Censor Thesaurus!
An acrostic acrostic35 total reviews
Comment from Cheryl C.
I love it! Your acrostic was very well thought out. You have a fine way of getting to the point. LOVED the colourful lettering throughout the piece. Bravo.
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I love it! Your acrostic was very well thought out. You have a fine way of getting to the point. LOVED the colourful lettering throughout the piece. Bravo.
Comment Written 06-Mar-2022
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This acrostic poetry contest entry is nicely, colourfully and truthfully worded and expression is commendably presented, I like and feel happy; well said, well done; post more. ALCREATOR LITT DEAR (D R)
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This acrostic poetry contest entry is nicely, colourfully and truthfully worded and expression is commendably presented, I like and feel happy; well said, well done; post more. ALCREATOR LITT DEAR (D R)
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from Gloria ....
H, what a fine acrostic poem, and the phrasing is pristine, even as if to scoff the title: Censor Thesaurus. Sometimes that is just the thing. A most interesting article found in The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics.
There is a lot to think about here, and I quite possibly understand it differently than was intended, but the craftsmanship cannot be denied.
Wishing you all the best with the Contest Committee. :))
Gloria
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H, what a fine acrostic poem, and the phrasing is pristine, even as if to scoff the title: Censor Thesaurus. Sometimes that is just the thing. A most interesting article found in The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics.
There is a lot to think about here, and I quite possibly understand it differently than was intended, but the craftsmanship cannot be denied.
Wishing you all the best with the Contest Committee. :))
Gloria
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from jake cosmos aller
love this masterpiece of an acrostic poem. I love the language, the words, the message, i love the phrase Russian Orthodox Stalinist Turds
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love this masterpiece of an acrostic poem. I love the language, the words, the message, i love the phrase Russian Orthodox Stalinist Turds
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from MissMerri
Well, all I can say is, this is a colorful and tantalizingly complicated acrostic. It seems the letters in the same color all start with the same letter, but on closer inspection, I see that's not necessarily true. There are white C words and purple C words, so I hope you can explain how you did this. (and maybe why?) It is a most interesting and fascinating poem, even if I don't fully understand it. MM
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2022
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Well, all I can say is, this is a colorful and tantalizingly complicated acrostic. It seems the letters in the same color all start with the same letter, but on closer inspection, I see that's not necessarily true. There are white C words and purple C words, so I hope you can explain how you did this. (and maybe why?) It is a most interesting and fascinating poem, even if I don't fully understand it. MM
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2022
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Thanks MM. I first wrote this as a 2D acrostic without any colors, and added the colors for style and clarity. (Each line is bumped across a letter and still spells out ACROSTIC, as you probably noticed.) Yes the two Cs here are treated visually as if they were different letters; I think if I do this again I might start with a simpler acrostic without re-occurring letters. For example:
Putin, used to imprisoning netizens,
Upset the Internet nerd police.
Thronging international networks, proletariats united,
Infecting numerous PCs, uploading Trojans,
Narrating Putin's underwear to Iran.
The color styling is all done manually though Notepad via the basic editor, offering better control there compared to using the advanced editor. It would have gone faster if I programmed it but, decided to keep it simpler since this was a first attempt. It's all pretty basic CSS styling. I can show you a sample if you are interested (also see the nowrap tutorial I posted on your wall earlier) but basically I just put every word inside its own wrapper.
The message is about creatively subverting repression and censorship, restoring/reestablishing a healthy orthodoxy (line 7). Making anything new requires destruction/fragmentation of existing material (line 2), which might be treated as a threat to poorly construed orthodoxy (lines 3-5,8).
This Russia is different from the Russia of Stalin, having reached a detente or even a populist cooperation of sorts with religious orders rather than smashing them as in the past. Hence, my targeting of their particular religious institutions in this piece. China has adapted a similar tact, permitting one type of church and controlling distribution of Bibles.
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I edited my previous comment so you can see the example, in case it was getting chopped off in the view window.
Comment from Tom Horonzy
I know of no one who has the vocabulary you show that leaves me pondering, what is it that he says. As long as you enjoy it, go forward. .................................................................................
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I know of no one who has the vocabulary you show that leaves me pondering, what is it that he says. As long as you enjoy it, go forward. .................................................................................
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from R.B.Bunn
This is a very vivid poem, especially with the constraints an acrostic can have at times. The fact that you were able to create something cohesive despite only used words that began with A,C,R,O,S,T,I,C is something to behold. Truly much thought went into this.
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This is a very vivid poem, especially with the constraints an acrostic can have at times. The fact that you were able to create something cohesive despite only used words that began with A,C,R,O,S,T,I,C is something to behold. Truly much thought went into this.
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from victor 66
I'm not sure if I know the definition for every word that you used. But, I especially liked, the term, "sanctimonious tyrants". The thing about Fan Story, sometimes you get recognition, but many times you just do not. I do wish you the best of luck with your other writing.
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I'm not sure if I know the definition for every word that you used. But, I especially liked, the term, "sanctimonious tyrants". The thing about Fan Story, sometimes you get recognition, but many times you just do not. I do wish you the best of luck with your other writing.
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
I am awed, and I take my hat off to you for this incredible feat of technicity. I am sorry it wasn't seen at the initial submission - this happens to us all. Just one tiny niggle. I hate needless recognition, seeing it as a sign of weakness. So here you have twice the word acrostic. For the second I would probably have used something like artistic... Kate xx
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I am awed, and I take my hat off to you for this incredible feat of technicity. I am sorry it wasn't seen at the initial submission - this happens to us all. Just one tiny niggle. I hate needless recognition, seeing it as a sign of weakness. So here you have twice the word acrostic. For the second I would probably have used something like artistic... Kate xx
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022
Comment from royowen
I like the way you've written this, almost like a Japanese haibun, without the concluding haiku to support, but after discovering and laying hold of what works, I tend not to hold to opinions anyway, they are notoriously devoid of actual information, and full of rumours. Opinions are invariably second hand. Well done, blessings Roy
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I like the way you've written this, almost like a Japanese haibun, without the concluding haiku to support, but after discovering and laying hold of what works, I tend not to hold to opinions anyway, they are notoriously devoid of actual information, and full of rumours. Opinions are invariably second hand. Well done, blessings Roy
Comment Written 05-Mar-2022