trite yap show rosy twit heap posterity haw a wept history it’s yawp rot, eh a wisher potty a power shitty a whitey sport poetry is what whips yo tater …
- by Susan HolbrookSusan Holbrook Updated 16:39, Apr. 8, 2020 | Published 7:30, Sep. 22, 2015This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Illustration by Tom Froese
trite yap show
rosy twit heap
posterity haw
a wept history
it’s yawp rot, eh
a wisher potty
a power shitty
a whitey sport
poetry is what
whips yo tater
pets it awry, oh
oh, twisty pear
two hearts yip
it’s paw theory
hi! try wet soap
ear whist typo
ape with story
or what ye spit
or what yeps it
Susan Holbrook teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Windsor.
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