Femme Fatale
A, um, double ended Abecedarian Inverse. Because what is a life with no regrets?
Aquamarine and bottomless topaz.
Borrowed where she cannot buy,
Covetous of sheen, and glamour and sex
Dreaming held in tightened bow,
Engaged is she, and Mazel Tov!
Full of plans, nothing impromptu.
Gleeful at what she can net,
Heedless of the petty risks
Iridescent as the day draws near,
Jesting all will need a tranq.
Keen to author the full line-up,
Leaves on the plan, ready to go.
Minute precise, the sewer’s train
Now to veil the lady's charm,
Over the top, no chink, no tell,
Pledge to a team and make it work.
Quell the naysayers, hold her Raj
Regal, adorned, no ennui,
Steal the crown in breathless hush,
To gain the prize she’s wanting,
Under their eyes, to fulfil the brief
Vying for the greatest pride
Will fixed to succeed,
Xeric hearts and minds of logic,
Yearnings require a climb,
Zeniths call for megalomania.
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Authors note: This morning, I took a walk before work, and decided it would be enormously fun, surely, to write an abecedarian in which I then inverted the alphabet for the closing letter of each line, whilst simultaneously writing an inverse poem also. Well, it is fair to say I am not always right.
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Epic effort from you to combine two challenges into one, then also make an Abecedarian even harder! This would have been quite the task I imagine. “Borrowed where she cannot buy” is such a good line, and brings a great image of thieving to mind. Well done on taking this on 👏
You took on a mammoth task and did it so well. Difficult enough doing two, you did three in one. The brain certainly outdid itself. Kudos.
Wow!!! This is incredible. Every word is exact. You've implemented so much and it flows so naturally and beautifully. Outstanding. 💗
Omg. A difficult abecedarian combined with an inverse, and it actually makes sense. I'm impressed. I wrote a difficult Abeced once. It wasn't even a reverse and swear I needed a lobotomy after. Aren't ready for yours, or have you recovered naturally?
Hehe, I don't know but I got Deadpool's voice going off in my head yelling "Maximum EFFORT!" Your poem kind of reminds me of "Ocean's 8," but I'm getting more of a "Charlie's Angel's" vibe from it. It also reminds me of a top story from a few months ago about a lady who wrote about the pigeon holes women were put into in Hollywood and media in general, especially that female Fatales were supposed to be sexually alluring and then punished for being sex objects that didn't align with the male protagonist. You should check out Pop Culture Detective, he made a great video about it. One of the best femme Fatales I've seen recently was Ruby Rose playing Ares in John Wick 2.
This was so good, I gotta think your brain hurt a little after tackling an Abecedarian and an Inverse at the same time.
Impressive 🤩
Shitting christ this is clever! How the freaking hell did you do this 😳
Oh wow, that is so cool and mischievous Hannah! 😁 Well done! 😊👏
Wow!!! Creatively and impressively written!!! Love it!!!💕❤️❤️
I'm speechless! Please wait while I go pick up my jaw off the floor! Okay I'm back and jaw in place! You blew my mind with this one! Abecedarians are hard enough but did a reverse one simultaneously and also made it make sense read bottom to top! Hats off!
Well done, Hannah. Just one question: in the line, "Leaves on the plan, ready to go" did you mean "plane" instead of "plan"?
LOL...are you trying to steal my thing for insane self challenges? I am impressed. I have a slight thing...just a slight. But, regardless...this was a bonkers ride through words, thoughts, ideas and awesomeness! lol! Well done, miss, well done!
Talk about complications and gray hair. This was a quadruple challenge with the fourth part being not to curse anyone out who dares to interrupt you while crafting, lol. Well done!!!
Invert the alphabet and a 26 line poem? You really are fearless. I’m so intimidated by the abecedarian and inverse poem structures that I haven’t dare attempt either form. Wonderful writing as always. You are a true pioneer of word art.
I have no words. Which is just as well as you have plenty. I mean, I thought that Cathy's was phenomenal but this? It's either genius or madness or the product of a mad genius. Masterful. I'm going to stick to my little corner of microfiction.
How did you do this without going insane?
Super impressive!!
Nice job!
This is an amazing poem!
Bloody hell Hannh! Brilliant and you pulled it off so well! Makes sense both ways! Wow!
Xeric hearts!
Whoa. You are my idol. <3