WHEN & WHERE: Submit it to [email protected] by Monday, April 29, and put ACROSTIC in the subject line. We’ll read the top submissions on Monday, May 13. Write down the letters of your town name in a ...

This month’s recipe is about how to write Acrostic Poems. Do you know what an acrostic poem is? Well, the word acrostic is formed from the Greek word acros (outermost) and stichos (line of poetry).

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. She really really likes stars. But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is ...

Hiding an acrostic message in an otherwise ordinary resignation letter isn’t exactly the boldest way to express a political view, yet it’s proven surprisingly effective. It’s a trick that’s been tried ...