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Best Laundry Basket Poems

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Premium Member My Precious Do-B-Do
Do-B-Do was my first cat as an adult.
I really wasn’t sure I even wanted a cat.
My ex wanted a kitten and I gave in,
we picked...

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Categories: laundry basket, cat, death, pets,
Form: Free verse



Trilogy For My Father
IMPRINTS
(Part 1 of Trilogy for My Father)

His shoes by the front door make me cry,
like his glasses resting atop an
unfinished crossword
and his toothbrush in its...

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Categories: laundry basket, death, funeral, grave, grief,
Form: Elegy
Sock Returns
Sock Returns

The washer absconded with a sock
Then went into an agitated cycle
Blamed the dryer for the missing thing
The dryer accused the weather
Said it never saw...

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Categories: laundry basket, absence, adventure, conflict, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Laundry: Where Do Socks Go
Where do socks go 
When the washer stops?
Where do they go 
When the washer stops?
Through the laundry mist 
They escape
One goes astray
And another lays motionless
In...

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Categories: laundry basket, clothes, sorrow, travel, voyage,
Form: Free verse
Washday At the Zoo
Washday at the Zoo

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Categories: laundry basket, funny
Form: Free verse



Imprints Part 1 of Trilogy
(Part 1 of Trilogy for My Father)

His shoes by the front door make me cry
like his glasses resting atop an
unfinished crossword
and his toothbrush in its...

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Categories: laundry basket, bereavement, death, father daughter,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Senryu 13 - Cat
laundry basket
filled with clean clothes --
the cat takes a nap


6/18/16...

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Categories: laundry basket, cat, clothes,
Form: Senryu
A Laundry Basket's Lament
One day a laundry basket felt rather full. Heavy. Weighted. Lots of mixtures tumbled together. Not placed. Just thrown in. In no order. How could...

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Categories: laundry basket, baby, bangla, baptism, baseball,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Rescue
Throughout the animal kingdom, 
There are commonalities, don’t you think?
One of the strongest among them
Is an inborn maternal instinct.

She wouldn’t leave her litter
To go outside...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: laundry basket, animals, inspirational, life, peopledog,
Form: Rhyme
Bride To Her Future Groom
I look up into your smiling eyes
I see happiness
I look at your stance
I see a solid foundation
For us to join together
To be as one ...I...

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Categories: laundry basket, wedding,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Pearl of a Prize
The laundry basket filled with clothes
Stares at me from its place
Resting in hall like many foes
No one tries to win race

Or win prize for folding...

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Categories: laundry basket, funny
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Letting Go
I open the door for my son,
while he carries his laundry basket
full of clean clothes out to his car. 

He says, "Thank you mama.
I love...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: laundry basket, inspiration, son,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Turkey's Revenge
“Oh my, the weather out is real nice!” Said the Papa Turkey.
“Hey Mrs. Gobbler get the kids. Lets go for a nice Fall stroll.”
“Line up...

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Categories: laundry basket, adventure, allegory, animals, funny,
Form: Narrative
What Awaits
This is what awaits at home -
(I'll try explaining in a poem).
Taxi line or Uber call.
Heat I cannot take at all.

Mail piled up and plants...

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Categories: laundry basket, home,
Form: Rhyme
Anywhere Cats
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Categories: laundry basket, animal, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things