In The Olden Days
Acrostic Poetry Contest Entry61 total reviews
Comment from sandy montgomery
Wow. I am blown away by this acrostic poem. It is exceptional. Even though I am in the contest as well I hope your poem wins. This is the best I've read so far. Wish I had a sixth star to reflect the exceptional nature of this lovely piece. Thank you for sharing your work.
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Wow. I am blown away by this acrostic poem. It is exceptional. Even though I am in the contest as well I hope your poem wins. This is the best I've read so far. Wish I had a sixth star to reflect the exceptional nature of this lovely piece. Thank you for sharing your work.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from Mastery
Outstanding poetry,Ida. (Is that your real name by the way? Ida?
I absolutely love this poem that seems to naturally embrace a way of life that seems to be long gone by. It flows so freely. I too write poetry and usually it is free style. In fact my college teacher told us if we turned in a poem that rhymed she would give it a failing grade. She said that people who struggle with rhyming lose sight of their natural thoughts. LOL. I believe she was right, Ida. Bless you, for this wonderful poem. Bob :)
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Outstanding poetry,Ida. (Is that your real name by the way? Ida?
I absolutely love this poem that seems to naturally embrace a way of life that seems to be long gone by. It flows so freely. I too write poetry and usually it is free style. In fact my college teacher told us if we turned in a poem that rhymed she would give it a failing grade. She said that people who struggle with rhyming lose sight of their natural thoughts. LOL. I believe she was right, Ida. Bless you, for this wonderful poem. Bob :)
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from Marie Foster1
I really like this poem. It paints a clear picture and tells a story. The rhyming is impeccable. I like the fact that grandma never complained. The younger generation seems so much more entitled. Good job!
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I really like this poem. It paints a clear picture and tells a story. The rhyming is impeccable. I like the fact that grandma never complained. The younger generation seems so much more entitled. Good job!
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from Mustang Patty
Hi there,
I don't know if it's because I'm reading on my phone, but I do not see the acrostic in your poem.
Acrostic poetry is where the first letter in each line of the poem spells out the title or the theme of the poem.
Your poem is lovely, but I don't think it belongs in this contest,
Please let me know if I missed your acrostic,
patty
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2018
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Hi there,
I don't know if it's because I'm reading on my phone, but I do not see the acrostic in your poem.
Acrostic poetry is where the first letter in each line of the poem spells out the title or the theme of the poem.
Your poem is lovely, but I don't think it belongs in this contest,
Please let me know if I missed your acrostic,
patty
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2018
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Hello,
The title of my poem is In The Olden Days and when you read the poem it specifically spells out In The Olden Days. Hope that helps. Thanks for reading and reviewing. Have a great day!
Comment from Boogienights
This is a wonderful poem, I love it. I would like to go back too, to see my mom again and thank her for making my life so great. How hard she worked, how much she loved her family, I would give up all modern appliances just to be with her again. Your grandma would really appreciate your kind words.
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This is a wonderful poem, I love it. I would like to go back too, to see my mom again and thank her for making my life so great. How hard she worked, how much she loved her family, I would give up all modern appliances just to be with her again. Your grandma would really appreciate your kind words.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from Bill Schott
This acrostic poem, IN THE OLDEN DAYS, written with a vertical theme and in archaic lines of fifteen or more syllables, takes us back to youth and innocence. The hard times were minimized and the zest for living the pinnacle. Today we have fewer real problems, but loud wailing about the slightest infraction. Wish we were back to the time of no worries, and when we didn't know what we do now.
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This acrostic poem, IN THE OLDEN DAYS, written with a vertical theme and in archaic lines of fifteen or more syllables, takes us back to youth and innocence. The hard times were minimized and the zest for living the pinnacle. Today we have fewer real problems, but loud wailing about the slightest infraction. Wish we were back to the time of no worries, and when we didn't know what we do now.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from Adam Ihnken
Rather brilliant, it brought back memories of my Great Grandma Walker, whom, until she fell on ice, never stopped working. She lived through the Great Depression, never threw anything away and constantly mended anything that broke.
She eventually became so weak, both of body and mind that nothing of her remained, then she passed.
I see no obvious errors in your writing.
You did an excellent job with this poem and I wish you good luck in the contest.
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Rather brilliant, it brought back memories of my Great Grandma Walker, whom, until she fell on ice, never stopped working. She lived through the Great Depression, never threw anything away and constantly mended anything that broke.
She eventually became so weak, both of body and mind that nothing of her remained, then she passed.
I see no obvious errors in your writing.
You did an excellent job with this poem and I wish you good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from Jeffrey L. Michaux
I love this! So beautiful! I can visualize those times that you speak of. I use to love to hang around the older folk when I was a young lad. The stories they would tell. Those were harder in some ways but simpler times. If somehow we could have frozen some of those beautiful moments in time that you've shared here. I enjoyed this offering Idamarty! Well done!
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I love this! So beautiful! I can visualize those times that you speak of. I use to love to hang around the older folk when I was a young lad. The stories they would tell. Those were harder in some ways but simpler times. If somehow we could have frozen some of those beautiful moments in time that you've shared here. I enjoyed this offering Idamarty! Well done!
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from A. Willow Bends
Today, perhaps it was my mood, this poem made me cry. Great poetry does that, you know???? This is absolutely beautiful and a great piece of art to match. You nailed it and threw memories of my own straight at my heart. I am out of sixes of to give, but a simple six would be an insult. In my opinion, you should have a winner here. Beautiful. Lovely.
Wendy
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Today, perhaps it was my mood, this poem made me cry. Great poetry does that, you know???? This is absolutely beautiful and a great piece of art to match. You nailed it and threw memories of my own straight at my heart. I am out of sixes of to give, but a simple six would be an insult. In my opinion, you should have a winner here. Beautiful. Lovely.
Wendy
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
Comment from LaFrance
Your acrostic poem is a very good poem describing your special memories of your grandmother. Each line has great wordage cohesion and flows well through the poem.
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Your acrostic poem is a very good poem describing your special memories of your grandmother. Each line has great wordage cohesion and flows well through the poem.
Comment Written 17-Aug-2018
