Death (Acrostic & Palindrome)

by Meena Krish   Feb 12, 2013


Death of silence heavy

Eternity nears, seconds ticking

Awakes cold of aroma

Telltale eyes empty,

Home new, a darkness

-Soul Slips Away-

Darkness a new home

Empty eyes telltale,

Aroma of cold awakes

Ticking seconds, nears eternity

Heavy silence of death.

Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of
each line spells a word, usually using the same
words as in the title.

A Palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase,
verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the
same forward. or backward.

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  • 10 years ago

    by Madison

    Amazing

  • 10 years ago

    by Khalid M Darwish

    That's a very difficult form to undertake and it requires well chosen words through out the poem. You rocked it Meena!

  • 10 years ago

    by Robert Gardiner

    Splendid Write Meena!!!

  • 11 years ago

    by Darren

    This is a very difficult mixed form to undertake, To tie an acrostic in takes some figuring out because the end letter of a sentence will ultimately become the beginning of a new sentence.
    I like how 'soul slips away' is used as a mirror that leads us to the poem repeated but in reverse.
    That is just the layout and the forms discussed.
    But what makes it worthy of 10 points is the content, there is a huge eerie feel to this. Silence and darkness work well describing the feeling of death, linking these with comfortable words such as 'aroma' and 'home' is very clever. A very well thought out poem with so much depth and imagery in so few words. Well done.

  • 11 years ago

    by Dylan

    This poem really hit home for me. For one I actually died and was defibrillated back to life one month after my 18th, and two My birth date is Palindromic 29/9/92. My most humblest thoughts are exposed upon reading this. No fear involved, "Do the thing you fear the most, and Death to fear is certain" well death was mine. :) Thank you