Harmonicist
Double Acrostic (shadow poem)
High pitched "Chip," Dark Eyed Junco's proud official audit
Aerial antics; shaken white tail feather cascading aesthetics
Relays to tumbled leaves, herbed and spiced, hints of chai
Magenta backdrop faded, goldens elusive; magick in static
Outlier squirrel rampage, toggling trash binned critter stimuli
Niblets scattered, half chewed, spoiled, trail an unknown location
Indigo evenings; moonless sky, a moody cedar creaking patio
Canvas painted with jagged strokes between bloom and storm
Itchy prone skin's thirst, robed with a chunky woolly sweater
Systemic inhale, paused; exhaling condensation- it is not vanilla
Turned down, tucked in; lullabies from a pane tapping peeling birch
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Author's note: For this challenge, I chose the Double Acrostic, also known as a Shadow Poem. Easy? No, but an ideal exercise to get the ol noggin churning. 😊
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Marilyn Glover
Poet, writer, & editor, writing to uplift humanity. A Spiritual person who practices Reiki and finds inspiration in nature.
Mother of four, grandmother of two, British American dual citizen living in the States
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Shadow poems are tough, but you made it look elegant and organic. The acrostic never distracts, it enhances. Beautiful work.
Oh, I love this form of poetry . never heard of it before. Lovely. Congrats.
Congratulations on placing in the challenge. I especially identified with this line! “ Itchy prone skin's thirst, robed with a chunky woolly sweater“😵💫 Wool sure makes me itch!😢
Wow - what a beautiful and impressive double acrostic, Marilyn! This is truly difficult to pull off. Congratulations! 😍
Wooohooooo congratulations on your honourable mention! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Beautiful and Wow -- amazing poetry. Congratulations!
Congratulations on your honorary mention Marilyn 😊
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
What a great acrostic. I could see the harmony of nature in this one with the birds and the rampaging squirrel.
I only count 93 words. You are supposed to have a minimum of 100 words.
Hey, when you was a winner in challenges, did you use have to use your photo id card on your stripe account?
Marilyn, very clever. I didn't know there was a double acrostic poem like that.
How did you do that, very clever !!!!
I love your vivid, sensory, and slightly surreal details here 🍂 Also, I'd never heard of a double acrostic before, so I learnt something new today.
That was a really creative and challenging way to write a poem! You can certainly tell you put a lot of thought into it, and the images are so vivid. I especially loved the lines about the Dark Eyed Junco's audit, and the chai spiced leaves those are such interesting sensory details. Great job tackling that double acrostic.