Mesostic Herbarium

This is a book by Alec Finlay. There are some nice examples of mesostics. Apparently a 50% mesostic means that between any two CAPITALISED letters, you aren't allowed the second letter. With a 100% mesostic, you aren't allowed either letter. I'm not sure if all the mesostics in this book adhere to this, but never mind.

I like the idea that the theme is flora, and that

...................naMes
................makE
.......................Stems
...................chOsen
...............wordS
.......................Their
................growIng
................branChes

(these aren't easy to line up in a blog! look at these:)

........................Far
........................Overseas
.................you'Re
..............kissinG
.....................mE
.........goodnighT
...........................
.........................Morning
.......................hEre
.............................
...................midNight
..........................Over
..........................There


..........................Milky
....................berrIes
............................Shine
.......................wiThin
.......................holLy
...........................lEaves
......................proTecting
...........................lOvers'
.....................kissEs


............................Bright
............................Uncomplicated
..................bloomS
.............................You
...............................
.............................Linger
.............................In
.........................haZy
..........................laZy
......................semI-shaded
.....................bordErs
.............................Summerlong


...........finally..gettIng..the..hang
...........................oV
.............................Yt

On a similar note, people have deliberately given out messages using acrostics, where the first letter of the line is significant. Eg James May, in each edition of Autocar, using the big red letter at the beginning of each review, spelled out "So you think its really good? Yeah you should try making the bloody thing up. It's a real pain in the arse." I wonder if there are many others that have gone unnoticed...