Acrostics Can be Riddles!

This week I've been focusing on a type of poem called an 'acrostic' and yesterday I wrote a bit about capital letters and when to use them in your poems. It works well to have the letters going down the page in capitals in your acrostic as they spell out what the poem is about. It means you don't have to give a title as the 'title' is already there down the side of the poem, like this...

Eggs, lots of chocolate ones

Are hiding in the garden –

Some in the house –

Try and find one!

Everyone is excited, rushing,

Running, shrieking when they find one!

And – if you don't give the acrostic a title you can make it into a riddle! 

All you do is write about the subject, making sure the only time you actually name it is in the starting letter on each line...

Sunny days at last

Perhaps a bit chilly still

Rain too but I don't want to stay 

Indoors, it's too

Nice out in the 

Garden.

Would your acrostic riddle be even more tricky if you disguised it by not using capitals? 

Like this...

Sunny days at last

perhaps a bit chilly still

rain too but I don't want to stay 

indoors, it's too

nice out in the 

garden.

Which is harder for people to solve? Try it on someone and see...