Remark, Retort, Debate

A poem loosely based on those activities so commonly found on the 'web.

I wrote this for BCD '06 (a writing marathon) because I wanted to try a random acrostic.  And then I thought, hey, I'll throw in alliteration!  And I was fighting about it in my head.  Jokingly, I jotted down "REMARK" and turned it into an acrostic poem that, when the word definitions were taken in their broader meanings, loosely fit my idea of the concept of 'remark.'  The rest came the way I picture arguments occuring--a remark, a retort, and a debate.  It worked well enough for me.  Then I provided a reasonably terrible translation that didn't quite capture what I had in the original but that's OK, I gave it a shot.

 

Picture credit to     Thomas Northcut.

 

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Roundabout run-in

Embarking eagerly;

Marking manners

Away and afar;

Reclusive rectitude

Killing key knots.

 

Remarking relayed;

Eternally equal

To torment

Of oration;

Relaying rich,

Tenacious tranquilities to trumping.

 

Deliciously detonating

Easily elaborated

Barriers, bemused

At alternative

Times towards

Engaging esteem.

 

 

Translation:

 

Indirect argument

Starting enthusiastically;

Noting manners

Not present;

Withdrawn righteousness

Killing important points.

(Remark)

 

Commenting passed,

Always equal

To teasing

Of self-important speech;

Offering rich,

Determined calmness to defeat.

(Retort)

 

Enjoyably exploding

Notably built-up

Limits, bewildered

At alternate

Times towards

Activating respect.

(Debate)