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The Shortest Eclipse

An In Eclipse Acrostic Challenge Poem

By Rachel DeemingPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
The Shortest Eclipse
Photo by Jasmin Egger on Unsplash

Egg

Cracks.

Light

Inverted.

People

Shocked.

End.

Acrostic

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Rachel Deeming

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  1. Compelling and original writing

    Creative use of language & vocab

  2. Easy to read and follow

    Well-structured & engaging content

  3. Heartfelt and relatable

    The story invoked strong personal emotions

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    Writing reflected the title & theme

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  • D.K. Shepard2 years ago

    A fun clever one! I like it! Well done, Rachel!

  • Cathy holmes2 years ago

    So simple, and so well done..

  • Jay Kantor2 years ago

    Rd - Bangers and Mash with that - Jb

  • Gerard DiLeo2 years ago

    At least we can have mayonnaise. Great acrostic.

  • John Cox2 years ago

    This poem really boils it all done to an image of a fragile universe. Lowest … word … count … ever. Well done!

  • Ameer Bibi2 years ago

    Great job 😀

  • Daphsam2 years ago

    👏👏👏👏

  • Oiii❤️

  • HMM. HMM. It's humorous.

  • Paul Stewart2 years ago

    My word this made me smile. Love how experimental it is and how it is just...yes, brilliant lol! I am about to put another up - but stuck as usual on titles lol.

  • Hahahahahahahha no idea why but that made me laugh. Yes, I'm easily amused 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • Bren2 years ago

    Yes, yes, yes - brilliant!

  • Mariann Carroll2 years ago

    Nicely done

  • rose amy2 years ago

    Great

  • D. J. Reddall2 years ago

    Oh, deftly done indeed!

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