Abilities

Fusion poetry #1: Acrostic Nonette

Able people ev'rywhere will be
Blind, deaf, autistic minds agree
Intellectually fine
Lives worth living are free
In love by design
Talking C.P.
I hear sign
Eyes shine
See?

2022

Author's Note

Talking C.P. means a lot to me. Most who have it have a speech impediment. With practice, listening intently with honest understanding, you are said to "speak C.P." And I know sign language which is an important part of communication. I'm learning about new forms of poetry everyday. Seemed fun to combine some. Any ideas?

Reviews

[lightsong]

Yes I see, how a simple gesture can do a lot, exactly as we spoke earlier about the "smile". I wonder how they view our world in their eyes... maybe we are the ones who lack many thing, most important love and kindness, truth and honesty. theirs is never a fake or a lie.

[William Michael Reeves]

Truth can be unconditional same as love. If we see their truth through empathy. Thanks. Glad you see, and smile.

[duff]

Such an interesting piece. The mind intrigues from all angles. I really enjoyed this.

[William Michael Reeves]

Thanks Duff. Even though this was a spur of the moment, enter a contest kind of poem, I been doing a series of fusion poetry. Combining forms that wouldn't normally work together. Coming soon!

[William Michael Reeves]

Actually wrong poem. This was the first fusion. Mastermind is #2 for the contest. Losing track of my own stuff!

[duff]

I look forward to reading it.

[Betty Hermelee]

I used to work with autistic and CP kids and they were smart and kind and I loved teaching them. They had had abilities just like any of us and their lives were definitely worth living....love is everywhere....truth is too.
Best, B

[William Michael Reeves]

Learn more and more about the things we have in common every day. Poetry seems to be a conduit to shared experiences. We walk by people everyday and can't know how were similar. We share poetry and connections come alive. I love it! You speak CP heh?

[Betty Hermelee]

Yup! And you’re very welcome 😊

[knighngale]

You don't need drugs, eh? LOl ---KnighnGale

[William Michael Reeves]

There's a whole conversation there. If interested, read my Senryu, 'Aldous Huxley'. And the conversation with Einstein Noodle. But that is the past, that has affected my present. Today I'm content to imbibe in a bit of cannabis and let the ideas flow! But the roads in my brain have been engineered by drugs, yes.

[knighngale]

I'm teasing yah, hon, it means that you don't really need drugs, because your body is the drug, 😁😋

[Cherrie]

Thinking past our own strengths and weaknesses is so important. What we take for granted is an obstacles for so many.

[William Michael Reeves]

And seeing and hearing their strength. Thanks for sharing the Nonette form. Did I spell it right?

[Cherrie]

You got it, and you did a marvelous job working the two forms together.