Challenge
Alliteration 2.0
Alliteration seems to be trendy right now, so here's something a little more complex. Write a poem with 3 stanzas or more, each stanza with a different letter theme and each major word within the stanza starting with that letter. If you want to get really fancy, make it an acrostic poem with each stanza's letter spelling out a word. Hope that makes sense! (note: minor words such as articles, prepositions, and conjunctions don't have to start with the same letter as the rest of the stanza). See my entry below for an example. :)
the best and worst thing in the world
Loneliness,
lethal loveliness,
love-lit lilies and
lavish lovers
lingering in a
little labyrinth.
Opal offerings,
obscure outlines,
obsolete obligations and
ominous, overcompensating organisms
offering outdated opinions,
obscenely obtuse.
Venom,
virulent vexes,
vehement voices, and
vain, valiant volunteers
vanquishing veneers of vulnerability and virtue, veering to
vermillion vindictiveness.
Euphoric evenings,
earthly enthusiasm,
earnest enrapture and
effusive, elated evenings
eluding ego-centric, enervating examples,
effortlessly elated.