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IKnowNoBox
Aug 27, 2007 ⭐ See this poem's read count — a supporter feature

Tracks Of Tears A Cross My Cheek

                         

                    I  failed

 
                      again

        

        me  against  nightmares

 

cannot  recall  if  everybody  stared

 

                         

                       I sit

 

       humiliated  embarassed

 

   studying  this I’ll  learn lessons

 

 

                        and

 

          maybe another night

 

         hopefully encouraged

 

                       I’ll stand

 

         Once nobody lonely yet

 

       holding up my aching neck

 

 

 

 

 

 

— IKnowNoBox, Aug 27, 2007

About the Author

Region, Country: East Coast, USA

Favorite Poets: Weird Elf, Shel Silverstein, The Poet Anonymous

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Mark

Mark

18 years 10 months ago

Hey iknow

another akkroptic - nice Are you sure about Leasons because I can't find it anywhere? Later, Mark L
Mark

Mark

18 years 10 months ago

Sad Poem

and you must be a genious or worked at this one until pulling hairs out. It is for me the longest acrostic poem I believe I have seen. All one word lines - whew, Nice Nice Wish I could see that pic of your studio :-) [email protected] Mark
Mark

Mark

18 years 10 months ago

Ditto

I challenged myself and it is done (where's Jess lmao)
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JulieMcCarty

18 years 10 months ago

WOW

How do you even start with something like this? I have never seen a poem like this before until tonight. Give me hint. LOVE IT!Julie
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 10 months ago

i think in mnemonics

BET think outside the word, but of the word,what can be said with these letters and you may get a variation like( Betrayed Every Time ) I used to do this with the chapters of books to recall refferance in Book reports, ADHD Helps Oddly enuff.You have fun with this! The open sentance form is easier to pick - up. Try ANGELS ON HIGH from my post-it wall.I believe you will Bring the light out! -----
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 10 months ago

Mark said "where is Jess?"

I with-held comment because while the title and the poem spoke deeply to me I deeply hate acrostics and word puzzles. I am both highly intelligent and very stupid in different ways. This one, however finally broke through my bigotry, but only because it is a bloody good, important poem in it's own right. "Life is too short for crossword puzzles or sudoku" or, to quote James Bond, "Life is too short to spend time prolonging it" probably the most profound line Ian Fleming ever penned. cheers, Jess
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 10 months ago

Thank you Jess

Toward the Horizon and beyond,escape artist one and all. In Ink, David
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Eveliina

18 years 10 months ago

sadness always wins me over

I most certainly like this one...it instilled on me that obligatory sadness human beings must bear because of their mortal condition...bravo " in the end, we will only just remember how it feels..."
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 9 months ago

Thank you Anonymity

It was one of my first,I didn't even know it was called acrostics .This write came to me hitchhiking the West Coast.Before that i used it to memorize the chapters of books for book reports.I made "lunch money" in high school By writing custom book reports.Then the Army with endless acronyms was the technical application.I believe your Vocabulary skills would compliment acrostics. In ink, Dabbler
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 8 months ago

I am thick as two short planks sometimes.

Took me several readings to get the acrostic. Maybe I had a bad experience with a cryptographer in a previously life. Love the poem. I have no shame at crying, bawled my eyes out when elves died in Lord of The Rings and often shed a tear or two or ten on this site. cheers, Jess

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