I have written three acrostic poems with three words surrounding the world's current status dealing with the virus COVID-19. Living. Isolated. Lockdown. My deep thoughts expressed through a different form of poetry.
An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or message. The word comes from the French acrostiche from post-classical Latin acrostichis, from Koine Greek.
LIVING
L oud heartbeats intubate.
I solated populations populate.
V indictive thrashings stab.
I ndividual incomes return.
N ecessary accommodations low.
G overnmental apparatus grins.
ISOLATED
I solated consciousnesses evolve.
S ensitive individuals solo.
O nline discussions abrupt.
L azy nothings obscure.
A wful whipers blow.
T rue variances divide.
E xcited whispers murmur.
D eepest solitudes rise.
LOCKDOWN
L ong rest leep.
O ppressive calms shake.
C ontrolled studies discuss.
K een walls discover.
D elightful insides consult.
O ccasional peeks decrypt.
W eekly readings check.
N arrow perimeters patrol.
Happy Reading!
~ Nichole Nichole
"Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind – compassion opens it." Dalai Lama