First Published: 2022 April 15
Despite my claims about needing a while to adequately learn the telestich, I’m happy enough with the speed I wrote yesterday’s that I’m going to move on to the double acrostic. I feel like this is going to be really hard because the way that I had to modify my word choices was very different in the two single acrostic forms. But, you know what they say: nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Attempt
Attend to the pleasant aroma
That wafts from an effort since past
Take heed of the slow-moving draft
Each time that it comes to your side
Meet the day with outward calm
Pass times until all used up
Together with every attempt
So not the best poem I’ve ever written, but I think it’s not horrible for a stream of conscious writing. According to the book of forms, the poem’s content should center around the word being built. I don’t know if I’ve done a particularly good job with that today, but there’s always tomorrow.