Learning poetry with my pet
photo by Lynne Collier
S.M.O.K.E.Y
Sometimes affection
Most times not
Once in a while, a purr
Knows how to cause trouble with
Express runs across furniture but
Yes, we love you anyway
An acrostic poem is written from a vertical word about a specific topic, as I did in “S.M.O.K.E.Y.”
Each letter in the topic word is the first letter of a line of poetry.
Each line is part of the poem. Here, the subject is my cat, Smokey — my writing supervisor!
~ Lynne
Lynne Collier 