Seven acrostic poems
21 June 2015
FRANCIS DREKORE
An entry in the Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Award for Poetry
Rice
Rice is good for dinner
I eat rice everyday
Cooking rice is not hard
Every day we eat rice for dinner.
Flag
Flag, each country has a flag
Long ago people use flag too
Armies have many flags
Good flag is same as bad flag.
Road
Road, I like to ride bicycles on the road
On the road cars speed
Always follow road safety
Drivers always follow the road.
Night
Night people go to bed
In heaven night is like a day
God watches us when we sleep at night
House is nice, sleep when it’s dark
The night is the time we rest.
House
House keeps us safe
Our house is warm inside
Use your house to keep things inside
Some people do not have a house
Every time we must keep our house safe.
Frog
Frog, I like to catch frogs
Red frogs are poison frogs
Only frogs have long tongue
Good frogs stay in the water.
Water
Water is nice to drink
Always drink water
Tell your friends to drink water
Every day we drink clean water
Rain water comes from the clouds.
Young talent.
Posted by: Hazel Kutkue | 08 October 2015 at 02:29 PM
Little Francis is 8 years and is doing Grade 3 at the Kundiawa Christian Academy. Francis and his two elder brothers, Joseph Drekore 10 years and Raphael Drekore 11 years were given the above seven words as their first poetry lesson to write an acrostic poem and Francis's was more convincing hence above.
Thanks Keith for adding them here, I've just shown him and he is so excited, the grin on his face ain't going away.
Wakai we.
Posted by: Jimmy Drekore | 21 June 2015 at 12:43 PM
Hello namesake.
Green frogs are nice. When I was small like you, I used to look for green frogs on coffee trees, cook them, put salt on them and ate them and they tasted very nice.
You write good poem. I like it. Write more and one day you will make a book of poems like your father Jimmy.
Posted by: Francis Nii | 21 June 2015 at 11:13 AM