Composition Class, 2019
...Hiz fingrs they did be tray him
koudn't keep tim to, uh, a beats
Hiz toz about awkwordlee the same
All left foots, Joe, of sadly sez, wur
Wer iz hop, wen kids kant reed or rit
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Categories:
wur, class, sad, today, writing,
Form: Free verse
Marie of Ecosse
...Sound of a song softly sung rose in the air and through windows
Barred to let air and light in and little else.
A lament sung in Gaelic tongue foreign to ears used to French,
But its meaning under...
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Categories:
wur, abuse, anger, conflict, fear,
Form: Ballad
Glesca Weans
...Grouin up in Glesga wis nae mean feat
Pleyin in the back courts an dreepin the wass
Plouterin in puddles manky water sploshing aboot,
Searching in yon mucky middens fur treasure
Thrown oot by the...
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Categories:
wur, character, childhood, children, clothes,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Religious Education
...Wur in RE an the nuns are gien
oot sweeties, fur getting the kweschins right.
Three oota three, then she’s askin mae who Jesus’ mither is.
‘Ah doan’t know sista,’ ah tell hur.
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Categories:
wur, abuse, education, religious, school,
Form: Bio
The Thistledown Fairy's Crown
...Thistledown wus his name and sometimes he stung, well actually his stem stung. The stinkers gave him a bad name, they did! Handsome wus he. Aye, the ladies loved him. Coming near to his full bushy he...
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Categories:
wur, imagination, time,
Form: Free verse