Day 27 2025 ~ Let’s write an “Octopoem” for #NationalPoetryMonth ~ "30 poems in 30 days"

An “Octopoem” is a fun little poem that has 8 lines, each with a specific requirement.

Pick a topic of your choice and describe it in EIGHT lines. Each line can be as long as you choose and does not need to rhyme or anything of that nature, but use only one sentence per line. You can give your octopoem a title or just start right out with line 1.

It seems to be best suited to describe a person, but you can get creative and describe a pet or even an object, etc.). Have fun!!

HOWEVER, the only thing you DO need to follow is the order of the descriptions you use for each of the 8 lines about your poem.

An octopoem has 8 lines describing the topic (or pet or person, whatever):

Line 1: include a color
Line 2: include a season
Line 3: include a place
Line 4: include the weather
Line 5: include clothing
Line 6: include furniture
Line 7: include a TV show
Line 8: include a food

 

Both of these poems are good examples; one about one of my grandsons when he was little, and one about my dad:

My Grandson, My Friend

His favorite color is green.
He is a breath of fresh Spring air.
He loves to be wherever I am.
We love to play in the rain.
If it's green, it's clean and ready to wear.
When I can't find him, he's usually hiding behind a chair.
If “Wild Kratts” is on, we are good to go.
He likes to eat everything as long as it is a peanut butter sandwich.                                                                 

                                                                    © 2015 Stephanie Abney

 

I Miss You, Daddy

My dad’s eyes were blue, his favorite color
He loved to garden in the spring and summer
In what used to be our backyard lawn
The Southern California weather was perfect
He wore comfortable clothes to garden in, often rolling up the cuffs of his pants
He could sit outside on the patio lounge chair for hours, enjoying life at that moment
Unless it was time for “The Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy”
He’d close each day with a bowl of ice cream

 

                                         © 2019 Stephanie Abney

Photo1 by DivvyPixel at Pixabay

Photo 2 courtesy of Stephanie Abney 

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