Notes About The Poem
For Joseph May's Poetic Spice Poetry Contest
Acrostic Cake
Have you ever tried to make an acrostic cake?
If you make a big one, it takes longer time to bake.
Think first of a title that is interesting to you.
Any kind of word or even a phrase will do.
Stir up in your imagination titles with a flavor
that your reader/taster will really want to savor.
The main ingredients of acrostic cake are these:
first letter of each line is the sugar. Stir it in with ease..
There is a shortcake acrostic. It’s the easiest of all.
With a short-word title, the number of ingredients is small.
Take, for example, a little title word like “GO” -
first line needs that sugary G; last line sweeten with O.
“Get into your car any time of day
Off you drive or if you care to, simple walk away”
The title “GO” has been spelled downward. That’s acrostic, see?
Rhyme is cream you may whip up and add, easy as can be.
But to be a master baker of acrostic cake, use smooth glazes -
Your butter will be the descriptively tasty words or phrases.
Since your main letter ingredients will downward titles spell,
add sprinkles (bold print of first letters) and you should do well.
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