Valentine's Day Poetry Project

Poetry from City of Lakewood's Poetry for People with Disabilities Class -    -    -     -    - THE WAYSIDE FAMILY By J T Pripish We're gonna have a party & e-eat lots of candy We'll put on funny costumes The Wayside family We'll spend time with our families & listen to some music We'll carve all kinds of pumpkins The Wayside family We'll jam out to some tunes & buy things for our party And hand out bags of smarties The Wayside family We'll say Trick-or-Treat and eat bunch of goodies Chocolatey or fruity Don't forget your booties On this chilly Halloween -    -    -     -    - 2-3 SYLLABIC POEM By Randy Wilson I LIKE My name Is Randy I like Sweet candy, Cool maps Pussy cats Friend Tom, My mom, My brother, My sister Called Wendy, She's trendy. I hate The most; Ghouly Ghosts Scary bats Tire flats Holey shoes Sticky goos, Stinky skunks Dirty junk And stuff Like that. So that Is that. -    -    -     -    - SILVER COOKIES By Curry McMurry, Instructor Two buck deer Two or three years be Running together Running free Eight short points each Points search Come running along beside the path So enwrapped with one another Entwined glances actions and minds My dog Moon and I are on the path As they approach They don't see us till near upon us We all stop Gaze Waite Moon then lets out a little woof They launch Loping and loping Interacting like two butterflies Moon and I amber along our way Clickety clickin Twick Twick Twick twick twick twick twick We turn to see their Noses to the ground Like two big horned sheep But gently engaging horns We are held motionless They see us and launch again As we move along We hear clickety clickin If we don't celebrate our life and freedoms What have we? -    -    -     -    - PORTRAIT OF PYEWACKET By Pandora Wilson, Volunteer Instructor Black as a cauldron she is, Pyewacket, Witch's cat. Oh, it makes me cackle to see her Dancing like a ballerina, A dirty calico mouse for a partner. Her round bronze eyes look up to mine - - Beseeching amber marbles like twin moons. With sqeaky little mews She cries like a child, Begging for her food dish to be filled. Or purring her love, She slips up on the bed, Cuddling herself to sleep beside me In utter and simple trust. She flits in and out Among the leaves, Among the white and yellow daisies In the jungle of the summer garden, Sleek and shining, Silken as the wing of a bat; A moving shadow Playing tag with the sun. And yes, a bringer of oblivious night She is also; I see her creeping beneath the bushes Of her private hunting territory Black panther stalking, Soft and stealthy presence so still, She seems to blend into the shadows; Barely quivering in excitement, Concealing the steely sinews, The curved scimitar-claws; All deadly innocence and pitiless power Lusting after the hapless bird. Pyewacket, Witch's cat.

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