Published January 18, 2005
Concrete Pendulum
An Acrostic Poem By Green Monkey
Population focused in cities
Of which eject poison into the air
Letting earth’s pendulum swing
Letting earth’s time run out
Unless something is done
This rusted world will be no more
Imaginary it will be
Only the man in the moon will see
Not where earth is but where it used to be
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I like this, this is good.
well, im not a big acrostic fan, but this was pretty good, 'specially if its your first poem. and i loved the theme, being the tree-hugging hippie that i am...
:O!
Next time, mention something about Nitrogen Oxide. Pleeeeeeease? That's poetry enough for the whole poem!
It was a good poem considering the format, you had some very good lines in there
The title was good too. I like it. Nice work
I didn't even know what acrostic means untill chevy mentioned it in context. I didn't notice. I like the pendulum image and the man in the moon line.
Save the earth!!!
yep, knowing i'm a parisite gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside *she is presantly carted off to the funny farm*
have a lovely day
~blue~
If i interpreted the message in this poem correctly, i would have to agree. The earth's time is running out, and it's all thanks to human's, isn't it niced to know your a parasite?
~~Shadow~Knight~~
I haven't read/ written an acrostic poem since primary school, but i liked this one.
especialy the bit about the earth being a pendulem (is that how you spell it?) and where you say
'not where earth is but where it used to be'
Have a lovely day
~blue~
P.S i don't think the flow was interrupted by the form, but then again, i'm not sure what that actually means...
It was a little too 'Let's Save the Rainforest!' for me, but I thought it was pretty good, especially with the pendulum analogy. That was pretty cool.
I've never heard of the acrostic style...have to google it. See what I find.
personaly not one of my favorite types of poems...it was good for what it was though...
I liked it. Thinking of earth's time to be here as a pendulum was a neat illustration. I haven't read an acrostic in a long time and honestly can't remember the restrictons for them (I read/write more fiction than I do poetry). The only part I recommend changing is:
"Letting earth's pendulum swing
Letting earth's time run out"
Both great lines, but I would change one of the 'letting's to something else. Good job. ^_^
whatever thats supposed to mean...
it wasn't bad considering the restrictions placed on it but the flow was interrupted by the form
I guess you didn't read the part where it said it was acrostic then....
Yeah I didn't even notice it was acrostic until she mentioned it.
Well, I personally don't like acrostic because they're so restricting, however, you did very well with creating a very free and flowing poem. I really like it. However, when writing an acrostic, be sure you put emphases on the first letter of each line, such as puting them in bold or high lighted them.