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Writing Prompt: Everybody was haiku writing…

This week my poetry class and I are working on haiku. I wrote this one as an experiment:

Persimmons. Only

enough to remember you:

famished until now.

The first letter of every word spells out a message: “poetry fun.” Super-gimmicky, sure, but enjoyable! First one to write an acrostic haiku in the comments wins the honor of being the first person to write an acrostic haiku in the comments.

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6 Responses

  1. Peter D. Mallett

    Wow, that’s even harder. I like the title of your post too.

    November 28, 2012 at 2:41 pm

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    • David Jacobsen

      Hopefully that song won’t be stuck in your head all day now!

      November 28, 2012 at 2:50 pm

      Reply
      • conhippy

        Jackie was a little bit frightnening………grrrrrrrr

        November 28, 2012 at 3:24 pm

      • David Jacobsen

        From a feint into a slip and kicking from the hip… :)

        November 28, 2012 at 3:39 pm

      • Peter D. Mallett

        Too Late.

        November 28, 2012 at 4:38 pm

  2. conhippy

    Natural order
    Really Helps You Mentally
    Evading Sadness

    November 28, 2012 at 3:22 pm

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