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- by an Apple Newton
(or what happens when you run Jabberwocky through a handwriting recognition program)

Teas Willis, and the sticky tours
Did gym and Gibbs in the wake.
All mimes were the borrowers,
And the moderate Belgrade.

'Beware the tablespoon my son,
The jaws that bite, the Claus that catch.
Beware the Subjects bird, and shred
The serious Bandwidth!'

He took his Verbal sword in hand:
Long time the monitors fog he sought,
So rested he by the Tumbled tree,
Long time the monitors fog he sought,

And as in selfish thought he stood,
The tablespoon, with eyes of Flame,
Came stifling through the trigger wood,
And troubled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through,
The Verbal blade went thicker shade.
He left it dead, and with its head,
He went gambling back.

'And host Thai slash the tablespoon?
Come to my arms my bearish boy.
Oh various day! Cartoon! Cathay!'
He charted in his joy.

Teas Willis, and the sticky tours
Did gym and Gibbs in the wake.
All mimes were the borrowers,
And the moderate Belgrade.

The above spoof on Lewis Carroll's classic poem, Jabberwocky, was borrowed from this website.

Have a great weekend!

Posted by
Bryon
on 6/15/2007
2:20 PM

End of School Blues

Do you have the end of the school year blues?

Is the promise of summer vacation just mere days from your grasp?

When you're sitting there in Geometry, gazing out the window, does a little piece of you die inside?

Well, you'll be out soon enough. In the meantime, feel free to gripe about your woes here. Write a poem about your terrible plight and send it to word@weeklyreader.com. Put "End of School Blues" in the subject line and we'll post the best one here.

Word.

Posted by
Bryon
on 6/14/2007
1:42 PM

The Speed of Scared

- Poem by Laura, Grade 6

running through the woods (faster faster)
tripping over the tree roots (faster faster)
i see a clearing in the woods (faster faster)
i run into the clearing (faster faster)
i see something in the shadows (faster faster)
it is coming out...

EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

out of the shadows it comes (faster faster)
it is a snake (faster faster)

faster I run out of the clearing faster
faster i look back and see the clearing
(faster faster) i trip over the tree
roots (faster faster) i am in the woods
(faster faster) I am at home in my warm

safe bed

slower

Posted by
StudentWriter
on 6/11/2007
2:48 PM

Monsters and Magicians Take Heed! Get Published in READ!

Why hello there! Happy Thursday to you!

READ Magazine's publishing year has come to an end. Our last issue took the form of a web site called Student Writing Showcase. We received so many great submissions for it. Thank you all!

Next year, we want to publish a new piece of student writing in every issue of READ (and Writing for that matter). Right now though, we are specifically looking for poems and stories about MAGIC. We are also looking for poems and stories about MONSTERS. Please email your work to word@weeklyreader.com. Put either "Monsters" or "Magic" in the subject line (depending on what your writing is about).

A writer's work is never done, eh?

Word.

Posted by
Bryon
on 6/7/2007
9:06 AM