R-ighteous
A-crostic
N-icely
D-elights
Y-ou
P-leasantly
O-bliterating
R-ain
O-f
S-orrow
A-new
Topic: Birthday of Randy Porosa (March 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
E-arly
M-orn
M-eets
A-nother
D-awn
O-bliterating
M-ist
I-n
N-ew
G-low's
O-pening
Topic: Birthday of Emma Domingo (October 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-ejoice
U-ntil
T-he
H-appiness
Y-ou
O-pen
S-tarts
O-bliterating
Y-our
A-nguish
Topic: Birthday of Ruth R. Yosoya (September 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-nother
S-unrise
U-ses
N-ew
C-lear
I-mage
O-f
N-atural
Z-enith
A-s
F-ifteenth
E-arliness
I-n
R-adiant
A-ugust
K-eeps
O-bliterating
P-icture
O-f
U-ncertainty
L-urking
O-bscurely
U-nderneath
Topic: Birthday of Asuncion A. Zafeirakopoulou (August 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
I sit there staring straight at it
Watching it disappear
Bit by bit
I’m too entangled with it
Maybe I’m a part and parcel of it
The more I look at it
The less I see
It stares back hard
Now I’m scared
I don’t know what it’s thinking
It looks menacing
But I know I’m not liking this feeling
Now I can’t feel anything anymore
The world just fades away
Along with everything in it
I see my sisters
I call out to them
I stretch forth my hands
But they don’t seem to hear me
They don’t seem to see me
What is this?
Is this death taking a tour of me?
Is this life after death?
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