Here are a pair of “Alphabet Acrostic” poems. Each word in the poem starts with a letter of the alphabet, in order.
It’s an interesting challenge, to say the least.
ZZZZZ
© W. Scott Grant
July 12, 1997 7:30 pm
A burning cools
– desire –
Even for Gina
How I just know love
My needs offered pleasure
quickened response
Soft, tender
Under velvet whites
– Xavier Young
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Awfully bad, considering dear Eva’s fear.
Granted, her inner justification knows
Lester’s manner. Now, our pretty queen
Rests, sitting terrified under veneered walls.
(XYZ)
Nicely done, it’s not easy coming up with coherent sentences with the alphabetical order restriction in place. My only ABCDarian poem was a list of inspirations, here’s the link: https://justjoan42.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/el-em-en-oh-pee/. I’m impressed by the variety of forms you do… a poetry “Renaissance Person” is quite unusual these days. 🙂
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I like yours… Tomorrow, I’ll post three poems written in class that intentionally imitate other poets.
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