Tag: Poetry

Acrostic poems

Did you know the first types of acrostic poems started in Ancient Greece? Since then there have been lots of different types of acrostic poems. The first one (the main type of acrostic poem that everyone knows) is simply just called ‘acrostic’. It is the poem that the start of each word/phrase forms a message or word. The second type is similar to the acrostic one. It’s called ‘The Telestich’. Instead of the first word spelling a message/word it is the last letter that makes the message. And the final one I’m explaining is ‘The Mesostic’. This one uses the middle of a word or a sentence to form a message/ word in the middle.

Here are 2 different types of acrostic poems I did(the first is ‘acrostic and the second is ‘The Telestich’)

F lashing colours everywhere, then fading into darkness

I ncredible show of lights,lighting up the sky

R emarkable sight to see, up in the starry night

E nchanting to look at

W ondeful feeling inside of you

O n many holidays and celebrations

R rally loud when close by

K ids love them

S tanning in awe at the amazing sight, high up in the night

Cinquain poetry

There are 2 ways of writing a cinquain poem. The first on is using syllables. The first line has 2 syllables, the second 4, the third 6, the fourth 8 and the last, back to 2. The other type of a cinquain poem is just using words. The first line is one word (usually the subject), the second line is 2 words(adjectives to describe the topic), the third line is 3 word (verbs usually ending in ‘ing’), the fourth line has four words (a phrase to show emotion about the topic) and the fifth and final line had one word(synonym of the first word/topic)

Here is a cinquain poem I made about nature: