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Best Poems From
ALESSANDRA LIVERANI
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Monsters Inc
In the movie Monsters Inc, the monsters were scary
Some were green, some unclean, some were hairless, others hairy
To scare little children was the task they performed
And the terrified screams emitted into electricity transform
But these frightening monsters themselves, ironically
Were petrified of little children something chronically
Because they thought they'd die from a child's slightest touch
Even if it was just the merest of an accidental brush
Though as it turned out it was all just a lie
These monsters could safely touch children and never happen to die
Now you may think what I'll say next is extremely annoying
You may think that my logic is exasperatingly cloying
You may wish that I would keep all these thoughts inside my head
You may think that this poem is better off unread
But I would like to point out, at risk of raising your dander
I'll just say it out now with my usual candour
That the monster who is terrified of a tiny little popette
Is just like a smoker who's frightened of not having a cigarette
(Sydney, Australia - 2005)
Alessandra Liverani
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People's Lying
People's lying here, people's lying there
People's lying everywhere
People's dying here, people's dying there
People's dying everywhere
People's dying 'cos people's lying
People's crying 'cos people's lying
People's denying that they is lying
No-one's defying all this lying
Even people who's dying still keep lying
So more people's crying
More people's dying
'Cos people's only know lying
(Sydney, Australia - 2007)
Alessandra Liverani
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Natural Phenomena
Volcano, power, respect it
Earthquake, power, respect it
Lightning, power, respect it
Fire, power, respect it
Flood, power, respect it
Hurricane, power, respect it
Addiction, power, respect it
Volcano kills, watch out
Earthquake kills, watch out
Lightning kills, watch out
Fire kills, watch out
Flood kills, watch out
Hurricane kills, watch out
Addiction kills, watch out
(Sydney, Australia - 2003)
Alessandra Liverani
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- Making Plurals In English: : Humour
The plural in English is usually made
By adding an 's', so don't be afraid
Of making this sound so that it can be heard
At the end of the plural form of a word
Then there will be no doubt in anyone's mind
Whether your meaning is of the singular or plural kind
An extra syllable is needed when patch becomes patches
And take note that the plural of batch is batches
Of course there are always exceptions to every rule
The fish that swim around in a school
Are still just fish, they don't become fishes
But the plural of dish will always be dishes
The plural of goose is, as we all know, geese
Although the plural of moose is definitely not meese
One mouse, but a plague of them would be called mice
Though to call houses hice is something for which I do not give advice
Hypothesis in plural form translates to hypotheses
And parenthesis, of course, becomes parentheses
But your garden variety of plurals, just stick an 's' on
Next week we'll talk about the 's' for possession
(Sydney, Australia - 2006)
Alessandra Liverani
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