Wendy Witch Changed My Mind
...When I was a child witches were the demonic devils in faerie tales.
I was terrified of the old lady up the block who looked like Margaret Hamilton.
Witches, witchcraft and witchery were to be feare...
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Categories:
upstander, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
The Ticking Clock
...Mr. Gee’s ears perked up at the sound of the ticking time clock.
He held it for another second, another foot step, another block.
Was it a bomb? Would he be blown to smithereens in a bit?
Throw i...
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Categories:
upstander, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Cute Witch With Heart of Gold
...There was a cute witch with a heart of gold.
She always wanted to please which never got old.
She was pretty and smart. A happy child too.
When she was around no one was blue.
If zombies or gob...
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Categories:
upstander, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Be a Supportive Upstander
...bullies
hurting feelings
making fun of people
bystanders who add selves to f...
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Categories:
upstander, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rictameter
A Bystander a Downstander and An Upstander
...Up-standers ask a bully to please stop.
But not in a bullying voice.
Understand?
Head nod.
Down-standers join the bully.
They call the victim names too
Scared they will be the next target if ...
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Categories:
upstander, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Become An Up-Stander Not a By-Stander
...Courage is to stand up for another
On social media,
To ask the coward to delete
The mean
To not show the victim
For feelings might not crush
Or crucify her
If she is never told
Resist the ...
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Categories:
upstander, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry