Octopoems

Octopoems are simple poems describing a person or topic

written to a formula of eight lines.

Formula
Line 1: Topic is a colour
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

Example
Chef
A chef is white.
He is the spring time
in a kitchen.
He is sunny.
A chef is an apron
A tall kitchen stool.
He is a TV advert,
A crispy roast chicken.
Try these:
 a Garda
 a witch
 a dinosaur
 an astronaut
 a dragon
 a fireman
 a nurse
 Lent
 Hallowe’en
 Surfing
 Dancing
 School
 breaktime etc.