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Here are the poems:
5-supple
Twisted
By Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Bo and Bryn were tall and thin
and couldn’t bend at all.
They tried each day to twist and fold
but mostly they’d just fall.
They lived in a peculiar town
called Gumby-licious Cliffs
where everyone referred to them
as “just a bunch of stiffs”.
Then Bryn discovered Yoga.
“Bo, let’s be a bendy couple!”
They twisted, twirled and curled until
their muscles all were supple.
One day they got stuck. How to get out?
They’d both forgot.
So now they live forever
in a perfect double knot.
vs.
12-equivocations
Beware the Gentle Beast
By Gayle C. Krause
He’s not the crustacean singing ‘under the sea,’
or one of the Dalmatians barking up the wrong tree.
But the explanations for his words of deceit
are glib equivocations to mislead the young, sweet
girl, who travels through fairy tale wood,
dressed in a cloak with a red velvet hood.
He wolfs down her grandmother, along with the cake.
His predation overrides his agenda, that’s fake.
5-supple vs. 12-equivocations: Which Poem Did You Prefer?
- 5-supple (Tiffany Strelitz Haber) (66%, 113 Votes)
- 12-equivocations (Gayle C. Krause) (34%, 59 Votes)
Total Voters: 172
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