Apple
Blossom
Can’t
Dance
Enough
It’s the springtime boogie-woogie
Frog
Gives
His
Improvisational
Jazz
It’s the may-blossom medley
Kiss
Like
Moviestars
Nibbling
On
Popcorn
We’re just the audience, the show’s over there
Quiet
Rumblings
Sweet
Tumblings
Springtime loving loving loving in the air
Unctuous
Vines
Wind
Everything’s growing like a new beginning
Xxx
Your
Zephyr
I’m the breeze on your skin, just skimming.
Day 19 of NaPoWriMo and we are asked to write a abecedarian poem – an alphabet poem. The formatting on WordPress is so limited. I want to write in single line spacing. There must be a way of doing that? It’s not like poets are a freaky minority demanding something weird. Single line spacing is a pretty standard way of writing a poem. I did this on Word, but the formatting just gets lost. Drives me mad. Linking to dVerse, too, even though this is not the poem I’m proudest of.
Sarah writes poems 
That read nicely — like the gentle Spring Zephr (had to look that up).
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BTW, Sarah, you wrote on my blog: “Sabio, you keep writing poems about how difficult you find the villanelle, …” But actually, none of them were about villanelle and the last one in jest. I actually love rhyme, but also free verse. This is the first alphabet poem I have really enjoyed.
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Your abecedarian poem is delightful, Sarah. I agree about the formatting on WordPress but you can switch to html mode and delete the lines in between. What I enjoyed about this poem is that it reads down like a cue card, it’s also a letter from a Zephyr and it has the cutest asides, especially‘It’s the springtime boogie-woogie’ and ‘I’m the breeze on your skin, just skimming’!
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This was absolutely delightful! 😀
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My first alphabet poem. I’m intrigued. (I share your frustration re line spacing and format. I have a similar problem with centering.)
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It was a NaPoWriMo prompt. More of a word game than a poem, really.
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I like those movie stars nibbling on popcorn.
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Sarah, I love the formatting of your alphabet poem. First time seeing it but will remember it 🙂
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I love the short lines… really great…. especially the ending with zephyr
If you want to write single line try switching to HTML editor…. in the editor you are always getting a new paragraph instead of just a new line.
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delightful pure springtime poetry – light as air – free as a drifting balloon…bkm
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That has a wonderful beat to it Sarah! Delightful!
Switch to HTML editor on wordpress.. that’s what I do if I want a single spacing.. it’s so annoying sometimes when I do all the formatting and then paste it on wordpress and everything goes haywire!
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I’ll give it a go!
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I especially like….”Quiet /Rumblings/ Sweet/Tumblings” and “It’s the may-blossom medley”. A lively poem for Spring!
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Interesting Sarah, I liked it!
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