Arlene Smith Poet Acrostic

Embracing Earth

Earth's
magnificent
bounties
reaching
across
continents,
Igniting
natural
growth.

Erasing
all
relevance
to
humanity.



* We should embrace earth, for it can thrive without us, whereas we are not so self sufficient.


July 08, 2014
Contest: Acrostic 1 in 4
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich

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Poet Destroyer A July 29, 2014 at 6:37 PM Hi Arlene,, a true deep scenario .... Congratulations, on your wonderful win. Always~ LINDA

Sara Kendrick July 22, 2014 at 5:52 PM Congrats on your winning work..Sara Arlene Smith July 22, 2014 at 6:00 PM Thanks, sweet Sarah.. Hugs.. Arlene

Kelly Deschler July 21, 2014 at 9:58 PM I agree, Arlene. Mother Nature deserves much more respect than we give to her, because with out her, we humans cannot survive.... Your acrostic was so unique using just one word for each letter! Very well done, my friend! Congratulations on your well deserved win! Arlene Smith July 22, 2014 at 6:24 AM Thank you sweet Kelly.. I would have loved to have seen this beautiful planet before it was populated.. Can you imagine!!.. Hugs.. Arlene

A.E. Rivenbark July 19, 2014 at 2:38 PM Excellent! Congratulations on your win Arlene Smith July 19, 2014 at 4:45 PM Thank you dear friend!... Hugs.. Arlene

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser July 19, 2014 at 8:56 AM my dear friend Arlene!!! wow!!! how beautiful your heart is as I see each poem I read from you and this one is one of them... :D this a short lil poem that is concrete in telling the world needs unification!!! :) SUPERB WIN!!! hugs.... ..................olive eloisa, God bless you. Arlene Smith July 19, 2014 at 9:31 AM Goe bless you too, sweet Olive... Thank you so much for these comments.. Made my day, dear... Hugs.. Arlene

Greg Hoffman July 18, 2014 at 8:41 PM Congrats Arlene on your win with this wonderful poem.I really like when acrostic poems are done using only one word for each letter.Well done Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 8:56 PM Thank you! Gregg my friend.. Hugs... Arlene

Casarah Nance July 18, 2014 at 8:32 PM That is completely awesome! you did so well with this and I applaud you Arlene :) Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 8:56 PM Thank you so much sweet Casarah!.. Hugs.. Arlene

David Mohn July 18, 2014 at 7:20 PM Just wonderful Arlene and no small feat using one word a line!...thanks for the comments on mine as well Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 7:22 PM Thank you so much, David my friend.. Hugs.. Arlene

Poet Destroyer A July 18, 2014 at 2:28 PM Congratulations Arlene... PD

Faye Gibson July 18, 2014 at 8:44 AM Wow, Arlene...great concept employed here to get a beautiful and stirring message across. This is good! Congratulations. Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 10:08 AM Thank you so much dear Faye! ... Hugs... Arlene

Richard Lamoureux July 18, 2014 at 8:33 AM You make an excellent point. I like the direction you took with using single words. Congratulations! Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 10:06 AM Thank you so much, Richard! Working on getting my point across with fewer words... Hugs.. Arlene

Barbara Gorelick July 18, 2014 at 7:03 AM Especially like the "EARTH" portion..so meaningful. congrats. BG Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 7:21 AM Thank you so much, dear Barbara!.. Hugs.. Arlene

Paul Callus July 18, 2014 at 6:04 AM Hi Arlene! The acrostic itself is excellently done, so is the message you seek to convey. Well done! Congratulations!! // paul Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 6:11 AM Thank you, dear Paul.. Hugs, my friend... Arlene

Dr. Upma A. Sharma July 18, 2014 at 12:39 AM Very brilliant take Arlene! Great message ,, congrats on such a deserved win! Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 5:55 AM Thank you so much, sweet Doc!!.. I am always encouraged by your kind words.. Hugs.. Arlene

Andrea Dietrich July 17, 2014 at 11:28 PM this is what I would point out to folks as an excellent example of BREVITY for a poem with a meaningful message. WEll done. That is why you won third place!! Arlene Smith July 18, 2014 at 5:53 AM Thank you SO MUCH! This win means the most so far because that and beautiful imagery is what I struggle with.. Anyone can write a story, or rhyme words. I want to write poetry.... Hugs dear Andrea.. Arlene

Ryan Farmer July 16, 2014 at 3:09 PM You remind me of how the sahara sands are blown cross the Atlantic ocean and fertilze the Amazon jungle. The earth can feed itself, and it feeds us too. Arlene Smith July 16, 2014 at 3:50 PM Alas!!!!!!... Someone got it!!... Thanks for your comments, Ryan my friend! Hugs.. Arlene

Tim Smith July 8, 2014 at 2:07 PM This is wonderful Arlene...hugs Tim Arlene Smith July 8, 2014 at 2:25 PM Thank you, dear Tim... Hugs.. Arlene