Birthright
...Is Harry Potter hero or the son of nepotism ?
Did you notice Parvati or a pinch of Racism?
Where tempests do come and go
Were Grendel and Caliban really the foe?
Where perfect is hour glas...
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Categories:
babbit, anti bullying, courage, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Birthright
...Is Harry Potter hero or the son of nepotism ?
Did you notice Parvati or a pinch of Racism?
Where tempests do come and go
Were Grendel and Caliban really the foe?
Where perfect is hour glas...
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Categories:
babbit, anti bullying, courage, identity,
Form: Rhyme
The black hole of DC
...“My name is Jonathan Mellis, I'm solitary confined
In a D.C Jail, where they destroy your mind
They call solitary confinement “the hole”.
They drop you in and let time erode your soul.
It’s ha...
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Categories:
babbit, abuse, hope, loneliness, mental
Form: Lyric
Moanastic
...A perky young lady named Babbit
found humor in teasing the Abbot.
She thought ’twould be fun
to dress like a nun,
but he got her out of the habit....
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Categories:
babbit, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Middle Riddle
...My shower was quite commonplace.
I'd always start out at my face
And carry on south
To my feet from my mouth
At an even and moderate pace.
But I used to be bold! I won't have it
To be such a ...
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Categories:
babbit, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Who I Am
...Diane
Aging - gracefully,
contemplating life -
past, present, future,
holding tight to memories -
what was, what is yet to be,
grateful - for everything -
ju...
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Categories:
babbit, age, time,
Form: Bio
The Devil Has No Horns
...In Simple words
The devil has no horns
She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings
She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali
She lives on Babbit lane, and reads Currer Bell
She lov...
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Categories:
babbit, analogy, , western,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Incomprehensible Space Time Continuum Intrigues
...Incomprehensible space/time continuum intrigues...
One insignificant, infinitesimal
incomprehensibleness cosmic speck,
who doth readily confess
swallowed within
infinite cosmic wormhole, non...
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Categories:
babbit, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegy
Twenty Titles of Fabulous Friends
...Tell me
how did we get here
at a swishing swapping party?
(The voices echo in emptiness)
Bubbly cheerful and happy, naked and raw
forever bachelors Larry and Harry,
and the ho...
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Categories:
babbit, humorous, poetry, silly,
Form: Free verse
Shuffling With Shel
...(Shuffling with Shel)
Ode to Shel Silverstein
The master taps across the stage
Wiggling rhymes upon his page
Tapping, leaping, letting go
Silly poems that steal the show.
Heel, shuffle,
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Categories:
babbit, dance, children, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Christmas Day
...Christmas Day Comes
Christmas day comes just once every year
long and anxiously awaited
but always anticipated
then suddenly, surprised it's here.
Preparations complete and done
as...
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Categories:
babbit, christmas, family, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
The Babbit Runs Away
...So much thought to choose from,
the garden grows well in the rain and sun.
Through the window I can see
the dance of leaves upon the tree
but in the overcast of cloudy gray
there is a haze...
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Categories:
babbit, nonsense,
Form: Light Verse
Abalones
...Abalones,
Babbit of abalones,
Containing lots of them;
Designed artistically,
Enough of them though have cracks.
Few of them are too shinny to glare,
Good enough to back your stare.
Huge enoug...
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Categories:
babbit, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Abecedarian