poem 26

Number 26

Back to basics for this week’s prompt. Children learn their ABCs at earlier and earlier ages, but the alphabet is still the center of what we do as writers years later. There are several ways to write an abcedarian poem that you can read about at the link. Today I will give you three options.

Option One:
Write a long poem where each stanza begins with a different letter of the alphabet. For a super-duper challenge, use as many words as you can with that starting letter in the stanza without getting too Dr. Seuss-y!

Option Two:
Write a shorter poem where each line starts with a new letter of the alphabet.

Option Three:
Pair up alphabet letters (AB, CD, EF, etc.). Use these pairs to start lines. For example, the AB line would have to start with an A word then a B word.

Have some fun going back to basics – and show that alphabet who’s boss!

Apologies

brothers and sisters

calamitous situations have interrupted my 30/30

due to the onset of

everybody's favorite malady

forgive the sarcasm

gout makes me say funny things

however brutally true they may be

insensitivity becomes driven by pain

jokes cease to be funny and

kittens are less cute than normal

lost time

momentum betrayed

nobody is sorrier than I am, for this betrayal

ordinarily I wouldn't think twice but I have violated a

pact that I considerd binding

quickly I will try to remedy this situation

rearranging words into alphabetical order

surrendering to saedonic speculation

thinking thinking thinking

until

various levels of success

wash into a finished product slightly better than

X-men 3 and its horrible ending

you have to understand, at least it's something

zero is never my goal