Poetry Play Thursday – 9/3/09
Welcome to Poetry Play Thursday!
Let’s go back to a more structured prompt today and write an Octopoem. An octopoem describes someone or something in eight lines using this formula:
Line 1: A color
Line 2: A season
Line 3: A place
Line 4: A type of weather
Line 5: A type of clothing
Line 6: A piece of furniture
Line 7: A TV show
Line 8: A type of food.
Here’s an example I found at ETTC (Education Technology Training Center):
Wild gray outdoor cat
Hungry for summer treats
Draped and lazy across my front stoop
When steamy July thunderstorms rumble through
She pants and huddles inside her war torn fur coat
Feline survivor
Thriving at the neighborhood buffet
What will your Octopoem be about? Why not write two? Or three? Please share them with us, or a link to them, in our comments. I look forward to reading them all! Have fun!
Tags: octopoem, poem, Poetry Play Thursday
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Observation
It was red, a deep red.
The red of maple leaves in fall,
Or was it the red of the autopsy room.
Either way it lit up the snow.
The leather jacket had been peeled back.
The leg of a sofa stuck dead center of the back.
I wondered what the people of CSI would do.
My partner wanted a hotdog, I didn’t.
Donald Rhodes
You’re so damn creative, Donald! I love it! Donald, can we find your writing elsewhere online?
hi…mine’s up! first time here and loving it!
Welcome, Abby! We’re so glad you joined us!
Your poem is simply yummy. Don’t you just love Autumn? I could curl up with that soup bowl and watch some home and garden right now!
P.S. Oh, and I your blog is yummy, too! I’ll definitely be back.
OOOOOO–I so love this one…anything octo and I am there….
here’s my first try–but I think I shall be playing w this one a bit the next few days–AWESOME prompt:
http://knittingjourneymanredux.blogspot.com/2009/09/poetry-play-thursday-9309-hey-its-not.html