Moving On Acrostic Poems

German resistance well-noted within prison encampment
Rambunctious brood neath an underground network
Erasing traces under so-called watchful eyes
Allied soldiers, hundreds to gain freedom
Together with a few arduous...

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Said she’s sending
Him her hair,
Eros, Ezra, Esne . . .
...

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Abortion
Beliefs
Became
Yesterday's

Job...
Ongoing
Hope
Now
Shows
Others
New

Understanding...
Nice
People
Like
And
Need
New
Educational
Direction

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These are the 3 full sentences implied by the acrostic above:

~abortion beliefs became yesterday's job
~ongoing hope now shows others new understanding
~nice people like and need...

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T his the mid-seventies, California,
O akland Airport Hilton Inn, town aura,
M idst Oakland Stadium Complex, airport.

H ospitality Senior Special sort.
A t nineteen, I worked as...

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Day we said our final words,

Exactly two months ago,

And now your letter only stirs,

Regrets, cast a dark shadow,



Just so you know, I've moved on,

Only hoping...

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The girl he dated briefly
Had pulled some shenanigans
Everyone liked her at first

Loved her, until she showed her true colors.
Always laughing, making fun, teasing, playing
She made...

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Like an Olympic athlete
Iris sets to work at lightning speed
Cleaning her designer
Kitchen and spacious bathroom.
Everywhere she
Touches
Yields to her fluffy feather duster

She hasn't a moment to...

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Kant and Buddha meet Karma and Immanuel 


There underneath the fertile soil rests a karmic message

Hewn into marble stone or written on a lonely cross

Engraved...

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Best ones know they have to listen, to learn.

Ordained as the head, but the great ones don't act like it.

Seriously concerned about their employees' welfare.

Set...

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Thinking will not prolong the inevitable. 
Hoping for yesterday will not stop tomorrow.
Incompetence only takes you so far.
Shooting for the stars is our destination.

Initially, we...

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P erhaps it's time to let it go.
A ll that pain you suffered so.
S train on your heart and soul.
T ime to release and let...

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 L  ovely metallic lady lost in Aisle Eight,
 O  n a rubbled spillway frightened and alone.
 V  ehicular damage on fore...

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POEM

Penning my life in rhythm
Openly to listeners and readers
Each and every will surely hear them
Momentarily as I travel to deeper

Places of thought as a writer
Offended...

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Better to see anything in dreams.
Universal beauty holds out it seems.
Transformation into beauty to behold.
Tragedy of real life ever so cold.
Exemplifies fantasy in ones mind.
Real...

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Always in such a hurry
Pressing forward, moving on
Reaching for that which you think you are due
Every moment of the day spent in pursuit
Climbing that invisible...

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J ust as I started to fall for you
A nother entered my life.
N o, I was not expecting it to happen there
U nder the Oak...

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A-nticipating no one
Refusing to slow down
Still searching for a home

L-eft in the rain
Still moving on
Refusing to bow to the pain

O-nly I can help myself
I will...

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New to Poetry Soup,
5 light years away,
Very small compared to others,

Carrying a bit of fear,
Anxiety, and new,
Pulsing out worry and contempt,
Telling myself not to fear,
Climbing...

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             Corn plantation 
C-call mama and tell her
O-over here is not easy 
R-rest...

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