Peter Dazeley/GettyImages. An abecedarius is a specific type of acrostic poem in which successive lines or verses begin with each letter of the alphabet in order. Geoffrey Chaucer’s 23-verse ...

A Letter From Never Before. by Ted Kooser. It arrived with the rest of the mail in our box by the road, came bearing a standard Forever stamp,. a little American flag, and the letter handwritten ...