Back In the Day
...Before Matilda, before Harry Potter and Hermione Granger,
When I was a child, there was Pippi Longstocking, full of danger.
Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden were my mystery go-to books.
You could not ...
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Categories:
montag, books,
Form: Rhyme
Pity Me, Or On Second Thought, Pity Them
...What can I do?
My brethren - Dank. We are
not fit to wipe the asses of
these sons of the star of David -
and yet, we crush their horrid
corpsed lives beneath Nazi-issued
boots. We want to live,...
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Categories:
montag, bullying, heartbroken, jewish, patriotic,
Form: Narrative
Fahrenheit 451
...This verse has syllables: 4, 5, 1
(Pattern of syll.’s: 4, 5, 1, 4, 5, 1, etc.)
Firemen burning
Books without a care
Hmm…
Four fifty one
Degrees burn its proof! –
Naught!
The books, priceless
Wit...
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Categories:
montag, beauty, change, confusion, freedom,
Form: I do not know?
Guy Montag
...A man of no thoughts
Till he met a little girl
Who told him what she thought
And completely transformed his world
A burner of books
Without a thought in his mind
Decided to take a chance
And l...
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Categories:
montag, education, faith, loss, people,
Form: I do not know?