Here are two of my original acrostic poems about summer—both acrostics begin with the letter C.
Claw-handed critter
Races sideways, skitters
Across the sea-washed land…
Beachcombing in the sand.
Chirping in the dark, their song
Resonates
In the still air. A
Chorus of summer night strummers in concert with
Katydids
Entertaining warm evenings with
Their
Symphony of wings.
For more summer acrostics, get a copy of Stephen Schnur’s Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic. The book is beautifully illustrated with hand-colored linoleum block prints by Leslie Evans. Art and text make a perfect pair in this poetry book that would be great to share with a child/children on a hot summer day--or a warm summer evening.
Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic
Written by Steven Schnur
Illustrated by Leslie Evans
Clarion, 2001
Here is Schnur’s acrostic poem for the letter C:
Close by
A glittering
Blue lake, high
In the mountains,
Nestles a fishing lodge.
Other acrostics in this collection include the following: awning, beach, daisy, hike, idle, mosquitos, picnic, tide, vegetables, and zodiac.
Click here to view some of the book’s interior pages.
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At Political Verses, I have a poem about the resignation speech of Alaska’s Governor entitled Sarah Palin’s Swan/Duck/Goose Song.
At Blue Rose Girls, I have a poem entitled Anniversary by Cecilia Woloch.
Jama Rattigan has the Poetry Friday Roundup this week.
5 comments:
"C" stands for cool. Love your acrostics, Elaine. The "symphony of wings" is magical! And Schnur's book looks right up my alley. Alphabets!
Thanks, Jama! have a wonderful weekend.
Thanks, Elaine. I enjoyed those. And I love Leslie's art. Will have to look for that title.
Looks like a lovely book! And those block print illustrations are GORGEOUS! Thanks for sharing.
This is wonderful. I like it a lot.
For me C stands for Cute - charismatic and cool!
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