One More Pop and No Party
...A fifth-grade student who loves attention makes a loud pop
The class overreacts, laughing and kicking their feet.
I call the student out, he is grinning proudly, acting puffed up...
until he notic...
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Categories:
overreacts, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Enlisting the Help of the Coach
...I want to paint your nails Mrs. Kay.
No, I say. It might hurt.
She rolls her eyes and says, "Painting your nails doesn’t hurt!"
I say," I have heard it is like having your hair cut. Ow! Ow! Ow! O...
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Categories:
overreacts, school, work,
Form: Light Verse
Mama Bear Who Flies Into a Rage For Almost No Reason
...Today's entertainment for the cave is easy.
We watch an easily manipulated grizzly fly into mama bear mode
She races toward the sea, plunging in, looking for her cub
He is not there.it was a lie;...
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Categories:
overreacts, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Mel Is a Sensationalist
...Mel is a sensationalist
Always bringing worst scenarios to the fray
at every meeting
There are five of us
Three of us have her figured out
Unfortunately our boss instantly overreacts
To every...
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Categories:
overreacts, jobs,
Form: Prose Poetry
To Those That Say All Lives Matter When We Say Black Lives Matter
...You say all lives matter
Bringing up all these colors
Like red, white, orange, and blue
But when a black life is taken, where on Earth are you?
Where's your sympathy and support when the takers ...
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Categories:
overreacts, black african american, life,
Form: Rhyme
Miss Know It All
...That girl with a Nicki Minaj look really annoys me,
She boasts a lot thing that truly makes me dizzy.
Whenever I talk something about myself,
She overreacts and makes as well fond of herself...
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Categories:
overreacts, anger, angst, woman,
Form: I do not know?