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Willowdot is the poet of the week, W3 Weave Weekly Poetry Prompt #71, and invites us to write an acrostic poem using the words BEACH BALLS. This means, of course, that the poem shall comprise ten lines. The first letter of each line, 1-10 shall spell out Beach Balls.

Willow’s prompt guidelines
Write a two-stanza acrostic poem for the words “Beach Balls”;

Thematic: The theme is “holiday thoughts”;

Rhyming: In each of your poem’s two stanzas, the 1st line must rhyme with the 3rdline; the 2nd line must rhyme with the 4th line; and the 5th line need not rhyme.

If you’re feeling ambitious, try following this additional guideline:
Syllabic: For both stanzas, the syllabic count should be 5/8/6/10/6 per line.

Beach Ball

Beach balls bounce, boing, boing,
Everyone can join in and play,
Although it’s annoying —
Catch it in the wind — and it blows away!
High seas steal beach balls too.

Beside the seaside
Afternoon swim in the ocean
Loving a funfair ride
Lick lollipops, apply suntan lotion.
See a beach ball float by.

Lesley Scoble, September 2023

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks to the poet of the week, Willowdot for the Beach Balls acrostic poetry prompt. I liked the enforced discipline of the syllabic guidelines and the dictates of the acrostic rules. It’s been great fun to write.
Thank you as always, David, The Skeptics Kaddish, for hosting your motivating W3 Weekly Poetry Prompt.

IMAGE CREDIT
Beach Ball | Digital watercolour©️Lesley Scoble

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Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright, (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.