Helena the Hiker
...Helena had always wanted to be a professional hiker more than a bit.
Her parents thought it dangerous, and tried to talk her out of it.
When she was eighteen, she got herself enormous hiking boots....
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Categories:
bandicoots, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Twist Again
...Lucy lisps, Lucy lisps
Lucy's tongue is in a twist
Saucy Susie sang a song
Silly Susie sang it wrong
Slinky slimy slippery snakes
Hisses kisses to their mates
Stoats stay stoic on the sand
Whi...
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Categories:
bandicoots, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
No More Lives To Lose
...My character seems to be dead
but i am
just away
from keyboard
Shortened time
seems longer
and seconds last for years
Evil lives in residence
The labyrinth brought multiple dooms
Hey was f...
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Categories:
bandicoots, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Foot Fungus
...Ted’s big toe is covered in fungus
It’s massive, in fact it’s humongus
He can’t fit in his shoes
and he sure gets the blues
as he cannot hang out among us
Ted began to feel very d...
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Categories:
bandicoots, body, growth, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Waiting In Vain
...It’s a voluntary widowhood.
Whipped by Neeli’s tongue,
he’s gone to harvest Dirhams*
in Dubai desert – lest the embryo
of their new home won’t grow up.
She’s alone in a temporary shed
behind...
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Categories:
bandicoots, life,
Form: Free verse
Cutting Down Trees
...As kids we called it Springsure’s Hill,
A wonderful place to hone our skill,
Playing in scrub till light was gone
Hide and seek with my brother Ron.
We knew the birds; they knew us too,
Bellbi...
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Categories:
bandicoots, environment,
Form: Lyric