Best Folding Poems

Blinds were drawn,
 slid closed.
So she folded herself,
 collapsed
In familiar retreat,
Along similar lines
 going weak
Giving in again
 to movement
Of leg's levers pulling
 thighs to belly
Drawing in again
 her arms
Creased at elbows,
 touching ribs
Paperthin-skinned
 flightless wings
Hands neat wrapped
 round knees
Neck dropping
 head to rest
Chin to chest,
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far beyond cold light window edge      
flirt and flutter
wild lashes of winter wink
wandering flakes
soundlessly sow
layers of lazy shadows, dust
over cool contour conceal
autumn rust

gentle narcissus and nasturtium snare
brooding violet and valerian
holy nocturnal vow consume
hungry dog star silence
wait and whispers

‘til gently
cries up...

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folding wishes
origami 
whispers



posted on March 8, 2019...

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ottaman empire
armenian genocide
with pride,tradition...

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One foot here and the other there
Celestial light shines down
on the folding fan
channeling the wind from North to East,
to South, and lastly West
Cherry blossom petals slowly rain
and scarlet petals of dying flowers
join the westward winds
Another step here and another there
This folding fan will guide the...

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Amend them errant, wavy ways,
put a cease crease in those idol traditions
Don’t give servile salutes to the droopy god
of billowy doctrines
What price will be paid
for giving homage to carnage superstitions?
Acquiescence of pagan silence ... 
wrapped cloth around the pursed mouth
Complicity bandits are making solemn,
stolen moments...

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Six months after my Mother decided to move 
     out of the house, which only she and I shared. 

     Had not surprisingly been swept on a messy path 
     during preceding time....

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I
My wife folds the towels.
She is the correct folder
as opposed to me.

                 II
I have learned many
ways of folding towels poorly
over porous years.

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Folding clothes
 Seems like such a simple thing, doesn't it?
Time consuming but necessary
 and everyone does it just a little differently.
A T shirt folded lenghtwise then in half
 then half again or in threes.
No,  fold in  half  across the chest
 then half...

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folding chairs
folding clothes
climb the stairs
the garden hose
needs rewound

writing tablets
writing checks
feed the cat
the kids have yet
to come home

washing machine
washing dishes
fix my hair
send best wishes
to the newly-weds

cleaning rags
cleaning rugs
clean the house
making love
while planning
a new kitchen...

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Folding and embracing someone in extreme pain
with the compassion of a merciful saint:
when those moribund eyes look downward,
as breath becomes heavy and life can't sustain
its heartbeat , but those hands are too weak to clasp;
give your last gift, say the softest word...



Comfort and be comforted...

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People who enjoy sex
have a sex addiction.
The depressed must 
take a pill to be balanced. 
The fat must flee to surgery
               instead of a pushup

Children who are being children
must be labeled.
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Directions of Folding
I saw a horrible accident
Ocean blue papered Holiday dry cleaning
Bundled tight

Not her place to cross
Not between the lines
Ignored directions

She flew
High
Confetti tossed skyward
Red, green, blue, skin
A holiday popper
So odd to see a body fly
Twist, turn 
Somersault tumbling in the air
A baby doll thrown 
Kaleidoscoped...

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Folding Flowers While Ironing Rocks  in The Dark

I load the washing machine up with my dirty wishes
Found myself lost and broken in the kicthen
All the writing on the bathroom stalls
Surpasses the shoppers at the malls
And why must I write about you at all
You come...

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Folding chairs
Folding sheets...napkins and 
self
Tuck the ruffled edges...the creases
the bound corners deep
Hide them in the formation of perfect squares and
Straightforward lines
Slowly..carefully smooth out the visable top layers
till like a smooth as glass sea on a pale October morning
All remants and reminders of froth ...foam and...

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