Congratulations to the winners of "Best Monthly Acrostic" Prompt 1 - 12 .

Every poem submitted this month, speaks from the heart and soul, therefore it’s hard to say one is better than the others. However with these particular prompts we were looking for acrostics that are more universal in nature. Our judging will be a little different, as we will try and sum up what we feel about each poem and share it with you.

My Family is both personal and universal in nature, and we were proud that many showed such diverse loyalty to family, while recognizing that no one is perfect. We found a lot of wonderful adjectives to describe what we felt were the meat of the piece itself.

Amias (Raw; survival)

Melissa (Loving)

Saras (Commitment)

Leo (Affirming)

Amity (Yearning: survival)

Shweta (Hopeful)

Tulip (Universal)

Yamini (Loving)

While all of you had wonderful ideas on family, Yellow Tulip is the winner as her poem is more about a universal family.

We were very surprise to receive so many diverse; but united thoughts on the concept of sisterhood itself. Sisterhood means different things to the individual. What we were looking for here is more of a universal meaning; embodying “association or unification of women in a common cause”.

Amias (Universal; unity)

RDL (Hopeful; loving)

Saras (Commitment; affirmations)

Leo (Personal; loving)

Amity (Ritual in nature)

Vidya (Insightful)

Yamini (Universal; call to arm)

Amias is the winner because her poem to us embodies a more universal association or unification of women in a common cause.

We were very surprise that many of you did not tackle this equally important subject, as it is the mate to sisterhood. It seems to us that brotherhood is grossly misunderstood universally. I would love to see this topic discussed and revisited.

Amias (Universal; insightful)

Leo (Hopeful; defining)

Vidya (Universal; positive)

Insightful is good, however in this particular case; Vidya is the winner as her poem as it is more universal on a positive note.

 Prompt 4 – My Country

My Country was more of a personal piece, which could be extended to a more universal concept. We so enjoyed the pride everyone took in their country, even though no country is perfect in governing the people all the time.

Amias (Universal; insightful)

Write Girl (Universal; hopeful)

Saras (Prideful; positive)

Leo (Prideful; positive)

Amity (Wishfully hopeful)

Yamini (Prideful; positive)

Hopeful and insightful can mean the same thing, universally, and it’s hard to separate the two at times. We chose both Amias and Write Girl as the winners, because we could not come to a consensus on either. This is indeed a good thing; universally.

Again we were very surprise to see that many did not even bother to understand the universal concept of “Our Land”, and was disappointed to see it passed over. Among the two submissions we were able to choose one.

Amias (Universal; hopeful)

Leo (Farmer; duty)

Amias is the winner as her poem is more universal, as it relates to hope.

Prompt 6 – United Nations

This was a hard prompt, as it forces one to step out side of their comfort zone, and the four participants did it proud. All of these were universal in nature, but one stood out.

Amias (Universal; insightful)

Saras (Universal; unity)

Leo (Universal; hopeful)

Vidya (Universal; positive)

Saras is the winner because his piece was more Universal as it relates to Unity, and that is what the United Nations are all about; Unity in making the world a better place for all to live in.

 Prompt 7 – Divided We Fall

We were very surprise at the feeling we got as we read these wonderful acrostics. Although there are three that are very universal in nature, two stood out.

Amias (Universal; insightful)

Saras (Call to arm; hopeful)

Leo (Universal; understanding)

Amity (Call to arm; hopeful)

Vidya (Universal; hopeful)

Insightful is a wonderful thing to have, and it’s hard to move it away from understanding, as one must have understanding to be insightful. Therefore we chose Amias and Leo as the winners here; because one concept could not be removed from the other; when both are equally important to a more universal way of thinking.

Every poem was a masterpiece in and of itself! These are amazing and all are winners here, and this made it very difficult to choose one thought when all are clearly universal in nature; however we were able to narrow it down to two, which were unique to say the least.

Amias (Universal; insightful & understanding)

Leo (Call to arm; hopeful)

Scribbling Girl (Universal; love)

Write Girl (Universal; spiritual)

Saras (Call to arm; hopeful)

Amity (Call to arm; hopeful)

Freelancer (Universal; conceptual)

Vidya (Universal; call to arm)

Scribbling Girl wins because her poem speaks more to Universal Love, and Write Girl wins because hers speak to the other side of the coin when it comes to love, Universal Spirit.

Prompt 9 – Comets

This was indeed an interesting prompt, as it brought unity in thought on one level, but there were two that stood out, although one was chosen.

Amias (Universal; conceptual)

Jim (Pride; team work)

RDL (Scientific; educational)

Saras (Scientific; educational)

Melissa (Scientific; educational)

Leo (Scientific; educational)

Amity (Universal; insightful)

Vidya (Scientific; educational)

Write Girl (Scientific; educational)

The winner is Amity, because her piece was more universally insightful.

Rainbows are one of the wonders of nature, a gift from the Divine; it means different things to the individual based on beliefs, etc. This particular prompt evoked thoughts from fantasy to retribution, and everything in-between. You all did wonderful with this prompt, but one stood out most profoundly.

Amias (Universal; insightful & love

RDL (Scientific; educational)

Saras (Scientific; educational)

Princess Sonshu (Fantasy; playful)

Jim (Spiritual; promises)

Meow (Spiritual; zen)

Leo (Universal; hopeful)

Amity (Spiritual; promises)

Melissa (Spiritual; retribution)

Write Girl (Scientific; educational)

Miss Sunshine (Fantasy; playful)

Vidya (Universal; hopeful)

There are many winners here; however we chose the one that showed a more universal possibilities of the rainbow. Amias is the winner, as her poem is both insightful and about love of humanity. Also sharing the win is Leo and Vidya as their poems speaks to the universal hope of humanity hues.

 Prompt 11 – Phoenix

This was not an easy prompt, although everyone knows the concept of a Phoenix, sometimes it hard to make it universal. Especially when we all are going through some personal rebirths. However, one did stand above the crowd.

Amias (Self; inspiring)

RDL (Universal; insightful)

Mia (Self; inspiring)

Saras (Scientific; educational)

Leo (Scientific; educational)

Amity (Self; inspiring)

Vidya (Universal; conceptual)

Miss Sunshine (Fantasy; promises)

RDL is the winner, because her take on the Phoenix is universal and insightful.

New Dawn yield some very interesting thoughts and many could be translated in to universal thought; so all are winners, but one stood above the crowd.

Amias (Universal; hopeful)

Eyeshadows (Self; hopeful)

RDL (Universal; hopeful)

Saras (Universal; savior)

Leo (Self; hopeful)

Amity (Universal; survival)

Shweta (Universal; wishes)

Jim (Self; love)

Vidya (Universal; life)

Vidya is the winner as her poem spoke to Universal Life, and this is profound indeed.