Comment from AnnaLinda

Excellent

Gee Craig,

You wrote this within an hour? It seems you have a passion to
share your wealth of wisdom to the ones just starting out in
their adult life.

"Fortify your mind
Observe and learn throughout your life"

Those above lines are good advice for sure and the lines below
are something I really agree with...Never was a fan of mimicking.

"You'll never grow by mimicking
Other peoples' way
Use what you've got to find your own"

Amen and well done! Love the rhyme you included
in this as well.

Linda

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 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

About 15 for the poem and the same for the picture and formatting. Maybe I should spend the spare time revising before posting lol

Thanks for the lovely thoughts, Linda :)

Craig

reply by AnnaLinda on 30-Apr-2016

No, it's FANTASTIC!

Comment from jusylee72

Excellent

I think we should take all of these acrostics from the challenge and put them in a book that I can give to my seniors who are graduating this year. They all are full of wisdom and understanding. What a great group of people who happen to be poets we have on fan story.

 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

They might feel a little overwhelmed with all that advice. Give them 30 years or so, and if they haven't thrown the book away, they might appreciate it :)

Comment from I am Cat

Excellent

Awesome advice... awe inspiring, in fact:

You'll never grow by mimicking
Other peoples' way
Use what you've got to find your own
Revising every day
Seek to know your place on
Earth

well say, Craig! You guys should put these in a book, and dedicate them to a university somewhere... call it the University of Hard Knocks and Acrostics. LOL
Well done!
Cat

 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

As usual, I looked at the others after I'd submitted mine, and thought: "funny, I forgot funny" - oh well!

Thanks for the lovely review, Cat :)

Craig

reply by I am Cat on 30-Apr-2016

lol... It's all good. ;)

Comment from foxangie123

Excellent

Captivating Title and acrostic that as well is greatly penned with brilliance and such clever and insightful penning. Wow. Great job friend......

 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

Thanks for the kind words foxangie.

Comment from LIJ Red

Excellent

Grammatical acrostic based on the clue words. Logical advice. The sound rhymes also add to the validity of the poem. An excellent potlatch entry.

 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

Thanks for the kind review. I found this to be a fun topic, and I think it's interesting to see everyone's varied opinions on the subject :)

Craig

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

Beautiful advice poem with superb advice. Bravo! Found one little thing to fix.

Ideas are what [has] forged our world

Ideas are what HAVE forged our world

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 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

Thanks for the lovely review, and the great topic Phyllis. Thanks for catching the grammar problem too - on to that now :)

Craig

Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

Excellent advice Craig, even though I was looking for the Palindrome effect, I think I need to hold my tongue just right.

A beautiful acrostic and some dynamite advice to a grad. I think people have used the acrostics that apply to themselves. Ha.

Love it! It's timely too.

Gloria




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 Comment Written 30-Apr-2016

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reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

I was waiting to see everyone's acrostic palindrome sonnets - alas, I've been disappointed thus far! ;-)

Thanks for the rap, Gloria :)

Craig

reply by Gloria .... on 30-Apr-2016

So do you suppose a Palindrome Potlatch might be a good idea? Say a minimum of 14 words or so? That should be doable shouldn't it? If nothing else it would be a hoot reading everyone's submissions.

reply by the author on 30-Apr-2016

I have no clue how to do a palindrome... have never tried. I'd probably end up with a blank sheet of paper. But I have no pride, so if it was thrown at us, I'd try :)

reply by Gloria .... on 30-Apr-2016

I have no pride either, so I think it will be a blast. Should be able to pull something out of the hat with 7 words up and 7 words down, or is that the other way around?