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Write an Acrostic Poem (Blank Form) Write an acrostic poem with four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten lines. Start each line with the letters from a word or phrase.	Write a Scroll-Shaped Acrostic Poem Write an acrostic poem with four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten lines. Or go to blank scroll template to use. Start each line with the letters from a word or phrase.	All Acrostic Poems Start each line with the letters from a word or phrase. Write acrostic poems with a given number of lines or write an acrostic poem about a specified theme.	America: Acrostic Poem Write a poem about America. Start each line with a letter from the word "America."
Animal Poems - Poetry Prompts Write poems about many animals. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams. Some of the animals are: Animal, Bat, Eagle, Lion, Penguin, Spider.	Animal Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about an animal. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Write an Apple Acrostic Poem Write a poem about apples. Start each line with a letter from the word "APPLE."	Write an Autumn Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Autumn. Start each line with a letter from the word "Autumn."
Bat Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a bat. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats, and It dreams.	Bee Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a bee. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats (nothing!), and It dreams.	Butterfly Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a butterfly. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats (nothing!), and It dreams.	Cat Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a cat. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It runs, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.
Caterpillar Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a caterpillar. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Write a Colors Acrostic Poem Write a poem about colors. Start each line with a letter from the word "colors."	The Color Black and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color black affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Black looks like, Black sounds like, Black feels like, Black smells like, and Black tastes like.	The Color Blue and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color blue affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Blue looks like, Blue sounds like, Blue feels like, Blue smells like, and Blue tastes like.
The Color Brown and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color brown affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Brown looks like, Brown sounds like, Brown feels like, Brown smells like, and Brown tastes like.	The Color Gray and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color gray affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Gray looks like, Gray sounds like, Gray feels like, Gray smells like, and Gray tastes like.	The Color Green and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color green affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Green looks like, Green sounds like, Green feels like, Green smells like, and Green tastes like.	The Color Orange and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color orange affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Orange looks like, Orange sounds like, Orange feels like, Orange smells like, and Orange tastes like.
The Color Pink and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color pink affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Pink looks like, Pink sounds like, Pink feels like, Pink smells like, and Pink tastes like.	The Color Purple and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color purple affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Purple looks like, Purple sounds like, Purple feels like, Purple smells like, and Purple tastes like.	The Color Red and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color red affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Red looks like, Red sounds like, Red feels like, Red smells like, and Red tastes like.	The Color White and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color white affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: White looks like, White sounds like, White feels like, White smells like, and White tastes like.
The Color Yellow and Your Senses Poem Write a poem about how the color yellow affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: Yellow looks like, Yellow sounds like, Yellow feels like, Yellow smells like, and Yellow tastes like.	Write a Columbus Day Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Christopher Columbus. Start each line with a letter from the word "Columbus."	Dog Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a dog. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It runs, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Eagle Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about an eagle. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats, and It dreams.
Write an Earth Day Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Earth Day. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "Earth Day."	Write an Earth Day Acrostic Poem #2 Write a poem about Earth Day. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "Earth Day."	Write a Family Acrostic Poem Write a poem about family. Start each line with a letter from the word "family."	Father Acrostic Poem Write a poem about your father. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "MY FATHER."
Write a Flag Day Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Flag Day. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "Flag Day."	Flowers Acrostic Poem Write a poem about flowers. Start each line with a letter from the word "flowers."	Write an Acrostic Poem About Freedom Write a poem about freedom. Start each line with a letter from the word "freedom."	Write a Friends Acrostic Poem Write a poem about friends. Start each line with a letter from the word "friends."
Write a GAMES Acrostic Poem Write a poem about games. Start each line with a letter from the word "GAMES."	Write a Ghost Acrostic Poem Write a poem about ghosts. Start each line with a letter from the word "ghost."	Write a Groundhog Day Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Groundhog Day. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "Groundhog Day."	Write a Halloween Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Halloween. Start each line with a letter from the word "HALLOWEEN."
Happy Birthday Acrostic Poem Write a poem about birthdays. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "Happy Birthday."	Hello, Goodbye Poems Write poems about things you say hello to and things you say goodbye to at various times (including the seasons, vacation, and school starting). Start each line with Hello or Goodbye. Topics include the seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer), school, and vacation.	I Am... - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about who you are (and who you want to be). Or go to a pdf of the "I am..." poetry prompt worksheet.	I Feel... - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about how you feel (and how you'd like to feel). Or go to a pdf of the "I feel..." poetry prompt worksheet.
I Know... - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about what you know (and what you'd like to know). Or go to a pdf of the "I know..." poetry prompt worksheet.	I Like... - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about what you like (and something you don't like). Or go to a pdf of the "I like..." poetry prompt worksheet.	I See... - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about what you see (and what you'd like to see). Or go to a pdf of the "I see..." poetry prompt worksheet.	Write an Ice Cream Acrostic Poem Write a poem about ice cream. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "ice cream."
Write an Ice Cream Acrostic Poem #2 Write a poem about ice cream (and shaped like an ice cream cone). Start each line with a letter from the phrase "ice cream."	Write a July Fourth Acrostic Poem Write a poem about July Fourth. Start each line with a letter from the word "JULY FOURTH."	Write a Juneteenth Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Juneteenth. Start each line with a letter from the word "JUNETEENTH."	Kangaroo Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a kangaroo. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.
Ladybug Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a ladybug. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It flies, It eats, and It dreams.	Write a Leaf Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a leaf. Start each line with a letter from the word "leaf."	Lincoln Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Lincoln. Start each line with a letter from the words "ABE LINCOLN."	Lion Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a lion. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It runs, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.
Write a Love Acrostic Poem Write a poem about love. Start each line with a letter from the word "love."	Write a Moon Acrostic Poem Write a poem about the moon. Start each line with a letter from the word "moon."	Write a Name Acrostic Poem Write a name acrostic poem with four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten lines. The first letter of each line spells out your name (pick the printable with the same number of letters as your name).	Write a Name Acrostic Poem (Scroll-Shaped) Write a name acrostic poem with four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten lines. Or go to blank scroll template to use. The first letter of each line spells out your name (pick the printable with the same number of letters as your name).
Write a New Year Acrostic Poem Write a poem about the new year. Start each line with a letter from the words "New Year."	Write an Olympics Acrostic Poem Write a poem about the Olympics. Start each line with a letter from the word "Olympics."	Penguin Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a penguin. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Write an Acrostic Poem Using the word Poem Write a poem about poems. Start each line with a letter from the word "poem."
Write an Acrostic Poem Using the word Poetry Write a poem about poetry. Start each line with a letter from the word "poetry."	Write an Acrostic Poem Using the word President Write an acrostic poem about the president. Start each line with a letter from the word "PRESIDENT."	Rainbow Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a rainbow. Start each line with a letter from the word "rainbow."	Write a Recycling Acrostic Poem Write a poem about recycling. Start each line with a letter from the word "recycle."
Reindeer Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a reindeer. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Write an Acrostic Poem from REMEMBER Write a poem about remembrance. Start each line with a letter from the word "REMEMBER."	Rodeo Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a rodeo. Start each line with a letter from the word "rodeo."	Write a School Acrostic Poem Write a poem about school. Start each line with a letter from the word "school."
Senses Poems Write poems about how certain things affects your senses. The lines of the poem begin with: It looks like, It sounds like, It feels like, It smells like, and It tastes like. Topics include the seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer), and many colors ( red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, gray, and brown.	Shark Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a shark. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It runs, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Snowflake Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a snowflake. Start each line with a letter from the word "snowflake."	Snowman Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a snowman. Start each line with a letter from the word "snowman."
Soccer Acrostic Poem Write a poem about soccer. Start each line with a letter from the word "soccer."	Spider Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a spider. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It runs, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Spring Acrostic Poem Write a poem about spring. Start each line with a letter from the word "spring."	Summer Acrostic Poem Write a poem about summer. Start each line with a letter from the word "summer."
Stars Acrostic Poem Write a poem about stars. Start each line with a letter from the word "stars."	Teacher Acrostic Poem Write a poem about your teacher. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "MY TEACHER."	Tree Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a tree. Start each line with a letter from the word "tree."	Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Thanksgiving. Start each line with a letter from the word "Thanksgiving."
Thank You Acrostic Poem Write a poem about being thankful. Start each line with a letter from the phrase "THANK YOU."	Turkey Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a turkey. Start each line with a letter from the word "turkey."	Turkey Poem - Poetry Prompt Write a poem about a turkey. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It likes, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Valentine's Day Acrostic Poem Write a poem for Valentine's Day. Start each line with a letter from the word "Valentine."
Veteran Acrostic Poem Write a poem about a veteran. Start each line with a letter from the word "VETERAN."	VOTE Acrostic Poem Write a poem about voting. Start each line with a letter from the word "VOTE."	Washington Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Washington. Start each line with a letter from the word "WASHINGTON."	Weather Acrostic Poem Write a poem about the weather. Start each line with a letter from the word "weather."
Winter Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Winter. Start each line with a letter from the word "winter."	Worm Acrostic Poem Write a poem about worms. Start each line with a letter from the word "worm."	Who Am I? - Poetry Prompt #1 Write a poem about who you are and how you feel. The lines of the poem begin with: I feel, I trust, I hear, I understand, I worry, I'm glad, I want, I don't want, I'm sad, and I dream.	Who Am I? - Poetry Prompt #2 Write a poem about who you are and how you feel. The lines of the poem begin with: I am, I like, I hope, I dislike, I admire, I fear, I need, I know, I wish, and I wonder.
Who Am I? - Poetry Prompt #3 Write a poem about who you are and how you feel. The lines of the poem begin with: I'm happy, I pretend, I try, I read, I'm sorry, I wear, I play, I'm angry, I'm relieved, and I love.

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