Variety: A Colorful Acrostic

Edit New York Times 11 Jun 2016
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon bring some color to our solving weekend ... ....

A Memorable Acrostic

Edit New York Times 28 May 2016
In which I attempt to remember the names of Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon ... ....

Behind the Politics of a Current Brouhaha in Iran: an Ex-President Ayatollah’s Daughter and the Baha’is

Edit CounterPunch 25 May 2016
Hamid Dabashi, Islamic Liberation Theology, 2008, 83. …I fully support a first strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities wherever they may be hidden and by whatever means are needed to destroy them ... — Ian Kluge, Canadian Baha’i scholar, public list. , April 15, 2006. The Nature of the Controversy ... Haifan Bahaism. At issue is the Haifan Baha’i organization[2] ... Notes ... An acrostic prayer by Mīrzā Yaḥyā Nūrī Ṣubḥ-i-Azal,” in LUVAH....

Stephen King's The Body made me feel like I was 11 again

Edit The Guardian 20 May 2016
When Stewart Foster read The Body, the book later made into the movie Stand by Me, it triggered memories of his own happy school days to come back to life – and inspired him to become a writer. I have to admit I saw the film (Stand by Me) before I read the book ... I often think I was the luckiest kid ... Related ... Twitter ... Mates would look forward to me reading out my stories, especially when they were acrostic and spelt out something rude ... ....

Sirk's Noteblog: Trillium Cup (Columbus Crew)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source. Columbus Crew). It's Heineken Rivalry Week around MLS, meaning Columbus Crew SC gets to kick off the annual Trillium Cup against Toronto FC. Sure, Toronto isn't a rivalry forged by formative playoff battles like our rivalry with D.C. United, nor has it been fueled by nearly-annual Lamar Hunt U.S ... [Note ... [Source ... Roses are red. Violets are blue ... #LOLTFC ... They unwittingly propagated a hidden acrostic message about their own suckiness....

A Ridiculous Acrostic

Edit New York Times 14 May 2016
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon offer us a ridiculous acrostic ... ....

Dorothy L. Bullock School 2nd graders hunt for treasure

Edit NJ dot com 12 May 2016
Second grade students followed clues to find "treasure keepers" throughout Glassboro. GLASSBORO -- Dorothy L. Bullock School second-graders "sailed" through Glassboro recently in search of gems for the school's annual Treasure Hunt ... Classwork included a pirate acrostic poem, character studies, a compound-word search in the text, story comprehension questions, dialogue studies, graphing, word problems and special area activities ... ....

Meet The Class of 2016 (Yeshiva University)

Edit Public Technologies 12 May 2016
(Source. Yeshiva University). Gabriel Wasserman, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies ... Our students seek to harness their unique talents and YU education to make a lasting impact on the world around them ... Meet the Class of 2016 ... Qallir ... For example, in the 'Grace after Meals' text for the seventh day of Passover, Wasserman incorporates an original, alphabetic acrostic poem in three sections, in the style of traditional piyyuṭ....

A Medieval Acrostic

Edit New York Times 30 Apr 2016
A medieval acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon ... ....

Rare Collection of Alice in Wonderland Books to Go on Sale

Edit Time Magazine 28 Apr 2016
Now, at the age of 80, he has chosen to sell the collection. That means Alice collectors have a chance to own items ranging from a first edition to an unpublished acrostic poem to a leaflet that “would be inserted into editions ‘for child readers’,” and many books and letters inscribed by the author himself. Carroll, whose real name was Charles Dodgson, was well aware of his books’ appeal ... [Telegraph] ....

Grade 3 students embrace their inner lyricism through CBC Radio competition

Edit CBC 24 Apr 2016
The CBC's Daybreak acrostic spring poetry competition has attracted some young poets ... ....

9 Shakespeare innuendoes you should have been embarrassed to read in English class

Edit Vox 22 Apr 2016
Here's a basic rule. if you're reading or watching a Shakespeare play, and you're not imagining the actors standing in front of a mosh pit of jeering Londoners waiting to throw vegetables at the stage, you're doing it wrong ... And that includes a lot of dirty jokes. A lot. Sometimes in incredibly inappropriate places ... Uh huh. Maybe if you were reading Twelfth Night in high school, you might have noticed the acrostic here ... This is why ... (Note ... ....

A Well-Paced Acrostic

Edit New York Times 16 Apr 2016
A well-paced acrostic from Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon ... ....
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