Entries from October 2007 ↓

A wizard came to visit us
He told me that his name was Mark
He says he came here on the bus
He is a very selfish guest.
If irritation is his plan,
I think that he must be the best.
He likes to write things on my wall
And leave toys out to give Dad pain
When he walks barefoot down the [...]

A sestina is a special type of poem. The first six stanzas have six lines each, and the lines end in the same six words, but in a different order in each stanza. In the final stanza are three lines, each containing two of the words. Making a rhyming sestina adds a little more to [...]

I cheated on my tax return
I knew it wasn’t right.
Ever since I did it
I haven’t slept at night.
I sent another fifty dollars
‘Cause honesty is best,
But if I still can’t sleep at night
I may have to send the rest.