The Docks Of New York

[puroamericano10]

I got inspired by Timothy to do an acrostic, though I took it to another level. Nothing special.

THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK

Troy falls but not this one

Hark, as it muscled in

East River lies still

Deep, measured by the ton

Outside there rustled kin

Color here is nil

Kitchen in hell is run

Single mom tussled sin

Outside there rustled kin

Feet following will

Now giving up the gun

East River lies still

Winding, it hustled tin

Yes, we get our fill

Outside there rustled kin

Reeling below the sun

Kitchen in hell is run

[Mazrocon]

Very interesting acrostic. I like how you imagine to keep each line fairly even while still forming to the constraints of an acrostic. I've never been to New York, but it seems like a hustling and dreary place... haha.

"Kitchen in hell is run" you're talking about the show Hell's Kitchen, right?

"Single mom tussled sin"... not totally sure what this line means...

"Deep, measured by the ton

Outside there rustled kin

Color here is nil

Kitchen in hell is run".... this part is my favorite... it really captures the cold, bleak and gray-like atmosphere of New York...

Nicely done!

They can be pretty fun to write in... am I right?

~TIMOTHY~

[jimharmon]

Don't use up all the structured forms, save some for challenges.

Very well done. Timothy is planting seeds.

[Mazrocon]

Yay... I inspired someone!

~TIMOTHY~

[puroamericano10]

Timothy, thank you. "Single mom tussled sin" is just other words for struggle and hardship. Nothing spells those better than a single mom.

Jim, I know I shouldn't expend my energy but I've taken to practicing all sorts of poetic forms and structures. Just preparing for the battles in the "Poetic Proliferation" arena

[RodChandler]

I'm not sure if it was your intention, but it took me to the turn of the 19th into the 20th century New York with it's imagery and feelings it conjured up. Nice work.

[psyve]

I like the concentration of the mind that writing this must have involved.

Not only have you spelt out the title in the first letters of each line, but you have acheived a VERY interesting rhyming scheme for your lines too in the process.

Very structured.

Very interesting.

Not sure I understood what a lot of your imagery referred to, (for example how your opening line fits into the New York milieu, but that's probably just my different (read "not too" ) literary and geographic background...

Enjoyed this nonetheless, albeit more so for its unusual mechanics.

-Psyve