Witty Biddy Kitty Horn Haiku
saw pretty kitty
who was little and biddy
being very witty
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Categories:
biddy, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Three Plump Old Biddy Birds
Three plump old biddy birds full of birdseed and whey
Sat on a limb spreading gossip and rumors that day
I heard she did this and he did that said Mrs. McVey.
They all had a story, about things crazy and gray.
One-upping each other on this nonsensical Tuesday.
Surely you have something better to do cawed a blue jay.
They
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Categories:
biddy, bird, humorous,
Form: Prose Poetry
Old Biddy Makes Fred Dead
You can never have too many flowers the old woman said.
She pushed a bunch of them into the cage with the parakeet, Fred.
Unfortunately, said many, the poor parakeet is dead.
What is wrong with her? Her persnickety relatives asked her son Ted.
Did she mean to smother Fred? Is the woman daft in the head?
She might be
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Categories:
biddy, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Biddy Early Biddy Early
This is a true story about an old Wise Woman who lived in the wilds of
West Ireland in the late 1800's.
She was a Seer, Healer. The stories about her are legendary. People
used to come to her with ailments & troubles.
She would look into a blue glass bottle that had 'things' in the
bottom. She would
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Categories:
biddy, fairy, giving, ireland, longing,
Form: Ballad
Joe Biddy
Joe Biddy-dee-doe
He didn't know
How careful he ought to be
Joe Biddy-dee-day
Went outside to play
And wandered too near the sea.
Along came a shark
And just for a lark
He ate Joe Biddy-dee-dee.
-1969
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Categories:
biddy, animal, child, death, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Great Big and Little Biddy (A Love Story)
There was a little boy
In a great big house
With a great big yard
On a tree lined street.
The little boy was happy
He had food, clothes, toys, and treats
Yeah, you could say his life was pretty sweet.
But as he got older
He began to wonder
'When will I find true love'?
But little did he know
That a little biddy girl
In
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Categories:
biddy, husband, love, wife,
Form: Ballad