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Armrests Poems - Poems about Armrests

WHEELCHAIR BOUND
... WHEELCHAIR BOUND Dots appeared and disappeared a single sunray flashed onto wheelspokes, canvas seat comfortably frayed bought secondhand her unexercis......

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Categories: armrests, body, care, change, character,
Form: Free verse
The flight of a song
... I was given two options to follow two different armrests, outstretched. One was a famous twist in ecstasy Except anything in driver seat. The other was a befuddled theatrical pedagogy Whence t......

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Categories: armrests, abortion, absence, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Getting a Hair Cut
...As a small boy the barber would sit me on a wooden bench placed across the armrests of his chair. Mirrors in front and behind imprisoned countless copies of me stretched out as far as I cou......

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Categories: armrests, childhood, hair,
Form: Free verse
In the Theater
...Outside you just see the marquis, it’s ancient lights all glittery, amidst a city past it’s prime, hallmark of a more genteel time. This was a movie palace once, now mostly stage, theatric fun......

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Categories: armrests, appreciation, art, beauty, dance,
Form: Rhyme
What Makes You Flinch
...“What Makes You Flinch” What makes me flinch? When someone trips on flat earth, And frantically looks around Hoping that no one, no one at all saw What had just happened But everyone did. ......

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Categories: armrests, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Fear of Flight
...I close my eyes and don’t look down. The plane shakes in the storm, The captain assures us we’re okay. I want to be back on the ground, But two more hours left to go. I close my eyes and don’t......

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Categories: armrests, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tribute To Honnold
...Right foot into this little dimple that you can toe in on aggressively so it’s opposing the left hand, then you can, like, zag over across to this flat, down-pulling crimp that’s small but you ca......

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Categories: armrests, mountains, nature,
Form: Free verse
For Sale: a Wheelchair
...(For Ibrahim Abu Thuraya - Gaza) For sale: a wheelchair in good condition. The seat is black wide, warm and clean (blood stains washed off); the two push handles: soft and comfy; the......

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Categories: armrests, freedom, poems,
Form: Free verse
Dear Me,
...I can feel my 40 year old mind awake from slumber; But these brown eyes stare back at me with a defiance That I know to have belonged to a 14 year old me. Consider this unsolicited advice from a......

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Categories: armrests, childhood, courage, destiny, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Rattling Rhyme
...St. Elmo's Fire 'Twas a fall eve on our flight to the coast Dressed in my livery this journey I'd host. A storm was predicted, we would fly 'round With instrument help from cockpit to g......

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Categories: armrests, fear, flying,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member And the Winner Is---
...French Beret'd Director's Natty perch Leather-back tripod Cushioned seat-- Classic hue-- Armrests... Settled in ......

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Categories: armrests, celebration, film,
Form: Shape
My First Time
...Gnawed nails dig into worn plastic armrests Stinging alcohol burns the skin A sharp point glints in the fluorescent light Rough hands grip the shoulder Restraining it against the comfortless chair H......

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Categories: armrests, life, me, memory,
Form: Narrative
Remembering the Henry J
...Remembering the Henry J By Elton Camp When we speak of an automotive blunder Most know how Ford’s Edsel went under But there was another mistake made before Though few recall that little car......

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Categories: armrests, businesscar, car,
Form: I do not know?
Aerophobia-The Fear of Flying
...Apprehensive and panic-stricken I practice assuming the crash position . While a “ fasten seatbelt” sign flashes like a beacon, foretelling our demise, cool beads of sweat form on my forehead. A......

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Categories: armrests, angst, fear,
Form: Free verse
Ring Out the Old?
...There I sit so quietly limp and still Till someone’s body does lie in me and fill My arms are now a faded blue And patchy at best Peeking through are my wore nimble armrests My recliner act......

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Categories: armrests, family, funny, peopleme, old,
Form: Personification

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