Christmas Octet

Children anticipate Christmas,
That time of the year is here.
Elves and cookies and toys,
tasty chocolate
are everywhere.
Sprinkled treats
galore -
yum

Posting Information ▼

This poem was written for The Poet's Place Café assignment December 22, 2015 and posted here: "Re: Form of the week: Octet"  .

Form ▼

The Octet is a syllabic structure introduced by Dr. Laura Andersson. Similar to the Nonet and Etheree, this one has only eight lines with a diminishing syllable count, as demonstrated in the following link: http://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/octet/