(This is not  a lesson and I am not a teacher)

Coded poetry (Acrostic)

... Is nothing new and, I'm sure, many will know. It is when the first letter of each line (when read down) reveals an added word or message and (normally) would be the last line of what is written. In this example it would make ideal a personal message if you sent it to any individual who was aware it was coded.

Do remember your message is not truly hidden if someone looks for it; in this case, the bonus message is quite easy to see if someone is aware; in actual fact, it's a known easy to spot message to spot in the first instance with no knowledge of Acrostic syle at all ... that's why I use this as an example.  There are more complicated ways to code a poem that would be more difficult for anyone other than the intended recipient to find … that's another topic.

It can be limiting to the writer to do this using single line-breaks. Many (most?) often split lines in order to emphasise. For instance "in ecstatic bliss" stands alone and one could meditate on this alone within the poem.  Any single line in the poem below would stand alone with nothing else to support it; I digress. 

In this poem the message starts with the first letter of the first line, and then followed by the first letter of each triplet. If I explained myself well, then the added message is easy to spot.  If I did not? ... Ah, well ... I'm a trier :-)

Acrostic poem and with no title:

I lean to the wind

learning with you
   on this our path
   in vivid dreams
only you can testify
   what lies in wait
   of my eager offering
vertigo emotional
   spins reel me
   in ecstatic bliss
each twist and turn
   falls deeper I
   when we offer up
yet wonders of you
   in revealings new
   nothing stagnates
of guttural sounds
   tethered bounds
   a prisoner yet free
under misty spells
   spiced love dwells
   seeks out you with me.