Poetry Challenge—Introducing the Acrostic Form 2: The Name Acrostic

Sometimes acrostic poems form a name. Here is a simple one based around a Greek myth:

More than anything you loved

Its surface brightly gleaming

Dinars, bullion, jewellery, bars of gold

As though they could all beauty hold

So your price of learning is oft told

Why don’t you give it a try? Try writing at least one acrostic, using a name for inspiration, every day this week.

You can find out more about how to write acrostics from the following sites:

• http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic
• http://poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/g/abecedarian.htm
• http://classiclit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/aa_abcedarianpo.htm
• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
• http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/acrosticterm.htm
• http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hickey/acrostic.htm
• http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem/