Acrostic/Brushed Against My Soul
08/10/2001
Before I met you I was a mere shadow of myself
Running from the nightmare of my past
Utterly bereft of all feelings
So lost and almost falling apart .....
How I would wish for a miracle
Each night before closing my eyes
Dreaming and longing for someone special in my life
After I met you something magic happened
Gaining back my spirit lost to me
All those hours we spent talking and laughing
Is the balm that I needed don't you see .....
Now I want to thank you one more time
Something I can't tell you enough
That you're the miracle who set me free
My life was changed forever when
You brushed against my soul .....
So strong is this feeling of oneness
Our lives are entwined forever more
Until we find each other again remember
Love I still believe ..... will conquer all
By: Janine Daniel
Author's Comments
I did something very difficult with this poem. Did you notice the first letter of each line? :) Boy! I sure made it hard on myself! LOLComments:
| Debbie Hunt | hu6nt@yahoo.com.au | 10/2/2001 8:10:03 PM | |
| Janine, Stand tall and be proud. This is a masterpiece! You have a unique talent. Congratulations!! Debbie | |||
| Daniel A. Stafford | aqmstaffo@mailbag.com | 8/11/2001 1:05:13 AM | |
| Janine - beautiful work. This one is special. Dan | |||
| Dan | 8/16/2001 9:53:58 AM | ||
| Janine, This poem is so beautiful. It seems that love in all it's grandeur can not be compared with, for nothing else we humans share can come close to it's beauty. The idea with the first letters is neat. (Take a look at the same in "Poet's Last Poem" sometime) - I've long felt like you're a literary counterpart - it seems your writings always fill the voids that I miss in my own. Maybe that's because we've shared our works in a common area for several years now - do you realize it's been near five years? Anyway, I think this poem is one of the most lovely that you've written - someone should be proud of that!! Dan | |||
| Rachelle Wiegand | 8/16/2001 9:58:44 AM | ||
| Beautiful, emotional, loving and wonderful write. Oh, Janine this is lovely! Gave me little goosebumps! Very sweet and heartfelt- well written! A beautiful read! ~Rachelle | |||
| Shannon Wendler | 8/16/2001 10:07:27 AM | ||
| Hey pretty creative there with that! COOL! Thanks for pointing that out I would not have seen it otherwise! I found a lot of inspiration in this poem Janine, the end I think is what did it! So strong is this feeling of oneness Our lives are entwined forever more Until we find each other again remember Love I still believe ..... will conquer all Seeing some good stuff from you lately deep that is! I still giggle over the hammock though! LOL Shannon | |||
| Curtis Parker | 8/16/2001 10:11:11 AM | ||
| How about that for thinking outside of the box. Koooel! And it made me feel good too. Thanx. | |||
| Janine Daniel | 8/16/2001 10:48:45 AM | ||
| I won Literary Angels TOPIC of the WEEK, 8/13/01 with this poem. | |||
| Dan | 8/16/2001 10:51:40 AM | ||
| Janine, Congratulations - I think this one really stood tall, it deserves to be in the winners circle & more. Dan | |||
| Rachelle Wiegand | 8/16/2001 10:53:36 AM | ||
| Janine, A well-done acrostic!! Congratulations ~Rachelle | |||
| dhicks | 8/16/2001 10:54:55 AM | ||
| Congrats Janine! Nice write indeed Dennis~ | |||
| Joveac | 8/16/2001 10:56:19 AM | ||
| goodonya mate very clever, and well deserved I might add! joveac | |||
| Sam Iam | 8/16/2001 10:58:20 AM | ||
| Janine~ Moving piece of poetry, and the acrostic is very well used, even I missed it at first glance, and I look for things like that! Congratulations! Sam Iam. | |||
| APoetsPerspective | 9/5/2001 8:45:26 AM | ||
| Janine,
this was a delight! after reading through all the poems looking for
ones to be featured on the home page of the site, i thought i was just
about done, and then i found this one, that i had missed earlier. Now in
reading it, i can say that i have found a winner for this month! Wonderful work, - john | |||
| Daniel A. Stafford | aqmstaffo@mailbag.com | 9/6/2001 10:51:01 PM | |
| Janine, congratulations! I'm very pleased to see your name on this list again. Dan | |||
| Janine Daniel | spinnys@hotmail.com | www.spinnys.com | 9/9/2001 9:23:36 PM |
| Thank you John for choosing this poem as one of the Winners for August. It's such an honour to be chosen from so many excellent poems. | |||
| debby | angelrainbowne@AOL.COM | LOOK AT MY PAGE THRU MY PROFILE | 11/6/2002 12:49:49 AM |
| YOU HAVE HIT THE THE KINDRED SOUL, I WRITE MY SELF BUT YOU HAVEA GIFT FROM THE ANGELS THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT | |||
| Lori | 7/21/2005 11:44:06 PM | ||
| Janine,
this is just wonderful, I had chills running up and down my arms just
reading this, I thought I was reading about my life and you have summed
it up to a tee. It is just beautiful and so subtle, but so much power in
reading it. And yes I caught the first letter of each line, I thought
that was awesome. Once again reading Brushed Against My Soul was truly inspiring. | |||
| eternity7112 | 7/23/2005 10:15:46 AM | ||
| WOW!!! Janine thanks for pointing out your VERY creative little trick with the words!! I love the one line you started out with, QUOTE Before I met you I was a mere shadow of myself It just stuck out because I can relate to that one line! The closing, QUOTE So strong is this feeling of oneness Our lives are entwined forever more Until we find each other again remember Love I still believe ..... will conquer all It still shows hope....good write here Janine very good! Shannon | |||
| Jeff | 7/29/2005 7:58:14 AM | ||
| God! Janine! this is deep. I love this one line here, QUOTE My life was changed forever when You brushed against my soul ..... The title alone catches the reader right away and pulls you in. Good writing here! | |||
| Alaura dus | 8/16/2005 5:44:44 AM | ||
| awww..Janine :) This is a beautiful Acrostic! Excellent job with this, both in form and message. ~Alaura | |||
| joelsz | 8/16/2005 5:46:44 AM | ||
| Nicely constructed acrostic. Even nicer message. I remember all too well the search; the time when I was close to despair and the tremendous joy that came into my life when I found my love. I enjoyed this. A lot. Joelsz | |||
| Janine Daniel | janine@spinnys.com | www.spinnys.com | 8/19/2005 9:39:09 AM |
| Nominated for Poem of the Week at Flowing Quills forum, 19/8/05 | |||
| secret desire | 8/19/2005 9:42:15 AM | ||
| Janine this sings the song all want to feel made me smile and sigh and SO glad that i can say.. i'm understanding this in so many ways Secret ^_^ | |||
| whatup64106 | 8/19/2005 9:44:37 AM | ||
| Very nice acrostic :) enjoyed this | |||
| MysticWings575 | 8/19/2005 9:46:15 AM | ||
| Beautiful Acrostic Janine, very lovely indeed. Much enjoyed. ~Mystic~ | |||
| poeticpiers | 9/19/2005 4:03:00 AM | ||
| A message any man would be proud to read, congratulations M'lady. Ivor | |||
| SandDollar1 | 10/25/2005 10:59:11 AM | ||
| Janine, Your love poetry is inspirational. This one made my night. Annette | |||
** Note from Dan: Both Poetic Piers (Ivor) and SandDollar1 (Annette) have long-since passed away, and were wonderful poets in their own rights.
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