Written on Spindrift Pages

• I –
  • think therefore I am, am because we are, singular, 
  • referring to the speaker, ninth letter of the alphabet
  • refer to myself as such yet get lost within the crowd
• Write –
  • a letter, what you know, to fill in the blank spaces on a page
  • The formation of letters, to express oneself in written form, produce as an author
  • words on a page, hoping to convey my confusion clearly
• On –
  • the opposite of off, ease down the road, to remain support by
  • attached to or unified with, as to be a covering, connection, or  association with
  • Top of -, oh I can’t say that, top of my game but you’re no play thing
• These –
  • are the days, are the times, this before a plural noun,
  • used to indicate a [noun], as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis
  • All of that to say *waves hands around or points with palms open* Yeah
• Spendthrift –
  • someone who would spend $400 million (or more) on a ballroom
  • especially if the building didn’t need a ballroom but you tore part of it down anyway
  • And you’re not going to be living there after 2 year
• Pages –
  • kneel before the knight, of a magazine, a side of one of the pieces of paper in a book
  • calls to a person, printed material on a bound collection of paper
  • I call out to the one below me, I look for your name on this piece of paper

Refer to myself as such yet get lost within the crowd
Words on a page, hoping to convey my confusion clearly
Top of -, oh I can’t say that, top of my game but you’re no play thing
All of that to say *waves hands around or points with palms open* Yeah
And you’re not going to be living there after 2 years
I call out to the one below me, I look for your name on this piece of paper

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This is for a dVerse prompt: And so for today’s MTB prompt we are taking a lyrical line and defining it word by word in an acrostic:

1. Choose one of these lines from that most lyrical poet, Dylan Thomas:

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.
I write on these spindrift pages
This sandgrain day in the bent bay’s grave
Do not go gentle into that good night
Tells with silence the last light breaking

OR take a favourite line from your own poetry (and link or reference it)

2. Write as acrostic each word, alongside its defining characteristics – this could be any style you choose e.g. an American sentence; a haiku, a triplet etc…

Guidelines. use dictionary, thesaurus etc but loosen up the exactitude of the definition– let your imagination wander through each meaning, by word association, by sound, by interpretation, by what it means to you. or even create your own definition.

I’m not too sure how well I did with this form, and I took some liberties by adding the stanza at the end, but I hope you enjoy. 😊