This is a fantastic poem. I didn’t realise until I got to X that it was an alphabet acrostic.
A Poem for S.
Because you used to leaf through the dictionary,
Casually, as someone might in a barber shop, and
Devotedly, as someone might in a sanctuary,
……
Without spite. Now for you, may your wife’s
X-ray return with good news, may we raise our
Zarfs to both your names in the Great Book of Life.
Jessica Greenbaum (EMC Poetry Playlist: Contemporary voices for the classroom, English and Media Centre, London, 2023)
Idea: Can you write an alphabet acrostic about a friend?
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