• Flower Acrostics
  • Introduction
  • Acrostics
  • Getting Started
  • Acrostic flower poem examples
  • Create Your Flower Acrostic
  • Suggestion - what next?
• Sculpted Poetry and Triolets
• Free Writing
• Word Association
• Poetry Appreciation
• Virtual Museum - Imaginary Lives
• Virtual Gallery - Who Am I? (Part 1)
• Virtual Gallery - Who Am I? (Part 2)
• Recipe For a Good Mood

Introduction

 

Flower acrostic poems

 

Daisy

Down at a mouse’s eye-level

A scattering of pure white

In amongst the clouds of dandelions the

Sun plays with its yellow shadows. They are

Yours to pick and weave. 

 

Suzanne Batty

 

 

Foxglove

 Falling down in tiers

 Often very tall

eXcept some are small

 Good to look at 

 Large bell like flowers

 Often the blooms are attractive to bees

 Variation of yellow or rusty brown shades

 Especially spectacular at the back of a border

 

Joy

 

You will need:

• A4 paper – lined or plain
• A pen/pencil
• Printed Plant labels (or view online)

 

 

What is an acrostic?

An acrostic is a poem that is a form of ‘constrained’ writing. This means it is written in a specific way. The benefit of constrained writing is that it gives you a pattern for your poem, instead of starting with a blank sheet.

Acrostic poems work by writing a word vertically down the side of a page. We will call this word the ‘topic word.’ You then use each letter as the beginning of a line of poetry. Each line should relate back to the topic word in some way.

 

What might this exercise offer?

• Are fun to do and anyone can try them
• Help us to come up with short, inventive pieces of writing
• Encourages us to think differently