Hap-the-Happy-Hyphenator

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From the book The Armpit of Doom

I-m-Hap-the-Happy-Hyphenator-
Hyphens-are-my-thing-
I-like-the-way-they-give-my-words-
that-extra-bit-of-zing-

I-really-can’t-explain-it-
but-it-makes-me-feel-just-great-
And-so-no-matter-what-I-write-
I-always-hyphenate-

I-do-not-like-parentheses-
Quotation-marks-are-dull-
Apostrophes-and-colons-drive-me-
right-out-of-my-skull-

I-do-not-need-the-angle-bracket-
question-mark-or-slash-
I-d-love-to-stay-and-tell-you-more-
but-now-I-have-to-dash—–

— Kenn Nesbitt

Reading Level: Grade 2

Topics: Poems about Kooky Characters, Wordplay

Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Descriptive Poems, Punctuation, Wordplay

From the book The Armpit of Doom

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