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Acrostic · Friendship

F-R-I-E-N-D (an Acrostic)

by The QuillOak Editors

1First to arrive when everything falls,

2Refusing to say "I told you so,"

3Insisting your worst jokes are funny,

4Eating half your fries on principle,

5Never keeping score (but always even),

6Down for whatever, especially nothing.

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Quick facts

Poem
F-R-I-E-N-D (an Acrostic)
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
6 lines
Form
Acrostic, Short Poems
Themes
Friendship, Funny, Short

Craft notes

How this poem works

Measured from the text on this page, not copied from a summary. Counts are approximate: syllables and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, which models General American English, so dialect, older pronunciation, and performance can all change what you hear.

Shape
6 lines · one 6-line stanza
End rhyme
No regular perfect end rhyme. The poem may still be using slant rhyme, assonance, or internal echo, which this check does not score.
Line length
Mostly 9-syllable lines.
The poem’s silhouette — approximate syllables per line, measured from the text above. Even bars mean a measured line; ragged bars mean the poem sets its own widths.

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Source record
QuillOak originalF-R-I-E-N-D (an Acrostic), authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
Display decision
Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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SHA-256 d13356f7d95964de
Editorial handling
Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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