Armenia’s in the Caucasus Mountains
Botswana’s elephants have trunks like fountains
Cambodia has rebuilt Pol Pot’s insane way
Djibouti is real tough to say
Ecuador has the Equator for its namesake
Fiji Water isn’t real, it’s fake
Greece’s economy has gone to pot
Haiti has overcome a lot
Iceland lives up to its name
Jamaica’s reputation is far from tame
Kyrgyzstan must have a storied past
Libya is free at last
Macedonia’s name annoys the Greeks
Norway’s days and nights can last for weeks
Oman exports a ton of oil
Panama’s been through much turmoil
Qatar is the only one that begins with Q
Rwanda’s beauty will enrich you
Serbia won its freedom thanks to their hajducii
Turkey was the oppressing country
Uzbekistan does not like Westernization
Venezuala was thought to be a lost civilization
West and East Germany are seperatated no more
Xanadu is just folklore
Yemen’s in the Middle East
Zimbabwe’s alphebitically last but not by no means least
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Very original, thanks!! I enjoyed the variety of facts you put with each.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Writing it was challenging since I had to keep with the ryhme scheme.
Great lesson in geography and human geography!
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The World – an impressive theme to work with, particularly with the tricky letters to deal with too, I half expected to find you stuck towards the later letters of the alphabet but you proved me wrong, well done indeed! The rhyming is epic too, a wonderful use of the prompt. I’ve written an acrostic too that you may want to take a look at:-
http://toofulltowrite.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/daily-prompt-a-to-z-poem-poetry-acrostalyptica/
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I really love this particular acrostic poem – terrific rhyming and a very original idea – enjoy!
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