Many a trip to distant shores
Seen from deck and crows nest high
I pray my return home to Aliveri
Its port, my village, my final trip
Still far from home the wind did blow
Gale ripping sails from masthead and spar
Fierce storm did brew this wretched foe
Fear contagious proving fatally toxic
Men jumping ship as we list and creak
Hull split and torn, I choke on frigid brine
I bid you farewell with great sorrow–I’m dead
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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Poetry Prompt #6 Reverse Acrostic – We Drink Because We’re Poets – Prompt Word: Shipwreck
Dom DiFrancesco 
That looks like a tough style. Very easy to start with a specific letter, but to end it and retain perfect coherency must have been a challenge.
This was a hard one to do, but it still was fun. I suppose anything worth doing should be at least a little challenging. :)
Great philosophy.
Thank you Charles.
I thought about trying today’s prompt – but haven’t started yet. You did a great job with it
Thank you Pamela, I found it to be much harder than I would have expected. I really wasn’t sure about the flow of it, but I think it got the story across. Give it a try although tricky it still was fun. :)
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS ONE…!
Thank you for the re-blog Jonathan,I do appreciate it.
“ORT-ORT”
A wonderfull take on the prompt. I think you managed to maintain coherency all the way. It read like an epitaph.
Thank you very much, the reverse acrostic was quite challenging and difficult to keep coherent. I’m glad it worked.
Very well done – with a feels ancient yet coherent and flows smoothly. :)
Ironic — final journey — so sad!
Thank you Jen, I really wasn’t sure how this would work. :)
It’s a tough one. Finding English words that end with “I” and “k” when you’re under pressure?! Tough! I did this prompt too – coming out soon – more of a struggle than anticipated. But yours looks smooth and effortless. :)
Thank you Jen, it is tough, but I’m having fun doing the prompts. I look forward to reading yours. :)
Um … well … don’t get your hopes up! It’s a bit … well … rough! o.O
That is really good. You kept up the tone of an ancient sea lore… Well-penned. I enjoyed reading it. :-)
Thank you very much, I appreciate you kind comment. :)
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