I have written a few dozen acrostic poems. There's no particular theme to the collection. I just like playing around with words that pop into my head at any given moment: shadow, unicorn, seeds, nest, Pluto, moon, asteroids, cocoon, cars, lilacs, wreath, mouse, spider, willow, grass. Sometimes, I like the challenge of writing acrostic poems that rhyme. Here's a rhyming acrostic about the chameleon that I wrote a few years ago:
Chameleon
by Elaine Magliaro
Changes suits to suit
His locus. Abracadabra! Hocus-pocus! He’s
A clever
Master of disguise…a trickster who can fool the
Eyes! This
Lizard with a fashion flair takes his wardrobe
Everywhere. Predators don’t stop
Or stare.
No one even knows he’s there.
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Tricia has the Poetry Friday Roundup at the Miss Rumphius Effect.
I love the rhyms embedded in this poem, Elaine.
ReplyDeleteSpot on! And now I'm going to have to try a rhyming acrostic. Thank for a great example!
ReplyDeleteAuthor Amok, thanks. I played around with this poem for years.
ReplyDeleteMary Lee, thanks...and let me know the result of your attempt.
Don't you wish you could be a chameleon at times? I love the rhymes as well, they sneak up on you.
ReplyDeleteJone,
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be a lot of things--Catherine Zeta Jones, Kim Basinger, an astrophysicist, a geologist--definitely a writer who has published a book of children's poems that has garnered rave reviews. I'm not sure I want to be a chameleon, though.
That is fantastic, Elaine! I'm going to try it, but ouch I think it looks very very difficult - adding the letter restrictions to the meter and rhyme restrictions AND - here's the worst part - making sure it makes sense. I can feel the pain already. But I will give it a shot for the next few years. Yours is beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie! I had written the rough draft of the poem in a journal years ago--and kept revisiting it from time to time. I couldn't quite get the ending right. Then there came a point at which I decided this was the best I could do--at least for the time being anyway.
ReplyDeleteClever.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Like Jone, I want to be a chameleon, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Nye poem. Off excitedly to read that one.
Hi Elaine,
ReplyDeleteYou have a very nice blog here! I admire your writing and will need to explore more of your poetry -- there are 95 posts marked "original poetry"! That's amazing. Chameleon is so much fun, moves so well, and sounds so great. I have just begun a blog written expressly for children. Perhaps you would consider visiting sometime:
http://writtenforchildren.blogspot.com
Any advice would be most welcome.
Tess,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by--and for your nice comments. Welcome to the world of kidlit bloggers.
Elaine--this is adorable! I love doing rhyming acrostics--and this one is terrific. Clever, fact-filled, with great words: locus, fashion flair...Love it.
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