Reason A. Poteet Poet Acrostic

No Promise of Tomorrow

P- “Poets have been mysteriously silent
O- On the subject of cheese.” I quote
E- Essayist G. K. Chesterton's thoughts.
M- Molded from Thomas Carlyle, these words:
S- "Speech is silver;  silence is golden."

A- Arise, to your pens, ye poets of today,
R- Re-write like there's no tomorrow.
E- Eventually thoughts will match up with words.

H- Harold Camping wrote the world will end;
A- And dating it  brought him much sorrow.
R- Ripening of thought is like cheese and wine,
D- Distilling the words takes time to age.

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Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer May 25, 2017 at 5:14 AM I love the mixture of serious poets and critics and the child-like acrostic form. Reason A. Poteet May 25, 2017 at 10:49 AM thank you, Cecilia, I've played with this theme (from GKC) for many a year. Glad you left such a pleasant comment on my juvenilia piece. Acrostics are pretty simple to write, especially if unrhymed like this one. Appreciate the placement.