Short Alcott Poems

Louisa May Alcott
Writer’s block, she had nought
Wherever she wrote her stories
Stirred immeasurable glories

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L-et
O-ne
U-nique
I-dea
S-imply
A-pply

M-essage
A-bout
Y-oung

A-ge
L-etting
C-omposer's
O-ld
T-imes
T-ell

Topic: Birthday of Poetess Louisa May Alcott (November 29) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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A-uthor's
M-essage
O-n
S-cribe's

B-irthday
R-ightfully
O-ffers
N-oble
S-weetness
O-f
N-ame

A-s
L-itterateur
C-omposes
O-ne
T-imely
T-itle

Topic: Birthday of Poet Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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crown of bobby pins and bandana
   she hoists a beer bottle scepter
   dime store paste royal necklace 
   moth holed sweater Queen's cape
   her well worn lawn chair throne
   she stays alert in  her tower
   surveys her realm on Alcott Lane
   nothing escapes the queen's watch...

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Wildilee Woldilee
Louisa May Alcott
writer from my childhood
so very warm

worked to support family
transcendentalists
who taught tenderness
which she did conform






Double Dactyl (Win For Paid Membership) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: William Kekaula 
December 30, 2020...

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Laura Ingles Wilder 
Her prose were milder
Than poetry or verse
Intended to coearce

Louisa May Alcott
Wrote tales I bought
About women and boys
With hearts sure to poise

Miss Nancy Drew
Wasn't such a shrew
She solved every crime
In her own spare time

Little Trixie Belden
Mysteries were well done
Dancing with shadows
Which she would expose

The brothers Grimm
Wrote tales that did brim
With joy, hope and love
Sent down from heaven above

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