An Acrostic Diminishing Poem⚡
Ramblings in Tercets
Does everyone get butterflies?
Is complexity why time flies?
Memory melts into self-told lies
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I have no secret hideaway
No place to lock my love away
Is this my best or only way?
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Should we filter the atmosphere?!?!
Hazard WARNINGS within my sphere!!!
Is Co n s iSt e n cy practiced HERE?!!?!!? ? ?
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No one offers worthy advice 😥
Guessing wrong is a common vice
Vindictive 'friends' are cold as ice 😭⚡😭⚡
⚡ {the final fare...}
Each author had dramatic flair
Returning with poems to their lair
Seize Change, let lightning__ clear the air
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End today's. . . . .
😴💤💤💤💤 zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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___________________Bolt ⚡
I knew nothing about the Diminishing Verse form of poetry until I read this poetic masterpiece 👉by Dharrsheena Raja Segarran.
My poem ☝️ was written in tercets (three lines in each stanza), as was hers. I went a couple steps farther! ⚡😁👍 I gave every line exactly eight syllables. Plus, I did an Acrostic with the name of the artform itself!
But it was all inspired by Dharrsheena.
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I'm tweaking & rearranging my stories. This is an older poem, so you will see older comments.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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I enjoyed the tercets and as always the thoughts shared.
This was such a clever and energetic piece! ⚡
Wow, such an impressive and deeply philosophical verse, Bill!
Nice form. Live creative acrostic poems
I love the structure of the piece. The restrictions must have made it a real challenge but it paid off in the end. Love it!
Its great, love the form of it as well.
This is very cool, Bill. I like how you formatted this <3
Absolutely fantastic mate! This is brilliant ❤️
I love your poem… never met this style. My favourite part is: “ Guessing wrong is a common vice Vindictive 'friends' are cold as ice 😭⚡😭⚡” Yes, it makes sense. Great formatting.✅
This was ….. FAN FREAKING TASTIC I love being introduced to new poetry! I had no idea what a Diminishing Verse was til now! And I have written many acrostics. Probably my favorite form of poetry. And you have taken that a step further. Such a great last minute entry! I applaud you.
This is a great poem!!
Love the form of this
so creative and different. great Poem!
This is one very creative piece of writing. Good work.
I think this is very well written!! Loved it!
HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT THIS IS NOWHERE AS COOL AS MINE???!!! Dude, you executed this so perfectly! Not only it was a Diminishing Verse but you even made it an Acrostic with fixed syllables each line! If this isn't brilliance in it's finest form, then I don't know what is!