Hello Folks!
I thought that this week we’d play around with the acrostic form again. What is an acrostic? It’s a poem where the first letter of every stanza spells out the title of the poem, some poets go as far to make the first and last letter of the poem spell out the title, how adventurous are you.
Back in October 2, 2014 I wrote a story in shadorma (which is written with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5 or series of the same) and acrostic form:
Before the Battle Began
good king stood
admiring his knights
tall and bright
in the night
before the battle began.
and he thought:
“I reign in God’s name
and these souls
these servants
are mine to use as I choose.”
before the battle began.
the crows flew
over the battle field
awaiting
the ending
of man’s folly to conclude
without platitudes.
Brave were the knights
Ere the battle began
Forthright and true
On their horses so smart
Ready for combat
Eager to fight
The king
Honored and
Elegant
Bowed to his men
And hailed
Them smiling
Thinking of victory
Loving his power
Ere the battle began
But the corpses soon lay
Evilly deformed
Gone was the joy
And
Nothing was gained.
Now for some inspiration, a picture:
Once you’ve written your poem hash tag your post B&P Shadorma & Beyond and Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie the link up with the app below. If you should have problems with the app, just link up to this post and you’ll show up in the comments part of the post.
Have fun and see you in a couple of weeks.
Ciao, Bastet.
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Repeat
A Double acrosTic Shdorma
Cool!
It does look challenging. Your example is beautiful.
Thanks a lot 🙂
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