Hans Poems

HANS ARP ekphrasis


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Categories: hans, art,
Form: Footle

Hans and Greta

Hans had been raised to believe you protect your woman at all costs
His father was a warrior king, and instilled this in him since his first dawn. 
Today his ideals were hidden, squirreled away, possibly even a bit lost 
As his wife-to-be jumped into the fray, facing the monster head-on. 

He had been startled when

Categories: hans, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

She Dances In Bright Colors Wearing Red Ballerina Shoes

Valeria Valdermare once was a young ballerina who coveted a pair of red ballerina shoes.  Oh! how she truly longed to grow up to become a prima ballerina!  But alas! She was last in her class. All of her peers sneered and ridiculed her not only to her face.  But behind her

Categories: hans, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Hans Solo

When Hans Solo got married
Did he then become Hans Married
Now that is silly
Did he keep his virginity
Yes, from then on until he got unmarried

Categories: hans, funny,
Form: Limerick

Hans Haacke's Gift Horse

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth", I question.
Research on this ancient proverb, of course
finally brought me to this aged suggestion:
"the longer its teeth, the older the horse."

Remembering a blue-chip London bus trip
we took a journey to T-Square perforce.
There upon the fourth plinth, we dared not to skip
the stellar sculpture called Hans Haacke's "Gift

Categories: hans, 11th grade, art, chicago,
Form: Rhyme

Hans the Saviour of the Flock

In a green meadow upon a Swiss hill
Was a shepherd looking after his sheep 
A lone grey wolf came looking for a kill
Hans turned sharply and looked in disbelief .

Picking up his crook he charged at the grey
His flock were bleating and ran off in fear
It was now life or death, no other way
The wolf

Categories: hans, animal, courage,
Form: Sonnet

Princess Leia and Hans Solo

Star Wars’ Princess Leia
    Her real  father she had no idea--
  Was  evil Vader from the Dark Force
    Aghast she, with his voice so coarse.

Leia  then met  scoundrel Hans Solo
    Got no lightsaber,  but donned a sexy polo
  He

Categories: hans, celebrity, humor,
Form: Clerihew

Hans Lippershey

I was shocked to learn today that the telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey!

   I always thought Galileo was the inventor, so I was rather dismayed, I must say!

      Though Hans invented it, old Gal perfected it so as to bring into better view,

Categories: hans, funny, history,
Form: Clerihew