General Poetry posted August 23, 2015 Chapters:  ...13 14 -15- 16... 


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An acrostic tribute

A chapter in the book Miscellaneous Poems - vol 3

Robert Frost

by CD Richards

 
Roads not taken,
paths not trod—
to question them
seems rather odd.

Our past is done,
we can't go back.
We must proceed
along life's track.

Boldly forward,
deeper in—
looking back
may be a sin.

Eyes to front,
we move along.
We're sometimes right
and sometimes wrong.

Regrets serve none,
we do not quit.
We forge a plan
and stick by it.

To spend our lives
astride a fence,
refuse to choose,
avoid offence—


For fear of harm
or consequence
is cowardice,
and makes no sense.

Reliving times
long gone by
means future plans
may go awry.

Our life is short,
eschew regrets.
Let's not balk,
nor hedge our bets.

Striding onward,
ask not whence.
Others will say
ages hence,

That has made
the difference.



Poet or Author Acrostic contest entry

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Quoting from the contest guidelines:

The whole acrostic can be a single flowing sentence, or a combination of multiple sentences and phrases. Each individual letter of the name can have a single line or multiple sentences and phrases.
Creativity with the form is encouraged.

This is a tribute of sorts to Frost's poem The Road Not Taken, and as such contains some references to it. If you're not familiar with the poem, it is well worth a read, and easily found by typing the title into Google.
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