Worlds Within Worlds
An Acrostic Poetry Contest entry26 total reviews
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing this acrostic contest entry with us. I feel poets have the best command of the written word. I enjoyed reading and wish you luck with the contest.
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Thank you for sharing this acrostic contest entry with us. I feel poets have the best command of the written word. I enjoyed reading and wish you luck with the contest.
Comment Written 27-Mar-2024
Comment from Douglas Goff
Words have meeting and power! What we write matters. What we read matters. There is a bit of control in the author's hands but the natural
of the beast gives the reader most of the control as they can simply walk away.
Good stuff here!
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reply by the author on 27-Jan-2024
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Words have meeting and power! What we write matters. What we read matters. There is a bit of control in the author's hands but the natural
of the beast gives the reader most of the control as they can simply walk away.
Good stuff here!
D
Comment Written 27-Jan-2024
reply by the author on 27-Jan-2024
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Thank you! This was an early attempt to marry an acrostic and some alliteration. :)
Comment from estory
I thought you did a pretty impressive job of working this into the acrostic, You spotted my acrostic. Along the way there's a journey through the relationship of poets and their readers, questioning the purpose of poetry, and what the readers expect from their poets and poetry. There are ideas here of the exploration of the spiritual aspects of life, the articulation of the human experience, and how inevitably, poetry fails in a romantic sense to explain the meaning of life. And maybe the readers are disappointed that it fails in some sense. It waxes quite philosophical, but the images still shine and the language has a sort of prosy music to it. For me, poetry is the art of making music with language, and it also has to have that articulation of something about the human experience to make it truly good poetry. Interesting piece. estory
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2023
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I thought you did a pretty impressive job of working this into the acrostic, You spotted my acrostic. Along the way there's a journey through the relationship of poets and their readers, questioning the purpose of poetry, and what the readers expect from their poets and poetry. There are ideas here of the exploration of the spiritual aspects of life, the articulation of the human experience, and how inevitably, poetry fails in a romantic sense to explain the meaning of life. And maybe the readers are disappointed that it fails in some sense. It waxes quite philosophical, but the images still shine and the language has a sort of prosy music to it. For me, poetry is the art of making music with language, and it also has to have that articulation of something about the human experience to make it truly good poetry. Interesting piece. estory
Comment Written 16-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2023
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Thank you so much for a thoughtful and detailed review - very much appreciated! :)
Comment from Karen Cherry Threadgill
You did this very well. I have never done one of these. We make worlds out of air. What we can't see we make up. We offer as much explanation as we can pluck out of the gooey brain matter we carry around. We rise we fall, we begin again. Karen
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2023
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You did this very well. I have never done one of these. We make worlds out of air. What we can't see we make up. We offer as much explanation as we can pluck out of the gooey brain matter we carry around. We rise we fall, we begin again. Karen
Comment Written 16-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2023
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Absolutely right. :) Did you find the acrostic?
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Yes. I was looking for it. :-)
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So you spotted it? :)
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:-)
Comment from Janis M.
The alliteration at the end was great and almost like a tongue twister. It's true, I feel so clueless most of the time when it comes to world. Especially right now I have been in an artistic slump. Just recently I was lamenting "there really is nothing new under the sun...."
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2023
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The alliteration at the end was great and almost like a tongue twister. It's true, I feel so clueless most of the time when it comes to world. Especially right now I have been in an artistic slump. Just recently I was lamenting "there really is nothing new under the sun...."
Comment Written 16-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2023
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That's true, but only you can present your unique take on it! :)
Comment from T B Botts
Hello Navada,
there is a lot of truth in the words you've written. My father-in-law used to say that when he was young he had all the answers, and now that he's old, he has all the questions. The more we know, the more we discover what we don't know. Well done gal.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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Hello Navada,
there is a lot of truth in the words you've written. My father-in-law used to say that when he was young he had all the answers, and now that he's old, he has all the questions. The more we know, the more we discover what we don't know. Well done gal.
Have a blessed day.
Tom
Comment Written 15-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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Thank you so much, Tom! Your father-in-law is obviously a very wise man - I really like that saying and there's a great deal of truth in it. :)
Comment from BethShelby
I enjoyed your Acrostic. I had to go back and read the first letters to see what it said. That was clever. Actually many of the people who are considered seers were poets like Nostradamus and Tennyson. We might just tap into unknown and come up with some answers.
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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I enjoyed your Acrostic. I had to go back and read the first letters to see what it said. That was clever. Actually many of the people who are considered seers were poets like Nostradamus and Tennyson. We might just tap into unknown and come up with some answers.
Comment Written 15-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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Thank you so much! I think poets are some of the people who try to untangle things others just skate over. Sometimes we soar and sometimes we crash, at least in my experience. :)
Comment from BethShelby
I enjoyed your Acrostic. I had to go back and read the first letters to see what it said. That was clever. Actually many of the people who are considered seers were poets like Nostradamus and Tennyson. We might just tap into unknown and come up with some answers.
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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I enjoyed your Acrostic. I had to go back and read the first letters to see what it said. That was clever. Actually many of the people who are considered seers were poets like Nostradamus and Tennyson. We might just tap into unknown and come up with some answers.
Comment Written 15-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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Thank you so much. I think poets are some of the people who try to unravel things that other people just skate over. Sometimes we soar and sometimes we crash, at least in my experience. :)
Comment from royowen
I hesitate to call myself a poet, because when I do, I count myself alongside the likes of Job, Solomon, David, and God forbid, Jesus Himself, but I do take God's poetry, ponder it with my own, (and the Spirit's wisdom) thought and write them in verse, and if I succeed in vaguely revealing, then I count myself as God's son, and His apprentice, unworthy as i am. Blessing my friend, Roy
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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I hesitate to call myself a poet, because when I do, I count myself alongside the likes of Job, Solomon, David, and God forbid, Jesus Himself, but I do take God's poetry, ponder it with my own, (and the Spirit's wisdom) thought and write them in verse, and if I succeed in vaguely revealing, then I count myself as God's son, and His apprentice, unworthy as i am. Blessing my friend, Roy
Comment Written 15-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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I understand what you mean, Roy. I think you can call yourself a poet. Even the apprentice learning at the feet of the master is still engaged in being a craftsman (or woman). :)
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I think you?re right.
Comment from Rachelle Allen
Well, this is deep and wise and brought great satisfaction and pleasure to my ears and tongue as I read it aloud.
My first favorite line was:
Poised to dip querulous quills in the ink of intrigue
That's just sheer poetic magic there. So imaginative and with words as profound as they are masterfully conjoined. (though my musician's ear always felt like it needed to be "into" rather than "in.")
I also absolutely loved:
Yearning for closure even as we're opening Pandora's box
The dichotomy of that!!! Absolutely brilliant. I'm serious.
I knew I was saving my last sixth star for something special this week!! This HAS to win the contest. I can't imagine anything better thay would get my vote! Good luck. xo
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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Well, this is deep and wise and brought great satisfaction and pleasure to my ears and tongue as I read it aloud.
My first favorite line was:
Poised to dip querulous quills in the ink of intrigue
That's just sheer poetic magic there. So imaginative and with words as profound as they are masterfully conjoined. (though my musician's ear always felt like it needed to be "into" rather than "in.")
I also absolutely loved:
Yearning for closure even as we're opening Pandora's box
The dichotomy of that!!! Absolutely brilliant. I'm serious.
I knew I was saving my last sixth star for something special this week!! This HAS to win the contest. I can't imagine anything better thay would get my vote! Good luck. xo
Comment Written 15-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 15-Dec-2023
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Thank you so much as always for your depth of reading, your insight and your generosity! I'm very humbled to receive your final six stars for the week! xxx
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I was delighted to bestow it on such an exceptional piece!! xo