Well, that’s what my 14-year old client told me today and I wrote these words down vertically for him to give me an acrostic poem:
P.S. An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase. The most common and simple form of an acrostic poem is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase.
I am lost
S o lost
U sually not so lost.
C losed shows
K iss my nose
A t the snow
T onight’s the night
P ity she’s not here
O pen mouth
E ats cake
M y stuff is tough
S o tough.
It certainly got him over writer’s block and opened the gate to writing and expressing himself. Why not try it yourself – it works with any message, of course. Often it’s very daunting trying to write an essay, when you are creative and your mind just seems to race in every direction – yet no words make it to the page.