Best Coats Poems

He didn't have a coat of many colors
he had many coats in different colors
each day he wore a different one
whatever struck his fancy, his mood
whatever made me feel suave, cool
whatever made him feel mannishly approved

He changed those colors
in kaleidoscope speed
so fast that it seemed
he had...

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flower, god, rain, spring, winter, dance, birth, sunshine,

GRIPPING ROOTS © TANKA
 
Birds chirp spring’s sunshine
Rain showers the ground outdoors
Plants begin to grow
Gripping roots draw nourishment
Mother Nature's weathered gifts!



Coats Of Snow © Tanka

Pure white coats stockpile
And cold shouts a freeze
Daylights sunshine glare
Early moonbeam blights a kissing
And...

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October doors open on misty chills, bringing the
Return of fluorescent copper clad arms, thin gloves grip
Apple spiced stone mugs, warming with
Nutmeg and cinnamon, a caramel swirl in
Ginger's bright glow, that golden scent spiked with
Essence of pumpkin, everywhere pumpkin!

Cagey squirrels play hide and seek at the...

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Here ye! Hear ye! Comedy lives here
It's all I know... whups, the white coats are near
It tickles my bum
To know that some
Need medical attention, their addiction's severe...

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Here ye! Hear ye! Comedy lives here
It's all I know... whups, the white coats are near
It tickles me bum
To know that some
Need medical attention, their addiction's severe...

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I sink lower in the cupboard
of the front hall closet 
beneath the stairs,
behind a row of forgotten coats
that hang quietly before me. 
They mock my cowardice
as I crouch beneath their silent judgement...
I'm alone in the shadows created by a
jaundiced yellow bulb that barely burns 
brighter...

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Painting #5
Autumn in France by Emily Carr 1911

Coats of Autumn 

Satisfied, 
long awaited 
summer fades  
into an explosion 
of color, I bask
in the many coats of Autumn 
draped across the shoulders 
of a grateful people.

Merci to the Creator 
of such splendor, 
I behold textures...

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to the men in lab coats with horns like unto goats, 
an open confession of a minor isotope:

I -- so -- Hope that a day shall dawn
when men no longer long
for the things that do not belong
and are, oh so wrong
for mine and your and...

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Ivory bushes bear
accelerated evolution
and abstract incarnations
a reverie reserved as veil
fables too blatant to reveal
crescendos rise within
what remains of
the cityscape's heartbeat
science knows what we fear

By Glenn McCrary

© 2012 Glenn McCrary (All rights reserved)...

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a flurry of snow
natures ticker-tape parade...
snowflake confetti

Snow day students were tickled pink today
playfully making snow angels all-day
but nobody knew
they laid in dog poo
till that thin layer of snow got scraped away.

And as their coats reeked, they sat at the back of the bus the next...

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FOR BOYS IN COATS OF FEAR

Father caused me the scar of broken voice
And now…
Healing is difficult.
This is what the Scripture says:
‘You will find love everywhere you go’
But somewhere under your roof
Your shadow was burning loud
And silence was making fool of you
So you left for the...

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get ready
have a mind steady
it may   snow
so as you go
walk slow
cold or cool
don't  be  a fool
small tall or fat
wear 
CLOVES  BOOTS COATS AND HAT...

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Miss Christy Sambristy had way too much hair!
When you visited, hair was on every couch, and chair.
It stretched all the way outside her blue and red door!
If she tried cutting it, the hair just grew
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I never knew what to fill the spaces with
Sometimes I didn't even see them
They were disguised under many coats
With hidden pockets of shallowness
And oversized buttons to mismatched holes.
It didn't matter most of the time
Because the tailor never stopped sewing more
And I was content to let...

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