Dressing Up Poem by Lindsey Priest

We have got to dress up at school,
I can tell you we all feel a fool,
Even the kids say that it’s not cool,
Persuaded to dress up at school.

I know it’s only one day,
And there’s nothing that we can say,
Our head will have her own way,
So, we’re all dressing up for the day!

Our school is seventy years old,
So we have all been told
To wear something bright or bold,
To remember those days of old.

The theme—famous people or books
Or a fashion—copy the look.
Now which will it be, I am stuck.
The person, the look or the book?

I have one or two options in mind
E-Bay may prove to be kind,
That is if from there I can find
An outfit to blow your mind!

Twiggy was the first to be thought,
A costume wouldn’t have to be bought,
It’s in a cupboard I’ll just have to sort,
But a diet will be needed, I thought.

The outfits I’ve worn before
Just don’t fit me anymore,
Anyway, it would be a real bore
To wear something they’ve seen before.

There isn’t really much time
So I won’t give up chocolates and wine.
Perhaps someone could dropp me a line,
What shall I dress up as this time?