Provoked by my sister's constant 'what do you think of this one' texts, I rattled one off last night before going to bed.
I have no idea whether it is good or not, but at least it brought silence for a while.
She is doing a writing course since she is one of those unable to go out, so she is having fun writing short stories, and now, acrostic poetry.

Here's mine.

Darkness
Endures
Arriving on
Duty

Obscuring the
Flames of the sun

Where
Insecure
Needles
Trail from the
Eaves like
Ropes of despair

So anyone else want to join in? Happy to see the results here.

 

I'll play, but give me a starter word or phrase please.

 

OK! But that's just what my sister kept saying. Haha!

How about
playtime
or
Walk in the Woods
or
Spring Blossoms
or
Bike Rides
or
Wish you were Here
or
Wish I was there
or
Dark Side of the Moon

I'm sure you can think of something you can muse about.

 

More fun and challenging when someone else sets it I think...

Let's start with playtime

People
Love
And
Yearn
To
Introduce
More
Entertainment

 

Spring blossoms

Seeing
Primroses
Rise
In
New
Glory

Brings
Lots
Of
Smiles, after the
Sadness
Of
Months
Slumbering.

 

Wow, these are perfect!

Now you have to challenge us with a phrase too. (But only if you feel like it, honestly)

 

Working from home

 

Walking
Over
Rugs,
Kicking
Into
Nowhere
Goals that
Feared to
Roam
Outside
My
Haven,
Opening
My
Eyes

 

Wind and rain

Say cheese

Violets are blue

Marriage

Walk in the woods

Tea for two

 

Walk in the woods

Wandering
aimlessly,
looking and
kneeling
in
nearness
to the
humble
elegance of
willows,
overhanging
outwards
dipping in the
stream.

 

People
look longingly
at
your youth.
They always
ignore
my maturity.
Eheu fugaces labuntur anni.

 

With age comes wisdom.

 

Time
Endlessly
Accrues

Fear
Of
Relaxation

Time
Without
Obligation


Doesn't quite work, needs another think probably.

 

It's a difficult one isn't it? I'll have a go too.

 

I think I'm being influenced by a Chinese novel writer at the moment, who has a main character who is a policeman as well as a poet. He quotes loads of classical and modern Chinese poetry in his books.

Another thing which has struck me reading the books is that we have little understanding of the complexity of Chinese culture, politics and how they deal with it. Their political scenarios are so within living memories, it's amazing they cope as well as they do now. Older people must find it particularly hard to fit into the modern China.

 

I'm going to have to leave this thread - it's making me a bit gloomy...

Time passes,
endlessly ignoring
all its effects.

Forever ignorant
of what it wreaks,
remembering nothing

that really matters.
We can fight it, but
only for a short while.


Bl**dy mortality!

Edited for a slightly better(?) ending.

 

On a lighter note:

Tremulous anticipation as a prefix for an
Elegant assortement, delightfully
Arranged of
Fancies for
Our delight, delectation and even
Relaxation, giving us time for contemplation,
Time for conversation
While forumulating
Our own very particular order.

 

Also:

Who
Ordered this
Ridiculous situation with
Kids underfoot and domestic machines assaulting and
Irritating my eardrums all day?
Not efficient. Not productive.
Gone the distinction between on and off duty.

Finding it hard to stay focused.
Rendered stagnant by the
Overarching pull of social
Media.

How
Overwhelming the urge to
Make up timesheets and fiddle
Expenses.

 

Oh yes! Bravo girl!

 

Anybody else prepared to admit they had to google WTF an acrostic poem was?