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Barrettes Poems - Poems about Barrettes

January 24th, 2023 Hair Washing Heralds Huge Happening
...January 24th, 2023 Hair washing heralds huge happening Hark….the herald angels sing, and twitter for mass communication mediums stop the presses when I, a regular schlemiel take shampoo to......

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Categories: barrettes, adventure, anxiety, devotion, fun,
Form: Free verse
Easter
...Another Easter spent feasting on Jelly Bean Martinis, sculpting butter lambs with Nana’s mastiff Escort snoring by tabletop fire. Aunt Bea smoked lemongrass, shading wooden eggs with Dapple......

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Categories: barrettes, bible, candy, easter,
Form: Free verse



Hair Washing Heralded Huge Happening
...Earlier today April 4th, 2022, which supersedes bald faced headlines pointing finger and Putin blame for Bucha killings squarely on head & shoulders of Russian autocrat, née yours truly lathe......

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Categories: barrettes, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Care Bear Mania
...Care Bear mania It was on our lunch boxes, our children's clothes, in their hair on barrettes. Care bear games, care bear cards, care bear hats and coats. Care bear stare. My older two daughters ......

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Categories: barrettes, fun,
Form: Light Verse
Little Presents
...I went to kindergarten like any other day, excited to get home to my baby doll who was my best friend. Tear laden from nights I got in trouble, quick to laugh when I thought something funny, I love......

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Categories: barrettes, child, family, kindergarten, youth,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Blue Hole
...Vivacious children, drama Queens and Kings wearing mother rags and big old father hats One held a pot with a silver spoon for bang the other held an old guitar bereft of strings Gathering t......

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Categories: barrettes, appreciation, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Was the Other One
...I was not the outgoing one. That was Shelly. I was not the perky one. That was Sheila. I was not a 60”s diva. That was Shirley. They were the ‘It’ Girls. I was THAT other one. The one who ......

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Categories: barrettes, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Decorating Maniac Am I
...I want to attach stuff to the ceiling of my house. The house is full, the walls are saturated. The ceiling is blah. All white, boring, basic, not quite clean, but bland. The tables are cluttered, ......

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Categories: barrettes, environment, fun, how i
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Amazon Does Not Give Me My Fix
...It's 4:07 a.m. This week I have had a virus, two asthma episodes, a biopsy, and I have traveled over 600 miles to see 6 grandchildren who got strep throat before my return. I have been playing catc......

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Categories: barrettes, easter, society, women,
Form: Free verse
Kissing Carol Ann
...Back in 1957 kissing Carol Ann behind the barn in the middle of a windswept field of Goldenrod with a sudden deer watching was something special, let me tell you. Back then, bobby......

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Categories: barrettes, love,
Form: Blank verse
My 3 Queens
...Dainty, Black Pasha of Egypt, diamonds sitting solitaire, set in rose gold, barrettes swinging from my daughter’s hair, she’s a Decillionaire, outside of God, her worth, nothing else could possibly c......

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Categories: barrettes, beautiful, daughter, i love
Form: Free verse
Premium Member St Brigids Well
...Still hallowed is the well, and so they pray, offer: prayer cards, candles, and bitty photos of children to come and those now unmade, each woman rife with grief in longing’s throes. The sound ......

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Categories: barrettes, children, spiritual, women,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Girls Night Out
...A Girls Night Out They were there, the girls, each attired in appropriate finery, clashing generational coifs, varied displays of fine jewelry, diamonds, gold bracelets, barrettes, classi......

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Categories: barrettes, family, nostalgia,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Things People Wear From a To Z
...A is for Aprons, like Moms used to wear. B is for Barrettes that adorn young girls’ hair. C is for Coats, many colors and styles. D is for Diamonds, best friends that brings smiles. E is for Elbow ......

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Categories: barrettes, humorous, clothes,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Sylvan Summer Part Iii
...The cracker crisp Maine air rang with the rooster’s revel. Moving day, time to clean the hens shed. Monstrous three story hatchery, thousands of burnt umber; beauties a laying. Lace edged bobby soc......

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Categories: barrettes, childhood, work, girl, girl,
Form: Narrative

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