In Book 9, for example, Milton spells out “WOE ... “Ultimately,” Phaal explains, “the acrostic distills the entire poem down to its essence: three contingent falls, two paradises ...

Jim Horne’s acrostic is like hitting the lottery ... because I look up the origins of words and terms all the time. For example, SUB ROSA, from the Latin, refers to when a council chamber ...

The following is an acrostic poem which I hope may serve to inspire the Texas Gulf coast. 'S when we show the right stuff. Take up a hammer; take up a drill, Or whatever your best is. No storm is ...