Zadie's Poetry Collection
Wonder Poem
Wonder Poem
Life is a cantaloupe, a maize, superior magic,
Life is a cantaloupe, a maize, superior magic,
Packed in a jar with rainbows and melancholy juice boxes, mist lingering
Packed in a jar with rainbows and melancholy juice boxes, mist lingering
It doesn't matter if symphonies are breaking, soup is cooking,
It doesn't matter if symphonies are breaking, soup is cooking,
Cracking treats are scurrying past reach for the
Cracking treats are scurrying past reach for the
Delighted glimmering world, bending and breaking
Delighted glimmering world, bending and breaking
Splitting in the hovering wonder of life
Splitting in the hovering wonder of life
All dogs are the best
All dogs are the best
They are so fluffy and cute
They are so fluffy and cute
I love them so much
I love them so much
Pillows are comfy
Pillows are comfy
They are clouds that you sleep on
They are clouds that you sleep on
My pillow is blue
My pillow is blue
Leaves are beautiful
Leaves are beautiful
So crisp crisp in the fall like chips
So crisp crisp in the fall like chips
They grow on strong trees
They grow on strong trees
Cotton candy‘s good
Cotton candy‘s good
It always melts in your mouth
It always melts in your mouth
Unless it’s just cotton
Unless it’s just cotton
All hats are so warm
All hats are so warm
They are useful in winter
They are useful in winter
And in summer time
And in summer time
A Sock
A Sock
A sock is mine a sock is yours but nothing is the same thing as mine
A sock is mine a sock is yours but nothing is the same thing as mine
this sock in particular is amazing
this sock in particular is amazing
It is blue yes you might have blue socks but this one is blue
It is blue yes you might have blue socks but this one is blue
like the tint of blue that you see on glass in a fancy new building looking out your window
like the tint of blue that you see on glass in a fancy new building looking out your window
But that's not all, they have dogs on them, but you're probably thinking I have socks with dogs on them
But that's not all, they have dogs on them, but you're probably thinking I have socks with dogs on them
Well I have socks with black and white dogs on them and grey heel patches
Well I have socks with black and white dogs on them and grey heel patches
If you have the same ones, here is the tie breaker
If you have the same ones, here is the tie breaker
The dogs are my dog
The dogs are my dog
Printed all over again
Printed all over again
So now if you say you have her identical sister, do two things
So now if you say you have her identical sister, do two things
First call me and let me facetime with your dog and
First call me and let me facetime with your dog and
Two, burn the sock so I am the only one that has
Two, burn the sock so I am the only one that has
Blue socks like the color from a tinted blue window
Blue socks like the color from a tinted blue window
From far away with a grey heel
From far away with a grey heel
My dog all over them
My dog all over them
The Sloth People
The Sloth People
Sloths devour eat sleep awake
Sloths devour eat sleep awake
Strong skills eat sleep awake
Strong skills eat sleep awake
To hoist hibiscus eat sleep awake
To hoist hibiscus eat sleep awake
His fur looks cute but it looks like algae
His fur looks cute but it looks like algae
Gobble into habitat eat sleep awake
Gobble into habitat eat sleep awake
Clings onto trees sharp claws so strong
Clings onto trees sharp claws so strong
You need to be in a handstand to see him right
You need to be in a handstand to see him right
Clings with a tint of electricity eat sleep awake sleep
Clings with a tint of electricity eat sleep awake sleep
The Statue
The Statue
The statue, it sits there all alone but why
The statue, it sits there all alone but why
There is a statue I guess it has company
There is a statue I guess it has company
Because there are two figures in it all the time
Because there are two figures in it all the time
The statue just sits there, he never says stop spitting on me
The statue just sits there, he never says stop spitting on me
Or stop stepping on me
Or stop stepping on me
He just sits there
He just sits there
I say he, like it is only one person, because the other’s an alligator
I say he, like it is only one person, because the other’s an alligator
And you never know the gender of a statue of an alligator
And you never know the gender of a statue of an alligator
But what I see is a statue a small statue
But what I see is a statue a small statue
That doesn't care about anything else but being itself
That doesn't care about anything else but being itself
Stars
Stars
What is it like to be a star?
What is it like to be a star?
So very lonely so very far
So very lonely so very far
Is it fun to look down at the uplookers below?
Is it fun to look down at the uplookers below?
Do you see good things and bad things?
Do you see good things and bad things?
Like stealing or saving people
Like stealing or saving people
And everything in between do you like
And everything in between do you like
Being up above everybody else?
Being up above everybody else?
But are you lonely very lonely?
But are you lonely very lonely?
Dish Washing Days
Dish Washing Days
Is being a dishwasher fun?
Is being a dishwasher fun?
Or is it annoying too?
Or is it annoying too?
Because you have to repeat your cycle over and over again
Because you have to repeat your cycle over and over again
With the same dishes
With the same dishes
It’s just annoying, right?
It’s just annoying, right?
Bird Flying
Bird Flying
All that bird flying
All that bird flying
All that bird flying, all that bird flying
All that bird flying, all that bird flying
I wish I could ask the bird flyers what it's like to bird fly?
I wish I could ask the bird flyers what it's like to bird fly?
Is it scary that you are so high ?
Is it scary that you are so high ?
Bird flyers bird flyers tell me all your secrets
Bird flyers bird flyers tell me all your secrets
Because I want to be a bird flyer some day
Because I want to be a bird flyer some day
Plane birds
Plane birds
Planes are just big birds, just waiting to hatch
Planes are just big birds, just waiting to hatch
They are like a phoenix with a different life
They are like a phoenix with a different life
They are possessed when they are an egg with white plating
They are possessed when they are an egg with white plating
They are possessed by electricity
They are possessed by electricity
So that people can fly it wherever they want
So that people can fly it wherever they want
But I believe that they are caged birds
But I believe that they are caged birds
Waiting to get released,
Waiting to get released,
And they are when the plane breaks down
And they are when the plane breaks down
It goes to a junkyard and that's when
It goes to a junkyard and that's when
It might seem like the end but it is really the beginning
It might seem like the end but it is really the beginning
It hatches and gets released and as it breaks apart
It hatches and gets released and as it breaks apart
A huge golden bird flies out and forever flies around us
A huge golden bird flies out and forever flies around us
With the joy of being free
With the joy of being free
The Garden
The Garden
I sit atop a mound of dirt but it feels like grass
I sit atop a mound of dirt but it feels like grass
There is only complete silence, but i hear calming music
There is only complete silence, but i hear calming music
There are lots of little sprouts i see beautiful tall oak trees
There are lots of little sprouts i see beautiful tall oak trees
Everything looks dead but it is alive through my eyes
Everything looks dead but it is alive through my eyes
The whole thing is a dirt patch but i think it is a garden
The whole thing is a dirt patch but i think it is a garden
I have faith in it and that is how the garden will come alive
I have faith in it and that is how the garden will come alive
Bee Talks
Bee Talks
The bee was flying he saw a flower
The bee was flying he saw a flower
He said to that flower why aren’t you free?
He said to that flower why aren’t you free?
Why aren’t you free to fly away or enjoy the world?
Why aren’t you free to fly away or enjoy the world?
The flower said I was not grown to be free I was grown to be pretty
The flower said I was not grown to be free I was grown to be pretty
So that people can enjoy me if they walk by
So that people can enjoy me if they walk by
I give grace to the world not freedom
I give grace to the world not freedom
The bee could not take anymore he got that flower right off the ground
The bee could not take anymore he got that flower right off the ground
Now you can be free he said Now you are free and graceful
Now you can be free he said Now you are free and graceful
The flower says now i can be graceful and clear to the sky
The flower says now i can be graceful and clear to the sky
Tiny rubber bands squished flowers rectangular fuzz
Tiny rubber bands squished flowers rectangular fuzz
Squishy floral dog feet from the past ten years
Squishy floral dog feet from the past ten years
Bringing crumbs and dust
Bringing crumbs and dust
Wooden stripes very stripey
Wooden stripes very stripey
Circular dot boxes
Circular dot boxes
Screeches, whooshes, ugh so loud yet soft and squishy
Screeches, whooshes, ugh so loud yet soft and squishy
Blue white wooden brown is what I see
Blue white wooden brown is what I see
Blackness is accompanying me
Blackness is accompanying me