05.09.22 by Michael Defeat (an acrostic poem) Image: pm1.narvii.com/6916/60a439dd2c63886d3c9a15b1dffedd87e7d7530fr1-1920-787v2_hq.jpg Determined to go to bed sooner Enabling a more refreshing start to the week Fumbling through the stuff that had to be done Everything taking so much more time to do And some of it didn’t work out at all Then the clock read 2 a.m. and he had to admit…
04.23.22 by Michael Now (an acrostic poem) Image: pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/790989206357180416/PiClbY9X_400x400.jpg Nothing like the present to start something new Of course you might fail When that happens, learn from it and try something again. Never a better time than…
10.01.21 by Michael List (an acrostic poem) Image: how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/images/cartoon-list-005.jpg Looking at everything to do in front of me, It gets overwhelming and I begin to sweat. So how do I attack such a formidable task The only thing I can think of is start a new …
08.16.21 by Michael Yarn (an acrostic poem) Image: fabulousyarn.com/artyarns/C5/image/AYC5-cashmere5group/AYC5-cashmere5group1200.jpg Yearning to wear soft cashmere sweaters Asking others to make them for me seems silly since I could make one Reaching for my knitting needles I start my first stitch Now after five hours, and not getting past stitch three, I pick up the phone and call…
06.11.21 by Michael Document (an acrostic poem) Image: fjwp.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/23085906/contract.png Didn’t read the fine print of the contract Of course that’s how a lot of these stories start Catch 22’s galore in the legalese that no one can decipher Unless you are a lawyer, and even then you have to be speak a dialect of Parseltongue Making the rest of the tale about maneuvering out of the inevitable Enabling our hero to have the last laugh Now only if that worked in real life Then I would be so done with these student loans
02.09.21 by Michael Moon (an acrostic poem) Image: images.theconversation.com/files/203104/original/file-20180123-33560-1wukgov.jpg Making out under the silvery light Oblivious to the changes I start to feel Only she isn’t oblivious and starts to scream Nobody said the dating life of a werewolf was easy
09.07.20 by Michael Trials (an acrostic poem) Image: truthout.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019_0517-Jury-box-1200×800.jpg The start to an ordeal is never easy Reaching down deep to find the follow through can be painful It can make you want to turn back, give up, curl up in a ball And yet, there is so much awaiting you on the other end of it all Look, you know it won’t be easy but… Success is usually worth the price of admission
08.26.20 by Michael Loopy (a cinquain) A cinquain is a five line poem that has the following form: 2 syllables, 4 syllables, 6 syllables, 8 syllables, 2 syllables The author is allowed to add or subtract 1 syllable from the count for each line. I decided for my first one I would follow the purest form of a cinquain. Image:.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/dc5b990db220b11a655954daad45d8388b6b444d/c=0-261-5133-3161/local/-/media/2018/05/04/USATODAY/USATODAY/636610343961500870-GettyImages-508896288.jpg The end It’s just a start Waiting for creation So when you get to the ending Begin
08.13.20 by Michael Fix (an acrostic poem) Finding all the things that are wrong can be depressing It can make you want to just throw everything out and get something new X that idea out, sit down with your list, start at the top and rebuild it and make it yours Image: clipartmax.com/png/middle/40-402083_api-specifies-a-set-of-functions-or-routines-that-accomplish-setting-icon.png
08.07.20 by Michael Parrots (an acrostic conversation) Perhaps he is just sleeping. And that’s the excuse you want to go with? Really, he could be just catching some shut-eye. Realize that I have watched the Monty Python skit like a billion times. Oh, then yeah, he’s dead That was anticlimactic. So do you want to start it from the top again? Image: farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/7931213700_6dbf6a49a7.jpg