Reversal Ii

A boy can dance Boy can he dance Can dance and sing Dance free of string Effortless float Free like a note Gain loft, soar swift His feet adrift Inspiration Just elation Kissing his true love. Love by her spurned Mocked, badly burned! No other thing, Other act brings Predicament Quite fiendish sent Reverses love Sensation of, To feel rejection Utter dejection Vengence directed Withering invective Xyloid, woody, Youthful feelings gone, Zeal for love dare again spawn? ---------- for the Abecadarian Poem Poetry Contest sponsored by Caren Krutsinger written on 05/21/2022 I wrote the original, Reversal, comprising just the 26 words in bold, on 02/07/2022.

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Timothy Ray

Date: 5/21/2022 11:44:00 AM

Jeff....amazing feat that will forever escape me, i cannot write as such but you have done a masterful job here

Jeff Kyser
Date: 5/21/2022 11:52:00 AM

Thanks for the kind words, Tim!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/21/2022 9:27:00 AM

Jeff, this is masterful. I struggle with these, but you have obviously mastered the technique and come up with a meaningful abcdarian, acrostic with rhyme and flow. Best of luck in the contest.

Jeff Kyser
Date: 5/21/2022 10:41:00 AM

Thanks, Milt. May still have to tweak it a bit, but I guess that’s true of them all…