Day 5 - 2015 How to Write an Acrostic Poem

Day 5 ~ Happy Easter ~ How to write an Acrostic poem #NationalPoetryMonth “30 poems in 30 days” ~ This is a common poetry form. School children use it all the time. 
 
ACROSTIC poem - you may already be quite familiar with them. You just write a word (place, event, holiday, feeling, person, month, whatever) down the left side of your paper and each line starts with that first letter. And you just go letter by letter creating line by line as you describe the thing (or person) that you wrote down the left hand side. 

You can do it with single words that begin with each letter or you can use each letter as the beginning letter of the word that you use in a sentence or a phrase.

Since it is EASTER SUNDAY – you might want to start with that – or the month of April or whatever else comes to mind. Enjoy!

 
A ________________________________

P ________________________________ 

R ________________________________ 

I ________________________________

L ________________________________

E _________________________________
A _________________________________
S _________________________________
T _________________________________
E _________________________________
R _________________________________

My examples are below this video, "Because He Lives" (#BecauseHeLives)

Here are two examples for the word Easter that I wrote today; one has only one word per line and the other has several words. Begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line.:

Everlasting 
Atonement 
Salvation 
Thankful 
Eternal 
Resurrection

   © 2015 Stephanie Abney 

Exquisite, His love for me 
Atoning for my foolish pride 
Salvation, a gift, freely given 
Thinking only of us, He 
Endured such agony 
Reclaiming us all

    © 2015 Stephanie Abney 

And here are a couple of acrostic poems about the month of April that I wrote a few years ago:

Anew
Perfect
Resurrection
Immortal
Life
   © 2011 Stephanie Abney 

A son of God
Perfect in every way
Reaches out to
Individuals because he
Loves us so

  © 2011 Stephanie Abney 

YOUR TURN!! You certainly don’t need to use Easter or April – these are just examples – use any word or the name of a person that you wish! Enjoy!!

Happy Sabbath!