What is the name of these kind of poems?

Question:Here's an example:
Month
All
Rain
Comes down from
Heaven

Okay, that was lame. I just thought it up on the spot. What kind of poem is that? And don't say stupid...lol.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Here's an example:
Month
All
Rain
Comes down from
Heaven

Okay, that was lame. I just thought it up on the spot. What kind of poem is that? And don't say stupid...lol.

The word you are looking for is "acrostic".

This from the Encyclop?dia Britannica:

" short verse composition, so constructed that the initial letters of the lines, taken consecutively, form words. The term is derived from the Greek words akros, “at the end,” and stichos,“line,” or “verse.” "

What is POETRY? What do you think about when you hear the word POETRY?

There are many kinds of poems:

Some poems make us LAUGH.
Some poems make us THINK.

Some poems are SHORT & FUNNY.
Some poems are LONG & SERIOUS.

Some poems RHYME.
Some poems DO NOT RHYME.

What KINDS of poems have you read?
What KINDS of poems have you written?

Here are some different KINDS of poems:

Couplets
Couplets have two lines that rhyme. Here are five couplets from poems in TICKLE DAY: POEMS FROM FATHER GOOSE by Charles Ghigna.

from LITTLE DADDY LONGLEGS
Little Daddy Longlegs played in the sun,
Climbing up the front steps just for fun.

from TURTLE TROUBLE
Tell me if you think you know
How to make a turtle go.

from TOMORROW'S MY BIRTHDAY
Tomorrow's my birthday and I'll be four
And I won't have to stay home anymore.

from NATURE'S SHOWS
Nature puts on little shows
Every time it rains or snows.

from IT'S SNOW WONDER!
It's snow wonder that we cheer
Snowflakes when they fall each year.

Here is a poem that has four couplets from HALLOWEEN NIGHT by Charles Ghigna.

PUMPKINS ON GUARD
Look at all the pumpkin faces
Lighting up so many places.

On the porch and in the yard,
Pumpkin faces standing guard.

Looking friendly, looking mean,
With a smile or with a scream.

Orange faces burning bright
In the cool October night.

Tercets
Tercets have three lines.

Here is a poem with two tercets from HALLOWEEN NIGHT by Charles Ghigna.

WITCH WAY
With warts on her nose
And sharp pointy toes,
She flies through the night on her broom.

With covers pulled tight
In the shadows of night,
I hide in the dark of my room.

Ballad Stanzas
A ballad stanza is a group of four-lines. That group is called a STANZA. The ballad stanza has a rhyme at the end of line number two and line number four.

Here are three poems that have ballad stanzas. The first poem has three ballad stanzas. The last two poems have two ballad stanzas. The first two poems are from TICKLE DAY: POEMS FROM FATHER GOOSE by Charles Ghigna. The last poem is from HALLOWEEN NIGHT by Charles Ghigna.

THE BEE POEM
A poem is a busy bee
Buzzing in your head.
His hive is full of hidden thoughts
Waiting to be said.

His honey comes from your ideas
That he makes into rhyme.
He flies around looking for
What goes on in your mind.

When it's time to let him out
To make some poetry,
He gathers up your secret thoughts
And then he sets them free.

A POEM IS A LITTLE PATH
A poem is a little path
That leads you through the trees.
It takes you to the cliffs and shores,
To anywhere you please.

Follow it and trust your way
With mind and heart as one,
And when the journey's over,
You'll find you've just begun.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I'd rather be foolish than ghoulish,
I'd rather dress up as a clown;
I'd rather wear clothes with polka dot bows,
I'd much rather smile than frown.

I'd rather be kooky than spooky,
I'd rather be friendly than mean;
I'd rather go greeting than tricking and treating,
I'd rather have fun Halloween!

The If-You-Were-Poem
The If-You-Were Poem lets you COMPARE yourself to something and to COMPARE your friend to something else.

Here are three If-You-Were Poems from TICKLE DAY: POEMS FROM FATHER GOOSE by Charles Ghigna.

If you were a shining star
And I were your midnight,
I'd let you shine above me,
You'd be my only light.

If you were the hands of time
And I were a grandfather clock,
I'd let you spin around with me,
Together we'd ticktock.

If you were the pages of a book
And I were reading you,
I'd read as slow as I could go
So I never would get through.

Riddle Rhymes
Riddle Rhymes are poems that have a riddle. The answer to the riddle is at the end of the poem.

Here are three Riddle Rhymes from RIDDLE RHYMES by Charles Ghigna.

HIGH FLYER
I fly above the tallest trees.
I’m not a bird or plane.
I have no wings or feathered things.
I do not like the rain.

I play among the passing clouds.
I like to rise and sail.
I am a friend who loves the wind.
I’m big and have a tail.

I like the gusty month of March.
I soar way out of sight.
My shape is like a diamond.
I am a brand-new KITE.

THE EVERLASTING LIGHT
I shine forever free.
I do not cost a cent.
I need no bulb or battery.
My light is permanent.

You'll find me way up in the sky,
When each new day's begun,
But do not look me in the eye--
I am the shining SUN.

YOUR HIGHNESS
I am a free and open field
That's never out of bounds,
Where kites and planes and boomerangs
Can do their ups and downs.

I am the biggest yard of all,
Where birds begin their play
Of hide-n-seek among the clouds
At each new break of day.

I am the place called outer space,
Where nothing is too high.
I am the home of all the stars--
I am the endless SKY.

Haiku
The Japanese haiku (pronounced "hi-koo") is one of the oldest and shortest forms of poetry. The entire poem consists of only seventeen syllables in three lines of five-seven-five syllables. Haiku poems usually contain brief descriptions of nature and they DO NOT RHYME.

Here are three haiku poems written by Charles Ghigna from HAIKU: THE TRAVELERS OF ETERNITY.

JUNE
The cricket calls to
the meadow, each evening he
hears his echo sing.

SEPTEMBER
Shadows bow to the
setting sun, pray to the sky
for blessings of light.

OCTOBER
Artist autumn comes,
paints her blush across each tree,
drops palette, and leaves.

Or Riddles Rymes
or Tercets
Or Couplets

More yet........................................

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