Comedy

Meet me by the bandstand
I'll be there after eight.
Remembering all the things we've planned...

I don’t like raw strawberries (which is weird)
I don’t know how to kiss a man with a beard
...

I think about her with no clothes on
She remind me of the first day in kindergarten when you open up...

Sparrowsong?

Hold on this is a funny part...

Sparrowsong?

Not yet...

...

by Maranisha Rivers, grade 12

We left that night with all these goodbyes.
Both with eyes...

I hate that I love you so much I want to cry

I hate the way I miss your adorable face it makes me...

Sitting on a bus, in Paraguay
Holding a lemon meringue pie
A man got way too friendly;...

Why does my mind travel, why does it drift off. I'm losing it. I think. Storming swirling around, thoughts...

Tree of wisdom tell us why
the golden leaves do fall
your boughs that creak with sighing...

I could not believe my eyes
As I watched him undress, I was amazed by his size
I swear, I've...

I had biked to the park
On a clear April day
To see what new riddle
The old man had to...

From cocaine I can't refrain
cause it helps contain the pain
whoever made it illegal wasn't...

Not that I'm greedy or money obsessed,
But I've heard that a successful poem can unlock the mystical...

I have an eight legged friend,
Who lives in my car mirror,
She's the queen bee of spiders,...

I could talk about some things,
I can write about anything,
I should listen to more things,...

At the age of 13 girls I heard girls comparing the gap between their legs in the locker room, trying to...

I can't pen
a love song
as a subaltern
for long..nor
scribe as a bard
it...