Fellow
• Such a charming fellow
• With eyes a vibrant yellow
• He'll stare you down
• Often with a frown
• Befriend him and you'll see he's quite mellow
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Categories:
stare down, 11th grade, people,
Form: Limerick
A Stare Down
A Stare Down
My entire day was saved (maybe more)
By a smiling crow with a steel grip
On a pine branch in a snow storm.
I sat very comfortably at the glass door,
Loving the teasing snowflakes,
And sipping steaming coffee.
There he was (or she was)
A pointed silhouette
In green and white winter salad,
Flapping and bobbing--
A challenge to the winter storm.
I
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Categories:
stare down, nature, winter,
Form: Blank verse
The Stare Down
It was a bit disturbing to look up from what I was doing and seeing my father standing right in front of me.
We simply stared into each other’s eyes without saying a word.
Somehow, I felt so old.
Somehow, he looked so young.
I am not sure what it was that I read in his eyes and his
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Categories:
stare down, father,
Form: Narrative
Stare Down
as we stroll alone
on the home
i looked around
there was this frown
looking like a clown
it was a
STARE DOWN
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Categories:
stare down, anger,
Form: Light Verse
The Big Stare Down
Winter morning walk
Buster, head on bed, glaring
Oh good, you are up
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Categories:
stare down, animals, funny,
Form: Haiku