Who Helped You
...two lost forlorn basset hounds had their tempers on the ground
they were wet and soggy and soppy and lonely, and it was cold.
two gooders named Sammy and Petey came quickly around.
Sammy the cat w...
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Categories:
bassets, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Quatrain
Just As She Was - a Tribute To Cicely Tyson
...Just a wisp of a girl, dainty as a rose
Dark as the color of bitter-sweet cocoa
From her short hair to her perky nose
A black queen from the Big Apple’s ghetto
As a girl, she often sucked her f...
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Categories:
bassets, black african american, celebrity,
Form: Epitaph
Ut Sint Unum - That We May Be One
...It’s not just bricks and mortar
Nor a distant memory
But the ground roots of our livelihood
And our future destiny.
As this place prepares to close
When the final bell will sound
To mark ...
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Categories:
bassets, childhood, education, leaving, middle
Form: Rhyme