Cute poem
An anagram (not an acrostic) is rearranging letters such that one gets a new word or collection of words... https://examples.yourdictionary.com/...-examples.html
Here's a clever one from the link: "the Morse Code = here come dots"
In my case I take an entire poem and turn it into an alphabet soup and rearrange
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
You're right I was looking for the acrostic. I still have to try the anagram of a poem. It's much more difficult.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I use a website that might help for anagrams... one needs to play with the settings a bit like "Max other words" to zero... https://futureboy.us/lookup/nph-anagram.pl
An Anonymous Writer Named Blane
There once was a man who when writing
Would parse his words with lightning
His prose caused shocks
And his poetry thrown rocks
Unhinging his readers into frenzying
3/29/2023
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Thanks!I'm going to try it out.
A dramatic writer!
A True Story
There once was a poet fine
who worked from nine to nine.
He sat all day long at his desk
sighing and drinking beer.
The page stared back at him
just white and clean.
Then he had an idea
He wrote as title
"The Blank Page"
The poem became very famous.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Enjoyed !
ink
a book on a shelf
its words left unrequited
remain in darkness
3/29/2023
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 03-30-2023 at 02:59 AM. Reason: indent
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
An anagrammatic poem from a quote by Michael Kofi Esson (the title an anagram of his name):
"I was a dancer for like 12 years and I really think it gave me a sense of form and negative space,"
men fool chia skies
elves envy
a tiger's eye
nigh
dandelion tears
adapt of foams
leak ink fire
12 macaws race
rain
4/3/2023 r. 4/17/2023
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 04-17-2023 at 06:28 PM. Reason: same words... lines in different order / nigh from end to L3
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Enjoyed text and structure, but still have to go into the anagram.
The drop
A drop
pops
down
round
brown.
water clown
it blops down
onto
the lawn
and is gone.
Inspired by the poem "Pingo d`agua (Waterdrop)by Cassiano Ricardo
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Delightful poem
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
My Word Can poem from our Thursdays at Two poetry group a few weeks ago: lapidary, rare-volumes, scrounge, sicken, chance, crate, chimney, porch
a little rain falls
a chimney chuffed nearby showing
signs of life as she walked on
cobblestones which shone like
lapidary work in the misty rain
on the way to visit a friend
who was sickened by loneliness and despair
on the porch
rare volumes scrounged from her friend’s library
and put into crates to be taken away
forever
it was not by chance
rather by necessity
4/6/2023
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Last edited by tailor STATELY; 04-26-2023 at 06:23 PM. Reason: title / de-capitalize
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
8 words is a lot!
Very interesting poem, because of its implied meaning. A clear division: signs of life in the first part of the poem contrasting with the tokens of illness, decay or even death in the second. What happened to the friend, that the books had to be taken away ( reminding me of my own library that had to be dismantled recently)?. Perhaps I would just change the title to a less explicit one.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Yes, 8 is a lot... one word, or hyphenated word) for each participant where everyone? was presentYes, I did think of your library in passing.
Title too telling, hmmm... going with a little rain falls
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
re: I see!
The new title is much more subtle! Enjoyed.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
My Word Can poem for 5/4/2023 Tuesdays at Two: polychrome/safety/leave/outrage/seasonal/fiddle
oneness
be not confiddled
leave your polychromatic outrage behind
find solace and safety
in the seasonal that is nature
especially in spring to become
part of the rebirth
to become one with Mother earth
5/4/2023
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Interesting solution!Enjoyed the poem!(Had to look up "confiddled").
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
My current poem assignment for Thursdays at Two poetry group: (for 5/18/2023): Ode to a Zip Code (95633)
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily...
Dorado frame of mind whilst living the good Life
Rural Garden Valley gem is
East of the setting sun but
Always within a
Meditative poetic dream
5/11/2023
Golden shovel & Acrostic
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
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