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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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Well then - I've had a request for Acrostics... That's fine - We can do that... But nobody said we had to make it simple, right? So - (from the archives again - gotta love'm)... You can take your choice here.. Go for Acrostics 101 or try your hand at Acrostics 201 - or - if you're really brave - go for broke... Try Acrostics 501... Passions Graduate Credit issued to successful candidates...  ACROSTICS 101 This level actually isn't really difficult, and most beginners can master it quite easily. The first thing you'll need to do is to decide what or whom you're going to write about. Some poets use a name, and others use a message of some kind... as you can see in Marge's wonderful pre-class warmups (when she found her way in from the playground) Marge formatted her message vertically so that each letter became the first letter of the first word of each subsequent line. Lo and Behold - She found herself with an Acrostics Can Rob Our Sane Thoughts In Crafting ACROSTICS 201 That one too easy for ya??? Let's take another step. Your Acrostic Message will do one of two things - either continue its message from the left side over to the right - so that the message is one continuous one... ... the message can reflect itself on both the left and right - The first and last letter of each line will be the same, and your acrostic will read down both the left and the right margins of your poem.... ChaotiC RemindeR Of poetic adO Simple insanity iS The guaranteed resulT If you should dare try it I Can bet it will be catharctiC HAD ENOUGH??? NO??? THEN YOU'RE A MASOCHIST!!!!... Next... ACROSTICS 501 What's that mean??? Use SOME TYPE OF FORMATTING... I'll be kind and let you choose your own format... but.... Think METER Think RHYME and Here's the best of all THINK PALINDROME Yep... a DOUBLE ACROSTIC PALINDROME ACROSTICS for poetic PhD's PiP As it is, it is A Laptop spot paL I wondered ~ Now I NaN Deem a meeD Resumes reverse museR One post lilts Open, O Me, Open if a fine poeM Edit PiP-tidE Pick Your Poison, Folks...  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
 HUH? LOL... |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
quote: And Marge did WHAT ?  Okay ..... I'm on ! ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
okay, I honestly didn't know you started this acrostic clinic when I posted mine in Open#25. But since Sunshine drug me in here I guess I will spend time doing some homework and maybe actually develop some poetic skill rather than fumble along on blind luck. Nan, are you ready for me?  Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Passion's starlit skY Opens us to love and waR Evening's fading lighT Tricks mundane mind's eyE Revealing life's miracles toO Yet softens reality' slaP Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. Nil Desperandum, Fata viem invenient [This message has been edited by JP (04-03-2003 05:24 PM).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh geez...I ask JP to come in and then he shows off! What's a girl to do????  |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
who me? what did I do?  Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Dear "Teach", Now, who would have requested acrostics? I think you just make these things up! Oh well, count me in. Doc |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Nan, do me a favor and throw out a couple of words for my foray into acrosity Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Let's get masochistic.....Teacher Nan I've never done any of this fancy stuff before cinquains but, I'm learning a lot!!!!  "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
101 certainly 202 probably 501 no way this Dutchie can do this, my brain will explode  (if I had one)Titia Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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IcyFlamez89 Member
since 2003-02-14
Posts 292Jersey City NJ |
Jeez, das hard. [This message has been edited by IcyFlamez89 (04-10-2003 10:47 PM).] |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
101, 201, 501... heck, I'm still in the prerequisite class for 101... Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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IcyFlamez89 Member
since 2003-02-14
Posts 292Jersey City NJ |
oh, come on!!! You write this BEAUTIFUL poem and you say ur just a beginner...ur makin the rest of us look bad. I'd like to see what masterpieces ud write when u finally think your the pro, hahaha |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
My muse thinks it's on spring break.... "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
ACROSTICS 101 Ample Chances to Repeat Offensive Sentences To Incite Cryptic Souls AROSTICS 102 PEACE Peaceful dreams must not stoP. Each soul must forgivE. All hearts need A Cry that is cathartic. Each becomes OnE. ACROSTICS 501 (gulp!) SIS Sis o sis, I b I, Sis o sis, u b u. Talk about a brain twister! LOL, this one made me cross-eyed, and I think my migraine just came back! I'm sure that 501 got a failing score, but I still got a good laugh anyway. please forgive me, I had a migraine attack yesterday[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (04-14-2003 12:53 AM).] |
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Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
I agree with Titia. I'll give Acrostics 201 a try. Shenachie |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Hey ice, if I wasn't sooooo lazy, i might be better, but as it is - I write when overwhelmed with inspiration - kinda makes me mad at myself that I do that. I think I'll do some rework on that part of me... get me to apply myself to something other than hanging around life. Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Well, I got to 201, but 501 is spraining my brain. How about a 301?? Maybe AxxxxAxxxxA CxxxxCxxxxC RxxxxRxxxxR OxxxxOxxxxO SxxxxSxxxxS TxxxxTxxxxT IxxxxIxxxxI CxxxxCxxxxC (X can be any number of letters or spaces but the center ACROSTIC needs to be in the middle or darned close to it?) Now I just have the idea, let me see if I can dream one up? KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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JaiOfHeaven Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 207California, Usa |
Shame Simple it iS Haughty and RougH Aimless as A Medium inside it's own mediuM Escaping wrath with it's emergencE |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Not me Only you Today Mind empty Elsewhere the words have gone I don't think it's happening for me....I keep starting them and am not getting anywhere  I'm not giving up YET....I still have a few more days!!! "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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