The Plagiaristic Poet Goes Wilde
This is an attempt to fuse the Vocal Acrostic Challenge with the Titles of Stories By Oscar Wilde The format is a doctored sonnet as a sonnet has 16 lines and DISTRACTION has only 11 letters so eleven lines, so two quatrains and a tercet.
The Prompt
Write an acrostic using the word DISTRACTION.
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This is an attempt to fuse the Vocal Acrostic Challenge with the Titles of Stories by Oscar Wilde. There are two that I had to shoehorn in but all these are creations of the great Irish writer.
The format is a doctored sonnet as a sonnet has 16 lines and DISTRACTION has only 11 letters so eleven lines, so two quatrains and a tercet.
I will continue merging the "Dancing With Distraction" challenge with my "Plagiaristic Poetry" series until it closes. I know that makes me very lazy but it suits me while it is there and it is a challenge because the first letter of whatever I choose has to fit in with the challenge.
Music is "Wild, Wild Life" by The Talking Heads
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De Profundis From The Depths Of Reading Gaol
Importance of Being Earnest (The) Fine Tale
Salomé With The Head Of John The Baptist
The Picture of Dorian Gray Hedonist
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Rosa Mystica Lady Virgin Mary
A House Of Pomegranates,, Should Be Wary
Charmides A Beautiful Greek Young Lover
The Garden of Eros Cupid Flew Over
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Impressions de Théàtre, C'est Magnifique
Oscar Wilde On Dress, If It's Fashion You Seek
Nihilists (or Vera) The Final Mystique
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Comments (9)
Never mind the fact that I'm a huge Talking Heads fan, this was SUCH a creative take on the challenge!! Just awesome!
Interesting concept!
Nicely done and quite creative
Brilliantly creative!!! Love this!!!❤️❤️💕
I don't think it makes you lazy :) work smarter, not harder. It is not as simple to achieve something like this as it may appear at first.
Ah, Mike, you deserve an Oscar for this one.
This was magnifique! You also execute this so brilliantly! I loved it!
Awesome Mike! I'm not very familiar with acrostic but this was very interesting
As a fan of Wilde's and as a fan of yours, I absolutely loved this. Well done, Mikey! 💓