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Welcome to Poet's Corner
We celebrate worms in all our glorious diversity: earthworms, night crawlers, red worms, tube worms... There are millions of us! And millions of kinds of us!!
This month, we're featuring a cornucopea of good word. There's been a lot of activity in the worm poetry world, so we thought we'd let you read in bulk and enjoy our viewers' worm notions.
Worms, worms everywhere!
I Found a Worm
I found a worm, his name is Eddie, last name Thomas, middle one Freddy. I took him to school, I took him to church, but now I am beginning to search. I looked everywhere, it's quite absurd, but then again, I have a bird!
French Worms
French worms, eat 'em quick, |
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Oui, oui man! I can really relate to that French stuff. I always hang with the brothers and sisters in Paris and that poem really does them justice.
OK, now here's one of our favorite poets, Alan Ginsworm.
by Alan Ginsworm
Oh Wiggly, squiggly, squirming worm, Most brilliant of creatures under terra-firm, Builder of tunnels exquisitely round Creator of dirt so deliciously ground Engineer-builder without college degree You eat up your work-- and do it for free. Wow, that was beautiful, man. "You eat up your work ... and do it for free." Heavy, very heavy.
OK, here's our last poet, Patti Smithworm.
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by Patti Smithworm Click on an audio format for a reading of "Worm Hate" - AIFF | WAV | Sound Help
You worm!! You rat!! You viper!! You dog!! You low, rotten creature You act like a hog!! You slug!! You pond scum!! You worthless dumb tick!! You better not do that -- Oh, you make me sick!! You'd better stop that, I mean it, Stop laughing, you ape!! You're always so bossy, You think you're so great, If you don't stop it now I'll make sure that you squirm, I'll call you more names -- Beginning with worm!! |
Ooooh.... Powerful stuff, powerful stuff, sister. You seem to have a lot of anger there. |
Now, if any more of you worms out there have some worm poems to share, it's open mike time here at the Poet's Corner. Email us your poem, or send in your entry to the address below and maybe we'll feature your work on this page:
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