Auntie Whee
Auntie Whee the absurd arrived, on her hat, a red bird.
Her jacket is ever so loud! I knew it meant she is proud.
She is not like the others, not the sisters or mothers.
Living in New York, and not eating burgers or pork.
Don’t let her rub off, I was warned, but I scoffed.
Her life looked brilliant
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Categories:
whee, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Persnickety Dicke3ty Whickety Whee
persnickety dickety whickety whee
the goomeiseters are coming to get you and me
I slide down the grass pipe, I stop to give one tiny tee hee
they are coming to get us, they’ll snatch us. You’ll see!
persnickety dickety whickety way
I have come here to play, I cannot be sent away
you’ll do what I say; I will hypnotize
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Categories:
whee, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Whee Doggie
Don't come around.Stay away from my door.
Don't come around.I don't want you no more.
Don't come around.I have made a decision.
My love's extinct like the passenger pigeon.
Don't send me letters because I'll just trash them.
Don't send me presents because I'll just smash them.
Find someone else who will love and respect you.
Someone who wants you and will
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Categories:
whee, betrayal, break up, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Whap I Am Back Whee
My future is death
I am old
I am ready
To become part of the fold
Welcome back to the flock
And recycled swiftly
To return to the earth
Where things are a mess
Trying my best to help sort things out
But ecologically we are going to be in dire straits
Ruined the Ozone
The bees are dead
There is no coffee
I get recycled again.
Can
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Categories:
whee, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Whee Continues Ma's Legacy
Whee was a girl of sixteen, on the run.
Life as she knew it was truly no fun.
Dad had died when she was a toddler, not three.
Mom was usually passed out in room for one.
The checks had stopped coming some time ago.
The neighbors called her mother a crack house ‘ho.
Whee had reached out once at school
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Categories:
whee, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative