Thread: poetry showdown
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Old 04-12-2008, 07:37 PM   #8
skysidhe
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Originally Posted by Brianna View Post



For class I wrote another silly poem. It was supposed to be a "list of things you like" a la Gerard Manley Hopkins. It's my "oh, a 2nd grader wrote this!!" poem, but the class (filled with those not too far removed from 2nd grade) liked it.

I like the dark things, Halloween things,
Gleeful grins and voodoo queens;
Tarot decks and green moonbeams.

I like the pansy, fearful face and back,
Growling up at me from the bushpack
Poison mushroom cap, magic brick-a-brack.

I like the room beneath the Tree,
Cauldrons and witches, three by three
I like the unseen, silly world
That just might bite a careless girl.
Don't put it down. Someone has got to write for children. I've been in alot of school libraries and it fits in so well. Now all you need is an illustrator. Yeah your poem totally sends a person back to the classroom and was there any more magical time than the anticipation of Halloween when your in the 2nd grade? I think not!
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