In response to a Wayne Writers\u2019 Guild prompt:<\/p>\n
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Ancestors, Acrostic<\/p>\n
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Ancestor<\/p>\n
Named for his people<\/p>\n
Elting Forsyth Deyo<\/p>\n
Cousins abound<\/p>\n
EEach one unique, yet<\/p>\n
Shades of the fore-father\u2019s<\/p>\n
Traits emerge<\/p>\n
Over generations<\/p>\n
Relatives have his<\/p>\n
Smile.<\/p>\n
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Ancestors, nonet\/acrostic<\/p>\n
Ancestors may not be remembered;<\/p>\n
Names are gone but not forgotten;<\/p>\n
Cousins\u2019 traits carry the line;<\/p>\n
Eyebrows arch at quick wit;<\/p>\n
Smiles are similar;<\/p>\n
Toenails curl\u00a0 up;<\/p>\n
Only hair<\/p>\n
Recedes:<\/p>\n
Shine!<\/p>\n
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Ancester, Nonet<\/p>\n
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Like the clock, my grandfather stood tall,<\/p>\n
Or could it be that I was small?<\/p>\n
Hair\u00a0 so black, mustache so thick,<\/p>\n
Then, he became so sick;<\/p>\n
His back became bent,<\/p>\n
His hair turned white;<\/p>\n
Love won\u2019t die.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s my<\/p>\n
sire.<\/p>\n
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Old<\/p>\n
Unknown<\/p>\n
D-N-A<\/p>\n
Family traits<\/p>\n
All the same smiles<\/p>\n
Many same odd habits<\/p>\n
New aunts and uncles join us<\/p>\n
Family chaos increases<\/p>\n
Memories are made by families.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9by Kate Chamberlin, March 25, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In response to a Wayne Writers\u2019 Guild prompt: Ancestors, Acrostic Ancestor Named for his people Elting Forsyth Deyo Cousins abound EEach one unique, yet Shades of the fore-father\u2019s Traits emerge Over generations Relatives have his Smile. Ancestors, nonet\/acrostic Ancestors may not be remembered; Names are gone but not forgotten; Cousins\u2019 traits carry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}