When I encounter acrostic poems, I feel nostalgic for the good old elementary school days; as acrostic poems were among the first poetic forms I was taught. Acrostic poems take a rather unique approach to poetry, with each letter in a word or phrase is spelled out vertically, and the poet must use that letter to start each line. Although they certainly aren't the most difficult to write or rigid in form, I've been seeing a lot of acrostic poems -- but not how I would expect to. For some reason, acrostic poems became a meme format, and I saw them daily on various social medias at one point. Here is an example: These memes (although humorous) often don't follow the standard acrostic form. There are many more traditional examples, including"Peace" by Ben Gieske: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/peace-acrostic-2/ I think that acrostic poems are certainly an idiosyncratic form in comparison to the stereotypical understanding of poetry. Although I enjoy all, my fav...