Best Futon Poems
Futon FarewellFarewell to our futon.
Oh, my gratitude runs deep
For all the years you've given us
Or guests the gift of sleep.
Yes, you were tough to open
And a bigger pain to close.
You also scratched our wall up,
But that's just the way it goes.
You have surely served your...
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Categories:
futon, farewell,
Form:
Rhyme
FutonWhite wood so cheap
to bring the price low
a bargain for those who
cannot afford anything more
stain of rich brown
to appear walnut be
applied yet so thin
that no one fooled is
mattress of batting hard
coarse fabric covered in
comfort having so brief
long enough to sold be
mattress King size is
covered in...
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Categories:
futon, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Tucson 2018Today I rode into Tucson
Determined to buy a new futon
A squirt in a skirt
Got down in the dirt
And flashed me a discount coupon...
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Categories:
futon, culture, discrimination, gender, prejudice,
Form:
Limerick