acrostic

One picture spelled out the words that for them embodied the Queen in an acrostic: "Quintessential, Unwavering, Eloquent, Elegant, Noble."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022

The music is based on an acrostic poem the choreographer George Balanchine wrote in 1946 as a birthday present for the composer Igor Stravinsky.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2022

The Empress saw that acrostic sonnet as one of the “poems of the week” on the website of the journal Light and ding!

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

As someone who doesn’t start his day with a crossword or, heaven forbid, an acrostic, I felt as though I had wandered into a tribe of idle eggheads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2020

She assigns us to write an acrostic of our names, which is a poem where, for each letter of your name, you describe yourself with a word or phrase that starts with that letter.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist — and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist of our time — wanted to talk about double acrostics.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021

I do acrostics and logic games and crossword puzzles in pen, and if one of those crosswords is too easy I will cover up all the “Across” clues.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020

Scholars have found what appear to be other “Paradise Lost” acrostics, including one discovered in 1977.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2019

The New York Times has featured its crossword puzzle since 1942, while other newspapers have carried comics, word puzzles and acrostics.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014

While the rest of the class shares their acrostics, I write a new one in the margin of my notebook, shielding it with my arm so no one can see.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish