Andrea Dietrich Poet Acrostic

September

Slipping      slipping     sweet summer is    slipping      away,

Ebbing into the ocean of my memories.

Palpable is my changing mood when all too soon,

The Equinox arrives to     l  e  n g  t  h  e  n     shadows.

Enticed by cooler days and nights,

My birth month acquiesces, then brilliantly begins

Bursting forth in bright beguiling hues!

Elegies evoked in me by summer’s leaving still linger in my poetry.

Resolved to all of it - at last - I turn to the revelry of fall festivities.


Written 8/9/2015 Originally For the Birth Month Acrostic Poetry Contest 
Now for Julia Ward's Your Favourite Poem From AUGUST 2015 Contest

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James Inman August 26, 2016 at 10:03 AM A beautiful poem Andrea. I think one that I had not read although it seems familiar.

Janice Canerdy August 26, 2016 at 7:58 AM A 7 for this beautiful WINNING poem, Andrea! Janice

CayCay Godwin August 26, 2016 at 6:49 AM This is very pretty and I hadn't read it before. Congrats on 2nd place, Sweetie, you deserve it with the 'richness' of these lines ... CayCay

Teddy Kimathi August 26, 2016 at 6:13 AM What an awesome acrostic!! Congrats Andrea, for your well, deserved top placement in the contest!!! ;-)

Cecilia Macfarlane August 22, 2015 at 4:30 PM An amazing write Andrea that gives life and flair to you birth month. Beautiful imagery. Congrats on your win! Hugs

Skat A August 17, 2015 at 2:49 PM awesome, Andrea... SKAT

Dr. Upma A. Sharma August 17, 2015 at 11:45 AM Love the lengthening of shadows Andrea! Lovely acrostic n great win! Big congrats!

David Mohn August 16, 2015 at 10:08 PM This is a beautiful September tapestry with wonderful use of spacing Andrea...I am a Sept 1st baby myself...congrats

Constance La France August 16, 2015 at 8:23 PM Andrea, congratulations on your win with this beauty and thanks for visiting my refrain poem

Ravindra K Kapoor August 16, 2015 at 11:16 AM Congrats on your well deserving win. Great one Andrea in weaving the textures of this beautiful poem and in capturing the mood. I too love this month but only when the winds blows with the bunch of colorful clouds. Shall be waiting for your B' day dear friend. Nothing new I hope to post something soon. Love and best wishes always...Ravindra K Kapoor.

Anu Nayak August 16, 2015 at 11:16 AM Dear Andrea....wow! A spectacular september acrostic! Hearty congrats!!!!!! .....love, Anu:-)

Anu Nayak August 16, 2015 at 11:13 AM Dear Andrea....wow! A spectacular september acrostic! Hearty congrats!!!!!! .....love, Anu:-)

Bill Lindsay August 16, 2015 at 4:12 AM Had you been born in May - I am certain that your entry would have been no less brilliantly penned ... puts my futile effort into something of an amateurish scribbling. Congrats. ;)

S.Jagathsimhan Nair August 15, 2015 at 8:41 PM Congrats, Andrea. Liked it.

Joseph May August 15, 2015 at 7:43 PM Beautifully penned Andrea...Congrats on your win

Richard Lamoureux August 15, 2015 at 7:22 PM My birthday is September 8th. I enjoyed your winning poem Andrea!

Constance La France August 15, 2015 at 5:16 PM Andrea, a big congratulations on your win in the contest, wonderful acrostic

Thabang Ngoma August 15, 2015 at 4:48 PM Hi Andre...September signals fall on your side of the world and in contrast, spring in the Southern hemisphere (for me)...many congrats on this marvellous pic u've elegantly painted of this transition & outstading win *******(:heers, Tbang

Faye Gibson August 15, 2015 at 4:20 PM Read this one a few days ago and really enjoyed it, although I didn't take time then to comment. Congratulations! I am trying to get back in the flow again and hope to be present here on the soup more in the coming weeks. Thanks for your comments on my blitz poem.

Charlotte Puddifoot August 15, 2015 at 3:53 PM i loved this, andrea, so evocative with an undercurrent of poignancy; you really thought outside the box with this one, very inventive, very personal too - congrats on your win! :)

Jan Allison August 15, 2015 at 3:33 PM gosh sorry i missed this before Andrea - many congrats on your win :-) hugs Jan xx

Casarah Nance August 15, 2015 at 3:32 PM So very well done, even your presentation is poetic! Grats on your second place medal!! ;)

Eric Boddie August 14, 2015 at 3:35 PM with the change of fall....the colors dazzle us all....with a welcomed end to the heat....September births something magnifique....;)

Matthew Anish August 13, 2015 at 10:20 PM The seasons change so quickly. I like this one! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Paul Callus August 13, 2015 at 2:36 PM An acrostic bursting with emotions; a month which heralds the start of our Maltese rainy season... still warm and ideal for swimming (in fact I'm usually still swimming up to mid November!) ~ paul

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