Day 8 2015 How to Write an Octopoem "30 poems in 30 days"

Well, since it is Day 8 let’s try a poem that has 8 lines. It’s called an “Octopem.” This is a form I haven’t used in previous poetry challenges so it should be fun. Looks pretty forthright: 

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. 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: color
line 2: season
line 3: place
line 4: weather
line 5: clothing
line 6: furniture
line 7: TV show
line 8: food

Here’s one I wrote ~

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

Try your hand at it and come back each day to see what we are up to in our “30 poems in 30 days” challenge for #NationalPoetryMonth. Cheers!!

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"All About Me"

Here’s a fun little poem I think you will enjoy – I do believe poetry comes from the heart – but there is more than one way to reach into your heart. Questioning is always helpful in finding things out. Sometimes, when we answer questions, we find things out about ourselves we had not given much thought to before. So, this poem is called "All About Me" ~ just answer the questions and voila’ ~ you've created a poem!! Pretty cool and tonz’ of fun, especially with kids.

The “All About Me” poem can be deep and insightful or fun and silly. You can do it over and over, answering the questions from a different perspective. Enjoy!!

Here is the format:

Line 1: Your first name only __________________

Line 2: Four adjectives that describe you ________

Line 3: Sibling of ___________________________

Line 4: Lover of ____________________________

Line 5: Who fears __________________________

Line 6: Who needs _________________________

Line 7: Who gives __________________________

Line 8: Who would like to see _________________

Line 9: Resident of __________________________

Line 10: Last Name _________________________

Here’s mine:

Stephanie
Happy, curious, loyal, creative
Sibling of Camille
Lover of life, the Lord, Jim, my kids, grandkids, my friends and nature
Who fears not getting the really important things done
Who needs understanding and lots of books
Who gives the best she has to offer
Who would like to see everyone get along
Resident of the universe
Abney

 Okay, now it’s YOUR TURN!! Have fun!