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The following is an acrostic/ elegy poem with the word Sandcastles for Poppy’s Prompts #2.
Sirens blare
And everyone runs.
No one knows the
Destruction that’s
Coming.
A wind chime
Sound
The
Last alarm before
Everyone is
Sent to an early grave.
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Donna Fox (HKB)
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That is friggin' awesome! Well done!
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Ooooh this is an original take on sandcastles! Eerie, and what an ending. "Before everyone is sent to an early grave"- nature is incredibly powerful and we are lucky to not often see this side of it.
Oh wow this was so good! Good luck in Poppy’s challenge
Nicely done!🥰
Dearest Donna!!😳 I am throwing myself on my knees, begging your mercy! It has belatedly come to my attention that I have dim wittedly plagiarised your beautiful Sandcastles acrostic poem!😵💫 I read, appreciated and commented on it… then two days later thought… I’d like to write a happy poem about my childhood holidays at the beach. What style of poem will I write? Why not an acrostic? Clearly my short term working memory was defunct! So sorry! I would edit my poem & acknowledge my subconscious inspiration from yours, but I’m currently a cheapskate & can’t easily edit it.😬 I’ll add a comment on my poem & also Poppy’s Feb. prompts. Hoping these measures are sufficient to make amends.🙃
This one clangs like the alarm you write about, and the picture is perfectly chosen 😁
Ooooh so eery!! I love the super impactful ending especially!!
Yayyyyyy, everyone's dead! Hehehehehehehe! Also, this was soooo freaking creative of you! I don't think anyone else did an acrostic for Poppy's prompts! Such a unique direction you went with here! I loved it so much!
Beautifully sad!
I've got that story about the men building their houses on the sand and the rock in my head.
Well done!
Wow, H! You built a real sense of urgency, then despair, with very few words. Not to mention we're left a little unsure of the cause - tsunami, nuclear war, etc. Well done!
This was great, you built a sense of urgency and doom in few words, but all powerfully written Two thumbs up
great acrostic
Ooh i like this! Every word holds power.
Oh powerful! I’m thinking ‘there will come soft rains’ :) that sand castle might be turned to glass in the blast. Loved this Poem, Donna! Best of luck in the challenge 💖