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Premium Member Rinse Clear POTD

Mind – a pool, deep and arcane,
Needs to be cleared n' cleansed from time to time
In the sinuous course of life,
Pause awhile to peer into the depths.
Over the still waters, lies a layer of scum.
At the bottom is settled,
Toxic sediments of hate,
The residue of burnt dreams
Of unsavory passions

If unattended, in this slushy mass of filth
Maggots may breed,
Eating into the flesh
Poisoning the vital serum
Pumped through the veins

Purge the dross
Flush out the dirt
Rinse it clean
And feast on the sparkle,
Of clear waters
Springing from the well heads of love!

Feb.19.2023

The Clearing Poetry Contest
Sponsor- craig cornish
Categories: rinse, introspection, pollution,
Form: Free verse

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

liberty in verse
atypical on the Soup

born a free-spirited caballero
I’ll not dangle
from another poet’s noose

jigsaw puzzles presented
by contest sponsors
jump through hoops
win their accolades

who’s to say what makes good verse?
flash your PhD at me
“Oh yes, oh yes, you are the best,”
most wholeheartedly agree

those who compromise
win a nebulous prize

preset rhyme patterns
syllable and word counts
twisted forms, multiple forms, mega-forms
atrocities created 

messages secondary
to prescribed presentations
poetic constipation
forced by over-regulation
Categories: rinse, on writing and words
Form: Free verse

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Alison weeps at the fake Senior Prom.
Alison creeps out onto the lawn.
Alison’s skin turns to purple from pink.
Alison’s flesh beginning to stink.

A stench too great to look away.
Poking at the children who’ve come to play.
Poking at Alison with a big long stick.
Flies alight with each small kick.

Alison floats above the field.
Amongst the birds and clouds to shield
her from the view of those below
who move through life ignoring the glow

of a vacuum in midst of spring air.
Gliding and growing beginning to tear
through the surface tension of a calm morn.
Swirling the tempest, igniting a storm.

Driving rain drops pelt the surface
of grass and concrete and metal, with purpose.
Cleansing the stains of stigma and pain.
The dirt drains away. Crispness remains.

Who will remember poor Alison?
When time has passed and we’ve moved along.
Who will remember the lessons she taught?
Lessons engraved, but I guess you forgot.



Jim Graham
2010
Categories: rinse,
Form: Ballad

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The Rinse and Spin Cycle

Inside of a box there lies a machine
that lies in every home, apartment and residence.

The machine is ubiquitous and used quite often but goes unnoticed 
because its very convenient and frees up people's times to play and rest.

The box was a gift of science and a wonderful of man's generosity to humankind.

But the machine can be used for other purposes and can help to re-shape humanity's programming.

Its first protocol besides washing dirty clothing can lead to sensitization.

The box has a voice and can relay messages to the machine because the box is wired with stealth and highly technical hard science.

The box first message says that people's minds are dirty and the machine may help clean them too.

The box second message says that people are bad, really bad and that the machine can not clean them.

The box third message says to the people you must agree with me that you are without hope and redemption.

The people doubt their own identity and don't know what normal is anymore.

The people doubt their own identity and rush to the stores to buy hand sanitizer, toilet paper and bleach.

The people turn on each other and socially distance themselves from friends are enemies and enemies are their best friends. 

The box fifth message says to the people that I may relent and can save you
but who is against me and who is for me.

The box is very clever and befriends the people as a Savior and tells the people to confess their dirt and sins.

The box sixth and seventh and eight message says to the people that guilt is good and releasing guilt sets them free.

The box ninth message say to the people that if you really want to that you can choice to be good and that you too can embrace our way of thinking.

The box and the people tenth message to the world is that we are good and that their is no right or wrong but we are One and that we are the new order.
© Mel Brake  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rinse, art, community, computer, dark,
Form: Free verse

Rinse and Repeat

Burning off the previous nights sin
Often does the fire inside of those brave enough to indulge
Burns away at the consciousness, the will
To continue being the way that we are.
A construct of energy, a willful mind seeking all there is to be discovered. 
So rinse and repeat to discover some more. 
Life tends to be far too much of a chore.
© Luke Acton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rinse, corruption, culture, depression, destiny,
Form: Narrative

Rinse and Repeat

My mind is politically correct,
but my shoes have no soul.
I have gained some retrospect,
after losing self control.

I’m washing my brain.
A clean slate is what I need.
Reprogramming my frame,
rinse and repeat.
Categories: rinse, perspective,
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Rinse - Repeat

a city sleeps
days debris washed away
streetlight showers

John G. Lawless
©6/18/2018
Categories: rinse, city, rain,
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Rinse and Repeat

The clothes in the washing machine, I now pondered
how I might best pass the time, and so I wandered
up a muddy hill, late to perceive I’d squandered
my time, for now my jeans needed to be laundered.

—————

The Awit is a monorhyme quatrain narrative as a complete sentence, with each line containing 12 syllables.
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rinse, irony,
Form: Monorhyme

Someday My Rinse Will Come!

I've learned to hate washers
I don't mean the kind
With nuts and bolts and stuff...
I mean the clothes cleaning kind..
They've got me foaming at the mouth!!!
I'm about to lose my friggin' mind!!!

They either spit out soapy water
To puddle up my floor
Or they can get
far more sinister...
Oh yes, they're capable of more!

Just now I have a small complaint,
I guess it won't kill me...
But my rinse cycle will not work
And why that should be,
So smart to know I ain't!
And I'm tired, as you can see...

These soap flaked clothes
Do itch and rash,
Bring upon my skin
i get so friggen' frustrated..
And I know it is a sin,
But one more time it does that
I'll drop a handgrenade in!
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rinse, adventure, funny, life, war,
Form: Burlesque

Concepts of Revalance and Desentcy

ded by his need 
to be successful
he retrieved the
knowledge of his past
to restore and maintain
his present.
he read the
"Dignity Recovery Act"
and studied it to refine what he thought
had been
to be what should be.
a present in a positive
definition
of realism.
"Accuracy of the Devoted"
was another written script he read
from start to finsh
only to diminish his own pride
" the induction to Reputation
described, but his knowledge
was denounced, from
every aspect of his
" Redemption"
to be at hand!
but
Categories: rinse, celebrity,
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Wash, Spin, Rinse -- Again

Indictment-Excitement
  makes 'The News'

Politician-Magicians
  spin their 'Views'

Anonymous Economists
  sing 'The Blues'

Abolitionishist-Destructionists
  light the 'fuse'

Spanners and Scammers
  pay their dues

Society's Credibility
  badly bruised...
Categories: rinse, business, integrity, political, satire,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Wash Rinse Repeat

I have trained my whole adulthood for the challenge of this day. 
The toil and sweat and sacrifice, the monotony of drill, 
All those years of manning up to my ambition.
I have wrestled the beast and disciplined my will.
I mean to vanquish my opponent for the golden prize
I'll enter the ring and trust my luck to fate.
I have trained my whole adulthood for the challenge of this day. 
When I rise again come dawn, I will reiterate.
Categories: rinse, allegory, life,
Form: Verse

Premium Member Rinse and Repeat

Rinse and Repeat 
David J Walker

As the Sun goes up
Some go down
Some rise up 
And some lie down

Shine them shoes boy
	Clean that gun
Count our dead 
	When the day is done

Rinse and repeat
	Rinse and repeat
		Rinse and repeat
And cry RETREAT 

But there is no going back

	I’ve tried
Categories: rinse, allegory, war,
Form: Rhyme

Crank Heart

Shallow breath, eyes dead
crank heart out of reverie 
let it rinse and spin
Categories: rinse, feelings, heart, heartbroken, truth,
Form: Haiku

Rinse

showering raindrops…
sweet floral fragranced shampoo…
warm lathered hair
Categories: rinse, life
Form: Senryu
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