Acrostic Poems

Acrostic poems use your name or the name of another person, place, or thing as a structure for the poem.  They describe the subject using either a list of words or a series of connected phrases that may or may not form a sentence.

Writing Acrostic Poems

Acrostic poems do not need to rhyme, but they do follow a specific format:

1. Write out your name or the name of your subject vertically (up and down) on your page so that each line begins with one letter of your subject’s name.

2. Use each letter as the first letter in a word or phrase that describes the subject in a silly or serious way.

Examples of Acrostic Poems:

Most of
All I
Never
Drink
Yak milk.

Marvelous
Outstanding
Tolerant
Huggable
Enthusiastic
Revolutionary

Krafty
Illusionist
Thieves and
Tricksters that
Eat
Nothing but
Salmon

Perhaps
A
Rude
Irritating
Sham