Inez is haughty and stuck up said they
I did not care, decided to meet her and stay
Having heard their strange ideas before
They stereotyped people forevermore
All Africans are this, all Irish are that
All redheads cook with used lard from a vat
All older women eat bland unseasoned food
Their generalizations are simply ignorant and rude
I met Inez who was a delight, not stuck up, just shy
Had supper with her and her lovely African guy
About people I always make up my own mind
Generalizations are ignorant; most are also unkind.
Categories:
generalizing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Have you seen the Siamese twin sisters? They are exactly alike.
This was told to me by most non-thinking cousin, we call him Ike.
Do they have the same sister? I asked him, making him think
His brown amber eyes began to cross, and his face got all pink.
Were they born exactly the same moment? I asked this little creep.
He found their birth certificates, and I swear I heard his brain squeak.
Are they in the same class? I asked, for I knew they were not.
He refused to relent his original theory, he rarely has a smart thought.
Categories:
generalizing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
all whites
democrats
Irish or Scottish
Not ALL, philosophers think.
All Japanese, all Chinese, all Indians…
Generalizing any group is ridiculous!
Categories:
generalizing, 12th grade,
Form: Suzette Prime
All Russians love chili.
How do you know?
I met one once.
All Mexicans love bluebirds.
How do you know?
I heard from my cousin.
All Whites love Trump.
I am white.
I know.
My teeth cringe.
Categories:
generalizing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Title: What’s Bugging Me – WBM
People who make quick assessments
Who never bring the refreshments
They make me so mad
Being such a cad
I give them none of my best-ments.
Written 8-02-2019
Contest: What’s Bugging Me
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
generalizing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Limerick
labels
not designer
not sewn in
attached firmly and instantly
seen clearly upon arrival.
Sadly
Categories:
generalizing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
You see a car and you instantly think
She’s young, She’s cute. She’s blonde. She’s perky.
She’s a smiler. She has perfect nails.
Then you catch up.
She is a he.
About eighty.
Struggling to see.
You see a truck and you instantly think
He’s the boss. He has little cowboys. He is rugged.
Then you catch up and she’s a junk yard dog,
The inside looks like the home of a hoarder
She is dropping cigarette ashes out the window.
You are amazed at how wrong you are.
Even traffic
cannot be generalized.
Categories:
generalizing, psychological,
Form: Free verse
He is a schizophrenic.
And of course, which expert is saying this to me?
A person who has never met a schizophrenic, of course,
She might not even know a schizophrenic if we made them
Wear donkey tails, and let them bite dramatic people.
The same drama queen runs into my office
Two hours later. “She is emotionally disturbed.”
Same expert, naturally.
I try not to laugh, keeping my mouth straight. “The five-year-old?”
Head nod.
What did she do?
She put red lipstick all over her mouth like a clown.
What else?
Isn’t that enough?
No.
Categories:
generalizing, parody, perspective, psychological, satire,
Form: Light Verse