Best Fluffing Poems

An oddly-shaped Thanksgiving bird:
   quirky 
   turkey

What we call Grandma's mashed potatoes:
   dreamy 
   creamy

How she adds volume to the main side dish:
   fluffing
   stuffing

What I always do first:
   eat Gram's...

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Upon the waters waiting still,, a scudding duck decends.!

Dragonflies hover over blossoms and leeches deep,
Geese shake their heads, as they are passing the fronded willows, in verdant pleats
Hissy hiss is all they say,with their blatant contempt for the lush summers day!
The ganders enjoying their swaggering...

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fluffing silver leaves
cottonwood steadies herself
glittering my heart....

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The bathroom lacks your spare change scattered,
and my bank account is no longer flattered.
Your socks are no longer sprawled on the floor,
but everyday entails a greater chore.

There's certainly far fewer dishes to scrub,
but there's no companion to enjoy my grub.
I'm no longer someone's personal maid,
but...

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So much effort
goes into feeling well...Man,
I’m exhausted! There’s nausea
from supplements, the squeak
and throb, Just One More Rep!~ exercising…
Man, I’m exhausted! 
                       As much...

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The secret of life,
making old things new:
fluffing the seas
long flattened 
by sails…
restoring clouds
to the summits of mountains,
not one worth the climb
were it not for
high mysteries

I sit, pen in hand
as if holy--
we are all priests of a sort
(both light and dark)
our sacrament
that of creation....

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I came to the cemetery on Christmas
        in my night dream
    it is snowing big fluffing snowflakes
everything is white foggy and enchanting
    then, I hear the jingle of bells and quiet voices
drifting...

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An Ode to Turkeys
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

I
There was a time, year one thousand A.D
U.S. turkeys faced a brand new plight.
Usefulness seen.
Native American's hunting delight. 
The white meat of a turkey is quite lean.
So much healthier than man knew before,
Nothing one ever...

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Why stop at Roe
When you can stop No
Best seen and not heard
When you’re fluffing your herd




(I hope that’s not too killer)
For the Killing With an Epigram Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Margarita Lillico...

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SNOWBIRD VARIATIONS

chirping merrily
black midst an awful whiteness
fat snowbirds seeding 

once in a while
a twiggy branch comes alive
snowbird fluffing

lazy winter’s watch
overcoming tedium
suddenly – snowbirds	

a beautiful frost
flaming red against the snow
winter cardinal

the frost coated limbs
winter’s cold magical scene
blackbirds brush the sky...

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If I were a seagull I would live near the ocean,
you would never see me in the city begging; 
oh no, I would be drifting on ocean breezes,
hovering on waves and plunge diving for a fish.

Would call to my life mate in a loud...

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Harvest

Scaturient

Hanging, fluffing, waiting

Provide, provision, work, fatigue

Fruitage   

I know you will not be able to see the picture that I am writing about which is not to my advantage. 

scaturient -adjective-overflowing, abundant...

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That furniture at Grandma’s house has never had a;
Behind, sit down directly on it-
The plastic had duct tape overtop
Where something sharp had pierced a hole
This sofa, that had lasted 30 years… unscathed.
The sofa also had another decorative cover with
Big crazy flowers over top of the...

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Just Strands of Straw

I look into the mirror, 
my hair has dropped to the sink. 
It is a trail of tears, 
years of taking care of split ends, 
fluffing and drying, 
tying it up, 
leaving it down…
now, just gone.
My crown of glory
 it is…
 gone.
Maybe...

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Musing with Caren Krutsinger’s musings. I love
our dear poet’s imagination. Thank you, Caren
for allowing me to use your poem and a few phrases
from your poem. Used poem by permission.

My Food Flees from Me

Caren,

A creepy thing I would devour
But wait, wait, wait…
not fuzzy wuzzy in the...

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