The Acrostic Poem has been a long-standing challenge, mainly between B'Elana and the late PedanticBarSteward. A while ago, Bel and PBS decided to open up the idea to anyone who would like to take part, as a regular poetry challenge.
The word chosen each time is the Telegram Game's current word, so if you join in or subscribe to the telegram game you'll know as soon as it's announced. When you've completed your poem, submit it by posting to a new thread below, and we'll put the best of them together in the next issue.
Panther
BMTPost an acrostic in this placeA rhyming one would be aceNot all poems have a themeTell a tale as yet unseenHave a go, what's to loseEmotions could soon start to oozeRetire to the bar then for some booze.
DmitriPacing the bars, his vision grows weary.All is the cage, no world beckons outside.Nothing but circling is left him. He's leeryTowards all but the dance of his ritual stride.Here and there, suddenly flashes a light,Enters the proud heart, is gone in the night.Rilke knew just how to say it, all right.BelPeople panic, rush aroundA wild animal is in town.Nothing's safe, nowhere to goTotal chaos, what a show.Help us catch the dangerous catEverybody who does fretReally, peeps, it's not a pet.Acrostic Poems ArchiveBMT, Dmitri, and Bel
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