by Gregg Rowe
Artistic moments float through silent space
Beautiful images caress the imagination
Creative colours nestle on a palette
Dynamic symbols scream to escape
Enrage emotions subside to the centre
Faithful expressions excel
Guarded secrets always whisper
Horrific experiences volcanically revealed
Insufferable damages sponge to heal
Knotted roots forever entangle
Lethargic attitudes unravel
Murderously colours thus I blend
Nostalgic moments float through silent space
Oppressed time obviously hidden
Playful flashes procrastinating a soul
Quiet seconds oblivion to existence
Rage has won the war on innocence
Sensual ethereal seeps the subliminal
Turbulent sleep transforms to chaos
Unification obliqueness discovers a balance
Vulnerable expressions loosens its grip
Worn out emotions float through an opaque space
Yearn to blend in the murderous colours I blended
Zealously explaining the insignificance
Author notes
I just realized an aspect of the 'X' that I missed in writing this acrostic…I'm a guy so that means that I just have one 'X' chromosome...but I'm gay, so if I had to 'XX' chromosomes would I have been a girl and be a lesbian? (and that is said with love and not contempt, some of my best friends are lesbians...the others are just flamboyant drag queens)...
But in all seriousness, we were given a list of words to write a poem with and there was not one 'X' word in the list, so I had to follow the rules and this is the result. Gregg 
Written February 20th, 2003
In a list
A contest entry
- Hug the Heat, 10-1-66 by Mindless Insite.
400 points, ended July 31, 2005, 10 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Whatever You Want by fallen-leaf.
450 points, ended December 20, 2006, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Creative.
Wow, this is a very creative poem. Did you have an inspiration to write this poem? Its truly fascinating, and I like your use of words. My favourite lines are:
"Faithful expressions excel
Guarded secrets always whisper
Horrific experiences volcanically revealed
Insufferable damages sponge to heal
Knotted roots forever entangle."
Once again, nice write. Keep up the work and good luck in my contest. Thanks for entering! -
First of all I am not an English professor, second, if you cannot use a dictionary it is not my fault if you did not understand the poem because this is a poem written used in my usage of vocabulary and not a dictionary and my thoughts in writing a poem to your criteria. It is a madman's poem if you really get over your prejudices that some people have a higher vocabulary than you and know how to use words to their advantage so it is not my fault if you cannot understand the language because of your refusal to explore the use of the English language through the use of a dictionary.
It is my inner thoughts as a oil painter, a writer and the two combined into one art to try and find answers within my soul for incidents that happened in my life as a child and a young adult. It's too bad that you cannot get past the diction to hear the message and therefore your prejudices show towards others who know how to use language to their benefit.
PS: Most dosed madmen are very intelligent people with a high use of diction in the usage of language. Have you ever visited a psychiatric ward and listened to patients and find out that even through all their ramblings they have a very good command of their language probably from being well-educated to begin with before their demise in society?
Gregg
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a very thought provoking poem, but unfortunately, i was looking for something that a dosed madman would say, not a dictionary or an english professor
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I would applaud your comment if I could...huh...
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Your acrostic makes sense, and it is very beautiful, but I feel like there should be more of a transition between each line. Sorry if I was unclear in my earlier posting; I just mean that you move a little abruptly from one line to the next.
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amaranth816: the poem is meant to take you deeper and deeper into the artists soul as he paints the nightmares on the canvas using the colorful words to paint the story, hoep that makes better sense and thanks for the up on the letter 'J' also: missed that one too duh Gregg
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ah, this is an awesome poem! these things are pretty damn hard to write, hu?! great job. and that is a very interesting thing you said at the bottom. if you were a girl would you have been a lesbian...good question. lol. not to be steriotypical, but i think gay/lesbian people kick ass for the most part. my mom is a lesbian, so i know a lot of lesbians and a few gay guys, and i think they're great. a lot more excepting and free than some people. so, WOOHOO for freedom of sexuality!!! well, somewhat...damn George Bush and his homophobic self! anyways, 3 and half years, right? i'll just have to hold my breath and hope for a better one next term. by then i can vote! WOOHOO. anyways, great write, once again. i loved it!!!!
mysoul
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By the way, you are also missing the J, if you wanted to know... But besides the 2 missing letters, this was marvelous! I bet you know how amazing your imagery is... But I'll tell you again! I love your imagery... The only thing I would say is that the lines don't really connect. I mean, they're all LOVELY, but they each seem to be separate but related thoughts. See what I mean? I dunno. I really liked this, though. Wonderful write!
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youllneverknow: It was the only acrostic I wrote using all the letters of the alphabet (which were woords given to the students by the professor and there were no 'X' words on the list so we had to skip that letter), so I thought until my friend told me I missed the 'X' in the poem, and I replied: 'Not at all, I don't miss my X one bit!' Winning is not so important as writing and sharing thw works, if I can think of another poem by the time the contest ends, I will enter it, but I just wanted to showcase the work for you. Gregg Thanks for letting me keep it in, even if I don't win, it is still one of my all time favorite acrostics.
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That makes me giggle. You are so very entertaining but you're still missing an X. The alphabet has 26 letters, after all. Prehaps you won't win but I hope to you that's not what matters most. Thanks again for entering into the contest. 
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Gregg - you are such a wonderful writer - I love the acrostic here, and without the X, the title fits so very well. Your works are always the epitome of poetry, so flowing and expressive. I wish I had something for you to improve on, but alas, I do not. (So very polished!) All I can say is that I'm honored you would enter my contest!
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Creative, wonderful... ooohh, I was going to enter, but I don't know how much of a chance I'd have with competiton like this! lol! Keep up the good writes, hope to catch up with all your other writes real soon!
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wow, very descriptive...this is a great poem! well, byez!
~Karinn -random person-
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very good, i liekd reading this, it was enlightening and i enjoyed it, well done. good luck, glad to see some good competition in this contest
-jamo -
Very creative idea.. and wonderfully done. You create some strong mental images here... nice job. Best of luck!
xoxo forevermore -
Original! I would never have thought of using the alphabet to write an acrostic poem... I really wouldn't. But it's very very good. Just the whole imagery... as people have said, it's artistic, and it is. It's just great.
Good luck in the contest.. just starting round to judging. I'm ending early because otherwise I'll have thousands and thousands of entries and I'll have to get in help!!
But thanks for entering!
Julia xxxxx -
this poem kicked ass, the way it was written was very good
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your poetry is beautiful.... it made me so blissful....
thanks for putting it on the site....
~Lazoey~ -
This is artistc and creative. It flows and is amazingly insightful. I don't know why it made me cry. Lol Those dang hormones. Thats my moms excuse for everything. This is amazing and your an amazing writer From what I have read I would not have expected any less.
Haley -
Hi Wendy, glad to see you at another site so we can continue to keep in touch with our works
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this uses a lot of the types of words i like to use in my poems...so on that note...i really liked it...anyway...thanks for your comment on 'sugar packets'...good write...keep writing...
"Am I Your Anything?"
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Very nice use of words, very creative. Thank you for entering the contest and good luck,
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Excellent!
Hi Gregg!! As always, your poems are creative and artisitic, a great read my friend. I applaud you!! -
wow...very artistic...but then you are an artist...i wouldn't expect anything less
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