Poems for years 4 and 5 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge. |
A year's worth of poems, every week for 52 weeks, spanning 2023 and 2024, plus the year following, from August 2024 to August 2025.(provided I live that long, of course). |
Acrostic 4 Acrostic, acrostic, I’ll lose my tiny mind, Caught in desperation, I mustn’t fall behind; Reason tells me “Easy, better get it done,” Oh, if I were able to turn this into fun, Sure, I should remember that it’s just one a year, That this is burden light indeed and one I should not fear; I struggle still within my chains, a prisoner to self, Control perfectionism and add this to the shelf. Counting up the lines and syllables to boot, I add some silly rhymes and look for more to shoot; There steals a crazy notion into my fevered brain, Simplicity confounded be, if backwards runs the train, Ornament, obfusticate, this makes the thing worthwhile, Rejection of the commonplace, invent a brand new style, Creation of a mirrored view should be a real blast; Ah, acrostic, acrostic, I’ve beaten you at last! Line count: 16 Form: Acrostic For Promptly Poetry 4, week 4 2023 Prompt: Acrostic, any word or words. |