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Fancy Monkey
This is a monkey in a dress, in a tree. The contrasting colours are nice, and I like the big yellow bow on the dress. Monkey see, monkey...
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon “Shel” Silverstein was born September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, and died May 10, 1999. While he lived, he was a poet,...
"We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are."
Perception is clouded, coloured, and dictated by the person perceiving. The sky is the floor to a child doing a handstand. Mice are food...
Reverse
Up is down and down is up The world is a small speck of dust A small speck of dust is s world Down is up. Up is down. Circles and swirls...
"Your Poem Here"
Words, words, words. Speak, write, scream. Empty shells, Empty words. Pretty lies, Cold truths. Spoken, written,screamed. Words. Words....
Poetic Devices: Couplets and Refrains
Couplets Two lines of poetry, one after another, that rhyme and are the same length and rhythm Can be formal or run-on. In a formal (or...
Summative Part 2: Review of William Davies' Poetry
Last spring, I got a book called Modern British Poetry, which is a collection of poems by a number of British poets of the late...
More Midnight Mumblings
A small glimmer catches my eye, reminds me of the glitter I glued to everything I could for most of my childhood. I can hear several...
Midnight Mutterings
Can we take a moment to talk aboutDeadpool? He's like, the weirdest superhero ever, and it's not really clear if he is a hero, because...
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