Shaken by the cold,
Carefully wrapped up,
A gift that can't be sold,
Received with gratitude,
For a future foretold.
#AcrosticOctober #Scarf #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Hollowing smoke rings,
Apathy is here to stay,
Zombified by shiny things,
Yesterday becomes today.
#AcrosticOctober #Hazy #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Mona Lisa
Moral Injury
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"Instead of praise,
Near-sighted autocrats
Judge according to optics,
Urge us to see all sides.
Righteously indignant,
Yet indifferent to suffering."

#poetry #acrostic #AcrosticPoem #booksky #NoKings #protest #resist #Trump #vote #ICE

Lambent glows
Along the river,
Night-time knows
The winter shiver,
Emanating hope,
Righteous in the dark,
Not a moment too stark.
#AcrosticOctober #Lantern #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Crisp morning crunch
Of footsteps on leaves,
Little nuts for birds to munch,
Desperate to feed,
Each day, the grip tightens,
Rigid, as the world quietens.
#AcrosticOctober #Colder #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Yearning for sleep,
A stretch of the jaws,
Whispered too deep,
Nothingness gnaws.
#AcrosticOctober #Yawn #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Sipping on wine,
Easing the bones,
Ripple in time,
Emulating stone,
Nevermore to stress,
Excess weightlessness.
#AcrosticOctober #Serene #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Setting off car alarms,
Thunder shaking the streets,
Onset of Thor's charms,
Raging rain in heavy sheets,
Mighty lightning streaks.
#AcrosticOctober #Storm #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Inky skies,
Nearing night,
Day's demise,
Inspired sight,
Gushing, blushing,
Of colour crushing.
#AcrosticOctober #Indigo #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Pithy, profound prose,
Odes to lost loves,
Epic, sweeping woes,
Metrics of turtle doves.
#AcrosticOctober #Poem #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Crescendo builds,
Harmonies abound,
Operatic chills,
Reverberating sound,
United voices sing,
Soliloquys ring.
#AcrosticOctober #Chorus #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Sneaky critters,
Quarreling over nuts,
Undergrowth jitters,
Indigenous mutts,
Raging from the boughs,
Roaring tiny squeaks,
Evil perhaps, who knows?
Little ninja freaks.
#AcrosticOctober #Squirrel #acrosticpoem #writing
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Shit sometimes
Happens
Idle winds of misfortune seem to blow our way
Nothing comes from hanging around street corners
You can polish all you like, but you can't make that turd shine

#AcrosticOctober #Shiny #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Settling sunbeams,
Highlighted in gold,
Icarus daydreams,
Never growing old,
Yesterday gleams.
#AcrosticOctober #Shiny #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Gilded branches,
Opulent dawn,
Leaves glinting,
Dropping on the lawn,
Enter the Autumn,
Nature overdrawn.
#AcrosticOctober #golden #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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Plump stewards,
Ushers of autumn,
Mashed or spiced,
Picked clean of insides,
Kindled from within,
Inscribed faces,
Night-time grins.
#AcrosticOctober #pumpkin #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
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On a call with family this morning and my 8 year old niece in New Zealand made my day by reading to me her first Acrostic poem! Am super proud to share her work, please clap for Harper who is just starting out 😊😍🙏💚✨️
#acrosticpoem #writingcommunity

I fall to pieces without you.
Naked in divinity
Each breath splits me wide open.
Every prayer spells your name.
Devour me, I beg of you
You have my sacred altar
Open-mouthed and soaking
Under you, in ecstasy.
—Sapphra

#vss365 #poetry #poetrysky #writersky #erotica #acrosticpoem