"to a purpose born"

Certainly a quixotic acrostic, Stephen.

I assume that's a good thing... :)
Thank you for reading...

Definitely a good thing!

Then, I thank you twice...

Quixotic huh? impressive. I had the same problem with the acrostic poem I did, I indented in areas and formatting did not transfer, was bummed about it. But your poem, as always, stand out regardless.

perhaps we have to indent in the editor...I haven't tried that yet...maybe I will once this contest is done for today...
Thanks for reading, at any rate

Alas, I must inform you:

Contest Guidelines


2. Once you've submitted a particular poem, you may not change it. If you notice a problem such as spelling or the formatting didn't turn out as you'd anticipated, et al, let me know in the comment section of your poem.

Yes, I realize this rule/guideline is onorus. I wish it could be otherwise, but I composed the rules in an effort to be as fair as possible to all contestants.

Thanks for understanding.

This doesn't prevent your poem from appearing along with the others in the contest, but it does prevent your poem here from winning Poem-of-the-Day.

I'm really sorry about this, too. :-(

I did that... There's a huge note I added there... How could you miss that?

This will be the last poem I write for the contest. You're a little too anal for me. We're all doing this for the fun...and I don't find this fun when you disqualify hard won work for twiddly things. what is this...first grade?
Sorry...

I hardly know what to say, Stephen. It's our loss that you choose not to share any more of your poetry with this contest.

I'm sorry to hear that you'll be quiting your time with us.

I feel the creativity of all who participate should be the focus...not the minutia. I was told of your fixation with the nitty-gritty, but thought them mistaken. I now see that they were in fact not mistaken at all. There is no way that how we post what we write should be more important than the poetry itself. Do you really think we are writing so we can boast writing “Poem-of-the-Day” I don’t think we do...rather, it's all about the poetry.
Once the creativity has to take a back seat to the "rules", what have we gained? Nothing...we've lost. What difference if we correct a misspelling, or add a space where it should be...or forget to post the prompt of post the reason for our screw-up (which wasn’t mine, I willingly add) in the body of the poem or in the comment section? Does that diminish the impact of the words we write? We all know the prompt...that's why we're writing a rondeau, or whatever the form of the day is. I can understand a deadline, but “alas...you added a space to your words...DISQUALIFIED!” I don’t get that.
We write because we love to write, and that should be the criteria by which we are judged. I was not editing my poem, just trying to repair it to the extent that the Gather editing pane screwed it up. I added a note explaining that, but apparently not in the right place. Does any of this affect the poetry? No, it doesn't.
It’s the poetry that should be important to YOU as well. When one starts focusing on style over substance, how can anything we do transcend mediocrity.
It's all about the poetry, Susan...or it should be.
I am very disappointed...I expected more...

Was expecting something out of a BBC-drama series to appear..like I Claudius or Don Quiote for some strange reason - Nicely done - shame about the formatting getting lost - having difficulty also in commenting as everything disappears when pressing button - Thanks for sharing :-)

Thanks for submitting to
The Surreal Circus.

This site is a little frustrating when it comes to posting sometimes...I never have these problems elsewhere...I guess we are bound to love it, warts and all...

Well done!

Thank you Sandy

Don Quixote, Excellent Stephen.

Thank you, Atticus...

Stephen, what a delight it's been to read your work here. This particular poem is terrific fun. What a grand vocabulary.


Thank you for participating in Mindful Poetry's Challenge Contest. Your acrostic is featured with the other acrostics submitted today.

Thank you for this...

Who would refuse, but quest with thee?
Such words of noble gallantry,
And a call to benevolent errantry,
O knight of the beautiful reverie.


Now featured and with great honour and privilege at The Rogues Gallery.

A truly marvelous piece, Stephen... A brilliant acrostic and a wonderful tribute to that beautifully magnificent and quixotic spirit that ever graced the written page... The hero that Cervantes made will live forever in our literary lore... I love you did with it here.

I am honored by your words and our mellifluous camaraderie...
Thank you so much for your exquisite praise...

lets see some more shots

no, I've vented...I should remove them, but...

I enjoyed this very much. It is very though provoking.

Thank you, Connie...

Another battle of words won :)

Thank you...it's about facing what you fear... and wanting company along for the quest...are you courageous?

Not as much as I would like to be... unfortunately... But I'm trying to find a way to step up and face whatever is to be faced...

I'm sure that will be worth the patience required... :)

Patience is a virtue!

one I employ patiently... :P