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Poetry Project. Elicia Bilyeu. Hope Is The Thing …. Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all,
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Poetry Project Elicia Bilyeu
Hope Is The Thing … Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
Nope I put a piece of cantaloupe Underneath a microscope I saw a million strange things sleepin’, I saw a zillion weird things creepin’, I saw some green things twist and bend I wont eat cantaloupe again.
Brilliant Basketball Bouncers three-point thrilling throws shonky charlatan showsno-body’s number knowsfouling fellow forward flowstackles tight team touching toesgalloping guy grandly goessilly standstill sentry slowsdribblers, downstairs, dads doze
Scale If only I could see the scale, I'm sure that it would state That I've lost ounces… maybe pounds Or even tons of weight “You'd better eat some pancakes-- You're as skinny as a rail” I'm that’s what the scale would say If I could see the scale
Sweet Delight Is your happiness a marshmallow Soft fluffy, pink and light a delicious tasty morsel Sadly… gone in just one bite.
Works Cited • Dickinson, Emily “Hope is the thing” judithpordon.tripod.com September 16, 2010 • Emmett, Lee “Brilliant basketball bouncers” voicesnet.com September 16, 2010 • Oliver, Pauline “Sweet delight” happinesspages.com September 16, 2010 • Silverstein, Shel “nope” falling up New York: Harper Collins, 1996 19 • Silverstein, Shel “scale” falling up New York: Harper Collins, 1996 12