Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Acrostic

I finished the Acrostic,
Every letter filled completely;
Though if you saw the page
It's not completed very neatly.

This puzzle from the Sunday Times
Is challenging and clever,
And quickly it becomes 
An all-encompassing endeavor.

Unlike crosswords, which I love,
Or word searches or jumbles,
It's easy in Acrostics,
To sink into certain stumbles.

Back and forth your eyes must move, 
Transferring every letter.
Though I try, it doesn't seem
I ever get much better.

Still, at times, I crack the clues
And find the hidden quote.
The satisfaction's sweet enough
I hardly need to gloat.

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Delysia Hendricks August 19, 2012 at 12:52 PM Those buggers can keep you hooked, Ilene, but I love them. I'm on a guessing spree all the way. lol. Maybe next time you could include some of the clues and the uncovered quotation. Well done on finishing the acrostic as well as this well-written poem. :)

Sidney Beck August 19, 2012 at 12:45 PM I n every way poetically..................................... L isting words by letter is fanatically.................. E nervating and distressing............................... N o use at all in confessing................................ E very sin for an agnostic acrostic......... . . . . . . . . (hope the acrostic verse is shown properly after the CAPTCHA has mangled it ! hahaha)