Best Plastic Bag Poems

If I Were a Plastic Bag…

I would help shoppers carry their stuff.
Anything: groceries, toys or powder puffs.
I could help thrice, because I am tough.
I like to; it is fun to see their stuff!

Sometimes I wait for weeks in the dark, scrunched.
Kept there unused for months...

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...from the movie, 'American Beauty'


A plastic bag, a windy day,
darting, dancing high and low,
coquettish in her flight of fancy,
all in all, a one-bag show;
a street performer with a twist,
I wish you could have seen her,
a holder meant for groceries,
an no-name ballerina.

Erratic, yes, but orchestrated,
it's as...

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Yesterday while on my way to a supermarket I saw a little girl of perhaps five leaning at
a tree close to the road and watching a blue plastic bag which was drifting in the wind.
She looked very sad with her light blue eyes and her...

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You know what it feels like,
with a plastic bag on your head,
how you struggle to breathe,
your lungs start to beg.

Panic builds up inside,
instinctively you fight back,
trying to rip this bag off
you want to survive.

Time slows down,
every second hurts,
in and out on conscious thought,
trying to figure...

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...from the movie, 'American Beauty'


A plastic bag, a windy day,
darting, dancing high and low,
coquettish in her flight of fancy,
all in all, a one-bag show;
a street performer with a twist,
I wish you could have seen her,
a holder meant for groceries,
an no-name ballerina.

Erratic, yes, but orchestrated,
it's as...

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A plastic bag, a windy day, 
she's darting, dancing high and low, 
coquettish in her flight of fancy, 
all in all, a one-bag show; 
a street performer with a twist, 
I wish you could have seen her, 
a holder meant for groceries, 
a no-name ballerina....

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PLASTIC BAG PLAGIARISM



I thought it was all over but I have 
Been assaulted by  a  plagiarists’ wave, 
And I felt  used, abused,  dirty .
I’ve received insults  about a plastic  bug (about thirty)
And a plastic bog.    Some...

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A plastic bag, a windy day, 
she's darting, dancing high and low, 
coquettish in her flight of fancy, 
all in all, a one-bag show; 
a street performer with a twist, 
I wish you could have seen her, 
a holder meant for groceries, 
a no-name ballerina....

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PLASTIC  BAG  :  THE  EARLY  DAYS

They said we all had a shining future, with bright lights, 
Advertising panels, and supermarket voice-over mentions 
Of  high-quality “cellophane presentation wrappers” 
Of fruit  -  suitable even as a gift wraps

We enjoyed...

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A plastic bag, a windy day, 
she's darting, dancing high and low, 
coquettish in her flight of fancy, 
all in all, a one-bag show; 
a street performer with a twist, 
I wish you could have seen her, 
a holder meant for groceries, 
a no-name ballerina....

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PLASTIC   BAG  PREJUDICE  AND   BIGOTRY

What’s that over there?
Don’t bother, it’s just another of those goddamned plastic bags,
Just a plastic bag, a thin polythene bag, 
Transparent, cheap, ugly:  seen one seen ‘em all  -
If I see one comin’...

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PLASTIC BAG:  THE SAGA CONTINUES

Yes, they laughed at him, full of hot air, but he died trying.
It’s easy to forget that  -  it seems  -
Plastic bags too have ambitions, careers, dreams.
He was ready and waiting for a slight opening . ....

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DOG AND PLASTIC BAG
 -  THE END

My dog went after a  plastic bag one day
Caught it in  mid-flight, I’d say
Stopped its ascent  to greater glory
But that’s not the  end of the story
Bag got caught on  the poor dog’s head
After...

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A plastic bag appeared in my dream,
Polluting my thoughts of love
A sign or trickery it may seem
Sent from way above

I look outside and see the garden
My face begins to sag
Oh Lord, I beg your pardon
A rose in a plastic bag...

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...from the movie, 'American Beauty'


A plastic bag, a windy day,
darting, dancing high and low,
coquettish in her flight of fancy,
all in all, a one-bag show;
a street performer with a twist,
I wish you could have seen her,
a holder meant for groceries,
an no-name ballerina.

Erratic, yes, but orchestrated,
it's as...

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