#acrostic

[chasingbluebirds]

ace week acrostic

here's to the queer ones who find attraction irrelevant to their experience, pursuing not people but their own paths through a society that says, "you need a partner to be happy in life"

a group whose love is no less consequential, deep, profound, even as they call us less than human

where the black, grey, white, and purple invoke emblems of community at October's end, ever have we been, ever shall we still be, and know this: we are here and we are proud

[softinvasions]

[ and ] • Nov. 2023

only you resist      every ending reeling with grief     undone in perpetual longing   reconstructing how I looked when    you emboldened by that  deathless unreachable light    imagined singing and turned carrying on;             endless.

[beebopboom]

Acrostic ✨Clues ✨

So a neat little thing Good Omens did for the promo for s2 was create some character playlist.

Very quickly though it was discovered that each and every one of them contained a hidden clue word. By taking the first letter of the first word of the song a word related to the character would emerge. For the two examples below the words were “Ineffable” and “Tempting”.

Now this technique is called Acrostic,

Acrostic - a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (such as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet

it’s a technique mostly seen in poems to contain hidden words, often the authors name.

but I wouldn’t be bringing this back up if it wasn’t for nothing and that’s because we see this technique in the show as well.

When Jim is really embodying his role as Assistant Bookseller he takes it upon himself to reorganize the books by the first letter of the first word of the first sentence - sounds familiar.

Except he’s doing alphabetically not to contain a hidden word you say? 

Well hold on to that real quick while I point out another clue Jimbriel says,

“There will come a tempest, and darkness, and great storms. And the dead will leave their graves and walk the earth once more. And there will be great lamentations."

Well now that I brought that quote back to your attention we are just going to focus on one particular word, Lamentations.

because what if I told you that the first four poems in the Book of Lamentations are written in an acrostic style.

Not just any style either but where each poetic verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. 

Now the Book of Lamentations is separated into five poems from different pov’s about the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. by the Babylonians.

The organization and rigid structure to the first four poems was really meant to contrast from the grief and disorder the people were going through. Structure that the last poem loses. Hm Interesting.

(we are not going to be looking into what this book is about I am just pointing out structure similarities here)

Expect this not the only way this structure can be used.

Acrostic structure’s are also often used as a mnemonic device. This is a learning technique that helps with memory retrieval or retention by associating things with something easier to remember, like say trigger words.

So then is it really a surprise that Jim, our Amnesiac Archangel, keeps using this structure subconsciously?

[nerdlingmerchling]

[adverbian]

Plausible Deniability

A Good Omens poem (read on AO3)

Ineffable (adj.) 1. Incapable of being expressed in words: indescribable, unspeakable. 2. Not to be uttered: taboo.

I lie to you with every word I say. No straight and narrow path I walk with you — Each word will twist and tangle, fret and fray.

False is my virtue — but my faith is true. False must I speak — but still, I testify. And false you swear for me, and I for you —

Bound to defend, and so we must deny. Lie with me, love. Accept my perjured vow: Each word unsaid is yours, and so am I.

(Written for a poetry game in the @goodomensafterdark Writers Guild. Prompt: Acrostic poem.)

(Reblogs & AO3 comments always appreciated! ❤️)

(Header image adapted from "241/366 - Negativer Raum / Negative Space" by Boris Thaser, licensed under CC BY 2.0.)

[thesilicontribesman]

'Rotas Square' Early Religious Acrostic, 2nd Century CE Roman Plaster, Corinium Museum, Cirencester

[stirlinqs]

‘twas practicing my acrostic poetry — here is an acrostic poem dedicated to charlie dalton 🐈‍⬛

[definegodliness]

Summer's splendour

Below the great unending Maya blue, One picture perfect puffy lamb drifts lazily Over flowing fields paling to parchment, Toward nothing more than another day Absolved from priorities and expectations; Yesterday flowed, and drifted by, the same, Sojourning within Summer's splendour.

--- 26-8-2024, M.A. Tempels ©

[tickety-boooo]

Good Omens Poetry: Aug-Kissed 8

Prompt 8 for @aug-kissed: Using Tongue~ I did an acrostic for this one! :P

Teasing one another with a wordless language Open mouths, messy with spit, but unbothered Notes of grape, aged finely and imbibed eagerly Grins and giggles interject our intimate expression Un baiser amoureux, something so natural Even a serpent must explore the world with its tongue

[dragonflylady77]

CLAWING AT YOUR SOUL

User @/Plotwist_ing on Twitter has been posting daily prompts for micro poems. This prompt is from ages ago but, today, at the monthly writing circle, I got inspired...

also on Ao3

gift for @shieldofiron @heck-in-a-handbasket @passivenovember and @ihni <3

Counting the days, the months, since Starcourt.

Lying to everyone, telling them he’s fine, yes, he is sleeping.

Always pretending, as if the Billy-shaped hole in his chest wasn’t eating at him.

Wondering what really happened to Billy’s body that fateful night.

In Steve’s dreams, Billy is alive, stuck in the Upside Down.

Never had he imagined he’d miss him so much, the guy who beat him up that time.

Going into the woods at night, alone with his nail bat, looking…

Another night searching for nothing, going to work on two hours of fitful sleep.

Talking to Max, who talks to El, and finally, a confirmation.

Yanking on the rope keeping him tethered, Steve walks through the portal

One by one, the kids follow, silent for once, in the darkness

Upside Down noises muted by the spores and the vines.

Running towards the lone human figure, grimy and confused.

Sobbing with relief once Billy is in his arms, Steve can breathe again.

On the way to his house, Steve refuses to let go of Billy, ignoring all the voices.

Unbidden tears once they’re alone, hushed whispers in the dark, two boys in love

Learning to live again, hand in hand. Soulmates, reunited.

[talshiargirlfriend]

Spell your url in song titles

Tagged by @thursdayinspace 🖤

Too Sweet - Hozier

After Midnight - Chappell Roan

Listen to Your Heart - Roxette

Seether - Veruca Salt

Hurt - Johnny Cash

I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson

Alone - Heart

Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick

Ring of Fire - Social Distortion

Let Me Go - Cake

Falls on Me - Fuel

Round Here - Counting Crows

If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

Doll Parts - Hole

I tried to pick songs I’ve listened to recently without repeating artists and damn my url is too long.

Tagging: if you see this and want to join in just say I tagged you. I’m not a narc.

Maybe @thelostself @deadheaddaisy @introvertia @killjoyfabulous @theluckydimecaper might like to play

[lickthecowhappy]

Ineffable May - Day 20

Vavoom

Have a little acrostic as a treat.

Day 19 🔥 | Ineffable May Repository | Day 21

Vows made in secret hidden Away from eyes that judge us Violently grasping for One soft caress or one kiss Or one chance to create a Memory with our bodies

Day 19 🔥 | Ineffable May Repository | Day 21

[softinvasions]

Object / Subject / Muse / Artist • Nov. 2023

[veronae-buddie]

Buddie Poem #2

Beautiful bond, the song of a dove Undying promise they both swore Dumbest yet in their search for love Dying for what they each ignore Ignoring what for which they’d die Extraordinary power to self-deny. Thinking from the brain above Removal of the heart’s sweet core Untelling the truth, away they shove Telling pieces, parts, small bits poor. Healing comes when hand in glove  Each turns to the other, completely sure Realising peace exists in their tie Soul-healing truth in a love that can’t lie.

An acrostic poem styled by me.

[nerdlingmerchling]

[anonymousdandelion]

As we approach Yom Kippur, the culmination of this period of self-reflection on the past year and where we may have gone astray, it is worth remembering that this is more than a time of regret and fear and self-censure: it is also a time of growth, and joy, and love,.

With that in mind, I wanted to share two versions of Ahavnu, a "positive viddui" that I recently encountered — a complementary "confession" alongside the traditional Ashamnu viddui (the litany of wrongs that we confess as a community).

G'mar chatima tova; may we have a Yom Kippur of meaning and balance, and a good final sealing in the Book of Life.

Rav Kook, A​yn Aya​ commentary (tractate Maaser Sheni, Chapter 7, Mishnah 10): ... Therefore, just as there is great value to the repair of the soul by the confession of sins ... there is also great value by the confession of mitzvot (our positive deeds), in order to gladden the heart and strengthen the paths of life in the way of God.

Composed by Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman: https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ahavnu-ViduiHaMashlimYK-Binyamin-Holtzman.pdf

Composed by Rabbi Ari Weiss: https://yctorah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ahavnu-Viduy.pdf