Poetry!!!

Building on my last blog where Joseph Ramirez requested to see some of my writing. First time sharing my poetry publically, actually... hopefully it's as good as I think it is.

I like writing in whimsical-sounding meters. They almost all have a certain bounce and light-heartedness to them, even the darker, sadder poems. They're also all very, very simple. Enjoy!

"Had I Been a Boy" (ps, never heard Beyonce's song when I wrote this!!)

Had I been a boy,
I wouldn't have any frills
My clothes would be all made
to take my childish spills.

As a girl I would be silly
to use a magnifying glass
To spy upon a little ant
and burn his little ass

And had I been a boy,
I need not hitch up my skirt
when climbing up a tree, you see
in pants it's hardly work!

Had I been a boy,
I need not sneak away
to cut my bothersome pigtails off,
and hide there for a day.

Had I been a boy,
I'd try harder not to cry
If the boys would call me sissy,
I would rather die!

But dearest, dearest darling!
Oh please hear this:
Had I been a boy instead,
I'd miss your loving kiss.

But had I been a boy,
and acted tenderly,
I might have gotten all the luck
And found a girl like me!