Separated by a passport and 8000 miles - An Acrostic Sonnet
...Calling over a blurry video,
As much emotion as static would allow,
Natheless I knew you missed me; your kiddo
I can see it in your eyes and wrinkles now.
Ever since I boarded the plane for dis...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, 12th grade, home, immigration,
Form: Other
They All Laughed
...THEY ALL LAUGHED
An acrostic sonnet
They all laughed when I told them
How much I loved you.
Everyone said we were too young.
Yet, ...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, anniversary, love,
Form: Acrostic
I Love Housework
...I roning clothes – I love that job. Oh, my gosh!
L aundering them first is another one
O f numerous chores that let me wash
V arious things. Wash this or that. How fun!
E v...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, humor,
Form: Acrostic
Acrostic Sonnet
...Acrostic Sonnet
Bright morning star that, in the frosty dawn enfurled,
Arrives like a fleeting herald of the sun,
Return, I beg, to your nocturnal world.
Return and let this silent hour run
Ye...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, love, time,
Form: Acrostic
Acrostic Sonnet
...Bright morning star that, in the frosty dawn enfurled,
Arrives like a fleeting herald of the sun,
Return, I beg, to your nocturnal world.
Return and let this silent hour run
Yet a while. Leave h...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, love, morning, time,
Form: Sonnet
Coming Back Home
...Caught in the web, of maya illusions
Opaque veils of desire, dark delusion
Morbidity and joy, spinning around
Immersing attention, where fears abound
Nonchalant...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, spiritual,
Form: Acrostic
Lifes Mysteries
...Look here, John, I did a thorough research
Inside, outside, up, down and all around
Facts, fables, hearsays and temple or church
Eager to know where mysteries abound
Stranger-than-fiction true a...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, life, mystery,
Form: Acrostic
Lifes Mysteries
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L- Life overflows with awesome mysteries;
I- I list a few of them that spellbind me.
F- For one, the hidden gift of Memories-
E- Etched deep within to find again and see.
S- So too, emotion...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, inspirational, life, mystery,
Form: Acrostic
Lifes Mysteries
...Lay down fear and lay down all gross desires
Infuse heart with the passion it deserves
Fuse head and heart setting body afire
Each moment alive with gusto and verve
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, spiritual,
Form: Acrostic
New Resolutions
...NEW RESOLUTIONS
(An Acrostic Sonnet)
New year resolutions,
Early every year,
Were usually forgotten by the Spring.
Really good intentions,
Even though well...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, new year,
Form: Acrostic
Chinese New Year 2018
...(Note: This is an acrostic sonnet.)
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Ask love to grace this lunar year:
Live bounty wise with peace of mind,
Urge health to trace grand fond good cheer;
Now springs su...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, allusion,
Form: Sonnet
Applause
...Ask apt applause to taste true tell,
Ply profound peep prompting pure prime;
Pique precious pause where worth words well,
Live lasting leap lines leeching lime;
Aim answers apt that thrilling tas...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, allusion,
Form: Sonnet
Summer Solstice - My Midsummer Dream
...Sweet summer comes in June and I will be
Underneath the sun, for I’m awaiting
Midsummer dreams and my own chance to see
Magical small beings out creating
E...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Ordinary Orange
...An Acrostic Sonnet inspired by United Colours Yellow Poetry Contest of Silent One:
Orange, which is not such a favored hue,
Rarely decorates hills, streams or plains.
Does o...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, color,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Alzheimer Signs
...All he knew was the moonlight shined brightly
Leading him into the woods all alone.
Zipping his blue jacket he wore nightly,
He carried his cane, with each step he groaned.
Ever so slowly he w...
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Categories:
acrostic sonnet, beauty, family, love,
Form: Sonnet
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