After the Snow
Suddenly a crocus
Pops out of the ground,
Rushing purple and yellow
Into a world gone brown.
Neighbors passing by can’t help but
Grin.
I admire Avis Harley’s acrostics. I think they work especially well when the word or phrase being spelled out doesn’t appear in the poem. I tried to make the letters purple, but alas they insist on being blue.
Have I mentioned I love spring?
Happy Day 4! See you tomorrow.
Liz
And I love your acrostic, Liz. It’s very sweet. Yes, it’s easy to tell you love spring. Enjoy!
Thanks, Rosi!
These crocuses seem quite proud of their achievement! The lettering was definitely purple when it arrived via email. But you’re right, here it’s blue. How bizarre.
I love how you captured this small moment in the transition from winter to spring and framed it in a lovely acrostic poem. Thanks for the tip about not including the word being spelled out in the actual acrostic. I’ll be more mindful of that when I write any in the future. My letters were purple 🙂
Now we have seventies “after” last week’s snow. I love that you celebrated with your crocuses “rushing purple and yellow” in. Lovingly done!
Really nice! It’s hard to write acrostics that actually work as poems! And funny– the letters were purple in my email. 🙂
Lovely Acrostic!