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Poetry Project

  • Ingredients:Dash of nutmeg,Clip of unicorn hair,An inch of slimy toad skin (the best you can find)Squirt of pickle juice,Sprinkle of ghost pepper,Packet…
  • Her eyes are chocolaty hazelnut brownHer fur a mixed brown with blackBut it’s not her looks;What’s got us is how she acts!A knock on the doorShe growls…
  • It is twelve o’ clock -Cinderella’s time.She has to go.It’s of the hour, again.Little Red Riding Hoodmeets the wolfat four o’ clock.It’s of the hour,…
  • Writing isn’t my “thing” -Never has been, never will be.My writing has never been chosen,Never been read.My writing is okay,Just not goodAnd certainly not…
  • I laugh at the face,that makes me feel sad,saying, “It’s nothing,I don’t feel bad.”But really,I let my feelings sink down inside,Is there anythingI don’t…
  • Snuggled up in bedShe's sitting right next to me,Her smile contagious.She kisses me on the forehead,"Goodnight.""But what about Old Aunt Addy?"I give her…
  • Through shallow abundance you waste happilyPatchy spritzers flowing leaving lawns soakedAmerica, douses in apathyWhile we wither, in charred earth, lying…
  • My most heroic supporterIs my braA large womanBlack and dressed in laceAnd bowsShe is gentleBut will hurt me with her wiry sassIf disrespectedShe is by my…
  • Dreams, you hollow, heartless, callous creatureDark, twisted land of human mind you dwellYou create corrupt wants, turn us impureDrag us not to your vile,…
  • Friendship withers like a flag in a violent storm on the beachIt begins to tear into small pieces of worthless cloth floating through the air aloneand…