Acrostics are usually used in longer verses. Here, they’re put to probably unsuitable use.
ACROSTIC COUPLETS
I mention that it might be fun
To eat a picnic in the sun.
It would at that, you answer back,
So we select some food to pack:
A jug of wine, some garlic knots,
Some nectarines and apricots.
In half an hour, we pack a lot
For lunch in some bucolic spot.
When we go out, to our surprise,
Enormous stormclouds fill the skies.
Great raindrops drop and start to douse
Our lunch. We run into the house.
Do we just sit around and mope,
Or do we find a way to cope?
It’s just as pleasant to consume
The picnic in the living room.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Win // Oct 1, 2019 at 11:41 pm
Doug, you are so prolific I’m quite sure I’ve read only a tiny fraction of your work, but may I say that of that fraction, however large or small it may be, this, in my humble opinion, is the best thing you’ve ever written. Huge respect, and thanks for all of the work and talent you’ve poured into making something like this possible.
2 Doug // Oct 6, 2019 at 8:19 pm
I suspect you’re pulling my leg here; but if you did indeed enjoy it, I’m glad.
3 mamie // Oct 6, 2019 at 6:51 pm
I agree with the sentiment of the poem!
4 Win // Oct 19, 2019 at 5:16 pm
As you know, Doug, reactions to writing are often more a measure of the reader than the author. Perhaps this poem hit me at just the right moment for it resonate the way it did. But I admire both the technical aspects and the human content, and the compliment is unabashedly sincere. Keep them coming!
5 Doug // Oct 31, 2019 at 1:54 pm
Thank you! I’m glad the picnic was a success!