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| Auntie Dee, copyright 2015 |
My Auntie Dee
has a bushy brow.
When she looks at me,
HOLY COW!
I'm up in a tree
where I like to crawl
when Auntie gives me,
the hairy eyeball.
"Get down from there!"
I heard her yell.
It scared me so
that I
f
e
l
l
OUCH!
Do you know what the hairy eyeball is? It's that look someone gives you to tell you to stop doing what you are doing. I'll bet your teacher has given the hairy eyeball, or maybe a librarian when people are being too noisy. Has anyone ever directed the hairy eyeball at you? Have you ever given someone the hairy eyeball? What caused it? How did you feel? Can you write a poem today about that situation? Have fun writing.
Auntie Dee! Love it. That's some hairy eyeball and bushy brow. Such fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jama. You've just given me an idea for another poem. I was going to ask you what foods do you think Auntie Dee would be good at cooking. I know the answer. Oh, what fun. I'm so glad I know you. The Peace Cookies looked really good.
DeleteMy young students love funny rhyming poetry. Will have to share the hairy eyeball story. LOL!
ReplyDeleteIs there a kid that doesn't like funny rhyming poetry? Glad the poem brought laughter.
DeleteJoy, in our house we call that the LOD (or look of death). And did you know, your poems always make me laugh. Thank you for that!
ReplyDeleteAlways? WOW! Thank you. I'll keep trying to work toward funny poems.
DeleteJoy, in our house we call that the LOD (or look of death). And did you know, your poems always make me laugh. Thank you for that!
ReplyDeleteOh, we have both the hairy eyeball (translation: what fool thing are you doing?) and the Look of Death (translation: stop that before Mean Mommy takes a hand!) LOL Having an arsenal of looks is key. I love the poem and the fall.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is important to me to write poems that look good on the page as well as sounding fun in the ear. It is how I play with poetry. I'm going to see if I can come up with a poem for the Look of Death. What other looks are in your arsenal?
DeleteFuny poem, Joy! And I love the drawing you paired with it. A perfect hairy eyeball.
ReplyDeleteThanks Doraine. I do enjoy playing with art to go with my poems.
Delete'When she looks at me/Holy Cow!" love this, Joy. I wonder if my students think this sometimes? I do try not to have a "hairy eyeball".
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda. It was fun to put that HOLY COW in a poem.
DeleteI like the way "fell" falls, Joy. I am not sure my kids take my hairy eyeball seriously, maybe because at our house we have ridiculous expressions like, "Don't make me smite you with the mighty fist of doom!" or "You're looking to get yourself defenestrated!"
ReplyDeleteWOW! Your house must be filled with geniuses. I'd love the opportunity to use those phrases. What fun.
DeleteMy mother says,
"Don't make me smite you
with the fist of doom,"
right before she sends me
to stay in my room.
Ha! Nice poem, Joy!
DeleteThanks for the humor! You're great!
ReplyDeleteYou are great too.
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