teresa Preziosi
NOW YOU LIVE IT, NOW YOU DON’T by Symphony
All around by Hardly Haiku
Is a haiku an acrostic? Some would say not to I Although disagree I would attempt How many three letter words do you confess Acknowledge it is more than a trio I think to write one would bring no terror…...
Fearless by Chloe Edwards
Finding the light in the dark or good in goodbyes, Even when panic rises and dreams chase slumber, And when time threatens then running sands, Relax and respect, revel in its beauty, Let it go, hold a lover tight, Even…...
Spring Cleaning by Cathy
Somebody’s coming. My Parents, for Easter. I’mRunning around with a vacuum cleaner.I don’t enjoy housework, andNot till the dust can no more be ignored will IGrudgingly act. Cleaning won’t otherwise start unlessLife throws up further unwelcome tasksEqually grim.Avoidance activities may…...
Monstrous by June Hunter
Many marvelled at the Two-headed Mexican Man. Ogled at Ohio’s Big-foot Girl, and Dog-faced Boy. Nature’s anomalies; glitches in her master plan. . Siamese Twins and the black albino Men from Mars, Tom Thumb, Lobster Boy, and the Human Owl…...
Lie by Katharine Short (kittykat)
Look the other way. Ignore, omit, obfuscate. Eliminate truth. # Read Katharine Short (kittykat)’s work…. This content is for 12 Poems in 12 Months members only.Log In Register...