Best Domestics Poems
Domestics - Blue Berry PancakeSimmering,hot, pancakes, flushed.
Battered, beating, bruised,
Syrup, sweet, melted, dripping,
Brown now, peeling, ripping
Dark berries, smashed oozing bluish - black red,
Hands and words tossed instead,
Pancake Burnt! Pancake dead!...
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Categories:
domestics, childhood, daughter, death, family,
Form:
Narrative
For DomesticsMy cat, she plays so, with her prey.
It is what nature tells them to do.
We cannot shame the feline’s way
For they believe they’ve brought us food.
The dog will always be our friend;
It’s love, the closest thing to God’s.
Always ready, a paw to lend;
As we trek...
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Categories:
domestics, animal, cat, nature, pets,
Form:
Sonnet
DomesticsEvery time I heard my mother cry
I would come barreling down the stairs
to square up to my father,
both of us fuming on the edge of a fight.
As a child when you have yet to experience
the intricate petty traumas of a relationship.
The world...
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Categories:
domestics, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
A RemembranceI remember
I remember the way you held me.
And your intoxicating smell.
I remember the way you kissed me.
And the voice that came from your mouth.
I remember the times of silence
When we sat, hand in hand.
I remember the first time
That time you said you loved me.
But I...
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Categories:
domestics, 11th grade, abuse, break
Form:
Free verse