Bright noon, day,
Laughter, play
On through night
On fresh sight,
Moon-round light.
Linked to dVerse Meeting the Bar. I am hosting today. The form is the acrostic.
Photo: “Bright Bloom Day” taken by the author at the Chicago Botanic Garden and linked to Floral Friday Fotos.
Oh I love this… what a delightful combination of rhyme and acrostic…
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I will have to get past five letters one of these days. I am glad you liked it, Björn!
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Short, sweet and full of light! (But I think you need to check the ‘L’ word for a small typo!)
That’s a gorgeous photograph, by the way, Frank!
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Thanks for pointing that out! I put the “t” in “laughter”. I am glad you liked the photo as well, Kim!
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Bloom …good work Frank
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Thank you, Ben!
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Short and sweet – full of beauty and light and blooms.
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I am still on training wheels with this form and so short and sweet is for caution. Thanks, Toni!
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You need to sprinkle that “laugh[t]er” with some “t,” baby. 😉
This is great.
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Good point! Kim also caught that. Thank you!
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Nicely presented acrostic. Bloomin marvelous 😉
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Thanks, Paul!
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Like the imagery of the full, circular bloom. Great poem.
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Those circular blooms reminded me of a full moon. Thanks you!
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Goodness, Frank, you have become Mr. Acrostic it seems; thanks for letting the rest of us get in on the fun, sir.
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I am glad you liked it, Glenn, and thanks for linking your acrostic poem on the hurricane damage in Texas.
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The quote is “Bloom where you are planted” … and you did, and in rhyme, no less. Well done!
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That’s a good line! I am glad you liked it, Bev!
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Excellent as always, Frank. Words and photo alike. Always!
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Thank you, Charley!
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You are welcome, Frank!
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I like your circular reasoning; that we’ll have light, either by day or night. The fun can still go on
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The only word I could think of at the time that started with M was “moon”, but I was talking about “noon” earlier. I don’t know. The fun can still go on. Thanks, Walter!
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Thank you Mr. Frank!
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Perfect! Plus, “bloom” is one of my favorite words.
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It is a nice word. I’m glad you liked it, Jennifer!
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Liked the light cadence of the acrostic combined with the flowers. One peculiar aspect of the photo: the center is occupied by the smallest flowers while the bigger flowers gather around them.
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That was somewhat on purpose. I was looking for a dark background somewhere to give contrast to the bright flowers, but I didn’t want to make it exactly in the center. The flowers there happened to be small. Of course, without the bright blooms the photo would be no good, so the blooms were important as well. Thank you, Danik!
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Short and very sweet, Frank…a great word to pontificate on. Thanks for the prompt today!
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Thank you, Kathy! I am glad you liked the poem and the prompt.
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Light and cheery and the blooms do look like colorful moons.
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They seemed like moons to me as well. Thank you!
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Lovely photo and acrostic. Thanks for the fun prompt.
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Thank you, Lynn! I’m glad you liked the prompt. I wanted to try something I hadn’t tried before.
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The acrostic is kind of addicting. For me, alphabet poetry falls into the same funness category that acrostics do.
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I like this. You go, Frank
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Thank you!
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A perfect one for the blooming flowers in the pic!
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Thank you! Getting a poem and photo to go together is like putting the prose and haiku together in a haibun. Sometimes they work, sometimes not so well. I am glad you liked the combination.
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I understand. But you did a good job there 🙂
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I LOVE acrostics–one of my fave forms 🙂
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I am glad you like this form. This is my third attempt at writing one. They are fun to write. Thanks, Jael!
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Yes, very fun 🙂
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Great prompt, Frank. And loved reading this one aloud, from the title right on through! 🙂
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Thank you, Lillian! I am glad the poem sounded right. An acrostic makes me think more about how the poem looks on the page than I normally do. I am glad the sound didn’t suffer as a result.
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15 syllables with rhymes and an acrostic. That packs a punch!
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I may have added more constraints than I needed to with this acrostic. I am glad you liked it. Thanks, Colin!
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A lovely acrostic, so full of joy 😄
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Thank you, Xenia! I generally want a positive, joyful message. I hope it cleans our windows on reality.
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It really does Frank! 🤗
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Nice acrostic poem. I like the progression.
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Thank you, Mary!
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PaSSioN
BLooMS
FLoWeRSDaNCeSiNG..:)
YeaH iT’s true
i capitalize
Consonants
mostly
and
leave
vowels
small case
but not in every
case as that WiLL be bOrIng2..
True.. not everyone loves
change aS usuAlly i
am A
ultiMaTe
lItmUs cAsE for that..;)
SMiLes.. no one tell
tales flowers how to flower either..
never the less flowers are A ultiMate fairy tale more when real.
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It seems you do capitalize some vowels. Keep dancing. I’m sure you will, and the flower will bloom. Thank you, Fred!
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Ha! Yes..
Particularly
FriEnd..;)
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Nicely done! I like the idea of the round moon echoing the shape of some of those blooms.
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There is a lot of roundness going on here. I didn’t realize it until I read some of the comments. Thank you, Rosemary!
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kaykuala
Great rhyming in such a restricted number of words, Frank!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank!
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Wonderful, Frank. It flowed so naturally, I didn’t even realize it was an acrostic. 🙂
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For me the sound is the most important part of a poem so I am glad this flowed naturally. The visual part (line breaks, formatting) that the acrostic depends on is usually something I don’t think about. Perhaps that is why I find acrostics entertaining but hard to write. Thank you!
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I think they are hard to write well! It’s a pleasure to come across ones that so beautifully fit the form.
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I like these poems, Frank. They are clever.
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Thank you, Robbie!
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Oh yes! I like this light and cheery acrostic.
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Thanks, Eugenia!
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😉
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I like the play on rhyme, the rhyme and your haiku-like lines in your acrostic! Nice photo too, Frank! Hugs!
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Thanks, Bekkie! They are short and haiku-like. I am glad you liked them and the photo.
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I’ve always loved acrostic poems and you have done this really well!
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Thank you, Mary! These were experimental this past week. Now that I think they work, I will use the technique more often.
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