ELA20 Couplet Cowboy Boots If cowboys have such manhood zeal, Why do their boots have such a high

heel? Haiku Karma Just because a bird poops on you doesn't mean that Karma gives a crap Diamonte Feline Feline aloof, sul y !alculating, snea ing, slin ing shunning, scratching " playing, lic ing loving, following, adoring loyal, happy !anine Syllabic The Fish That Could Not Climb a Tree #instein once said that everyone's ingenious $ut if we %udge a fish on how it climbs &he fish will thin forever that it's stolid We all are %udged li e the fish who can't climb We all have %udged what we thin are stolid fish We should not ta e for granted that fish swim 'ote( &he actual )uote is *#verybody is a genius+ $ut if you %udge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid+,

Sonnet My Horse -y horse, one day, was ir ed and had a fit, We bounced and fought till both of us were mad .e threw his head/ my chin too one good hit/ &he scrap came to an end( defeat was had+ 0es, he is far from perfect, I'm aware, 'ot much for virtue/ plenty to improve+ I try to wor out all the bad impairs, $ut though success is had, it's with reprove( Forever there is something not ideal, 1 tic I cannot twea that ever haunts+ 2erfection in my horse doth lose appeal 1s I complain of all the endless taunts+ 0et through the flaws I see to find and wall+++ I should be thrilled he lets me on at all+ Ballad Cat If cat and dog are night and day 1nd dog is man's best friend, I thin that it is fair to say, &hat cats, from .ell, ascend &he very best of useful cats, 1re still without much use, &hey catch mice to sate their hunger, $ut still they are obtuse+ 2erhaps 'obtuse' does not )uite do/ For surely they are clever, &hey trip us most effectively/ 1re stepped on, hardly ever+ &hey never do a thing for us, &he best thing that they do, Is use a tidy litter3bo4, When they can't reach shoe+ &hey innocently stretch their claws, 1cross our tender s in( &hey're probing for the arteries, &hey'll try to gouge deep in+ When they sleep across our faces, &heir goal is not a snooze+ &hey only mean to smother us, &he cuddle is a ruse+

&he dog loo s up adoringly, Whenever we go by, $ut !at loo s up to glare at us( If loo s could ill, he'd try+ 0ou see, !at still thin s he's a god/ #gyptians are to blame+ &hey honoured cats, unmerited, 1nd they've not forgot their fame+ &hey ought never to be trusted, &hose plotting, catty fiends+ If their plans were ever realized, &hey'd all be ings and )ueens+ &hey ploy, they plan, they're wic ed things( eternally conceited+ I'm sure, that if they had some thumbs, &hey'd have the world defeated+ Note: I realize that the ballad doesn't exactly follow the criteria for ballad stories, and I know that not all the lines have the exact right amount of syllables. I blew a lot of time on the sonnet, trying to rearrange my sentences into things that would fit in 10 iambic syllables, so when this at! thing started coming to me, I "ust went with it. I'm also aware that, concerning the sonnet, in s#ending so much of my energy on syllables, the sonnet doesn't exactly follow the story line that sonnets are su##osed to have. $erha#s, somehow, the ridiculously #ro#er amount of syllables will make u# for that%