Acrostic Poems

An acrostic poem is a poem where the FIRST LETTER of each line spells out a word when you read down. It is like a secret code hidden in your poem!

Here is an acrostic poem for the word CAT:

Curly tail swishing back and forth

Always purring on my lap

Tiny paws with soft little beans

See? Read the first letter of each line going down: C-A-T. It spells CAT!

Here is one for RAIN:

Rumbling thunder in the sky

All the puddles growing wide

I splash and jump in every one

Now my boots are wet inside

R-A-I-N spells RAIN!

Acrostic poems are one of the easiest and most fun types of poems to write because the word gives you a structure to follow.