Types of PoemsBy Takahe 2/Tui 3, 2015

Acrostic Poem What: Each acrostic poem has topic has a topic idea running down the left side of the poem.

Rules: Select a topic for your poem. Write the topic word vertically on your paper. (Be sure to capitalize each letter of the word.) Start each line of the poem with the capital letters you wrote.Each line of the poem should consist of a word or phrase related to the topic. See the example below using the wordpoem.

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