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Best Clothespins Poems


Clothespins
Years ago, in Holland,
In a cool, eclectic store,
I bought a set of clothespins
To jazz up my home décor.

Of brightly colored wood
And smaller than the average size,
I pictured them with photos
Hanging like a sweet surprise.

My plan did fizzle like
The best-laid ones of mice and men.
I tucked...

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Categories: clothespins, home,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member giant clothespins as art
giant clothespins as art?
I never realize they could be
But they are

Philadelphia has one made of steel
Designed by Claes Oldenburg
That clothespin is facing upside down
It could pin photographs maybe but not giant clothes

Turkish art professor Mehmet Ali Aysal designed one too
His giant clothespin was created for...

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Categories: clothespins, art,
Form: Free verse

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