Best Buttons Poems

Threads of gold rays stitch the morning with buttons of light on quilted clouds.

5/28/22...

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Nana's buttons and Grampy's keys,
their presence displayed as proud as you please.
Nana's rattled in an old glass jar
and Grampy's hung with the keys to his car.
The perplexing thing for a boy to percieve
is why both had more of each than they need,
so I wrinkled my...

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mojo buttons be
pleadin' forgiveness once more;
sound escapes my mind



*inspired by Charmaine's poem....one circle, round and round again.......

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I’ve been asked why I would keep it,
Why I don’t throw it away,
This big box of fancy buttons. 
They are of no use today.

In these days of fast and furious,
Zippers are the way to go.
When all is so tightly scheduled,
Buttoning buttons is too slow.

This pink...

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Once upon a whimsical dream
Where precious buttons are priceless gems
Colors present like rainbow streams
All flavors, rich! All of them!

Once upon a whimsical time
Needing a button for her favorite coat
She waltzed into a dream, sublime
While admiring gems displayed on a float

So in love with these buttons...

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These buttons up and down your chest,
so close to you they felt your breath
all day as you hurried for work;
rounded studs so near me , I ache
holding them now that you are gone.
I never gave the pearly shells
much attention through the long nights,
except to stitch...

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Attention is needed, signified by the tune
far but near like the deception of a full moon.

The device is put to work making its functions tropical
little readings and meters, such intelligence is typical.

Units and measurements coming with each delivery
buttons punched only for commands, made for slavery.

Signals...

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A button, one knows is held tightly by thread
Secured to its post unwavering, it’s said
That nothing, no nothing would wrest it apart
Or keep it from its dependable start.
Its lifetime, like ours is varied at best;
Too many buttons have been put to the test
Whether by stress,...

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            A handful of buttons, the trickles and rustles ... a nice sound
                Sew a button on your hat...

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I have these buttons that people press,
That make me a little crazy.
It might be someone who leaves a mess,
Because they are too lazy.

Or it might be someone who makes a noise,
When I want to take a nap.
Or my brother who takes my toys,
And my favorite...

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Billy Buttons
under  the 
Celery Pines

free verse 

Billy Button's downy foliage
Burst open with large gold blooms.
Midst thousands of dandelion's green
Above, celery pines tip their plumes.

Grasslands wave contently in the fields
Missouri golden rods climb the hill.
Broom beard grass and buffalo clover
Send subtle earthy scents, cross my...

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TOO MANY BUTTONS TO PUSH

There's too many buttons to push each day
But there's one in particular, like a donkey I bray
I scream out yee haw
Sometimes get lockjaw
I'm totally scrambled like an egg soufflé


© Jack Ellison 2015



(Inspired by The Wulfman)...

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In the fifties, my sister and I would play store;
selling ice cream and candy just like our grandpaw.
Granny let us delve into her spare button box
where we found the coins for our special cash drawer.

We sorted them all out by size and by color
marking some...

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I know of a gentle young lady,
who told of a mystery,
that's ancient and bold, a myth of old,
so curious to people like me. 
This amiable lass, 
a woman of class,
and violet hair to boot,
laid eyes on me, 
my naked belly,
and proclaimed with exuberant fact,
"Did you...

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I never imagined things would come to this
With you, life is filled with such bliss.
All the laughs we share,
No other memories could compare.
I love your smile
It's more radiant than the sunset's reflection off the ocean.
More beautiful than the tidal waves in motion.
My life is complete,
All...

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