Best Suitcases Poems
Living Out of SuitcasesLIVING OUT OF SUITCASES
There was a time when everyone lived out of a suitcase!
Not just the homeless, the free spirits and the spirits of the free!
But everyone did live out of a suitcase.
Today, we are going to pastures green;
they said, they packed their yurt
And off...
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Categories:
suitcases, analogy, appreciation, blessing, history,
Form:
Narrative
The Unpacked SuitcasesO loving, tender spring,
full of growing things,
Why is there winter in your eyes?
Your quick visit has hurried
your slow, fermenting graces ----
Everywhere, far and wide
blinding snow!
blowing endless white!
No more your balmy breeze
...
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Categories:
suitcases, nature, spring, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
Among Suitcases Ii2:01 pm
Cinnabon, California Pizza, Burger King
Let’s de-militarize the sea floor
So we can once again walk on the waters
Clear and still
2:05 pm
An infant reaches for its mother
Looking at the information monitor
“Passenger… you have a message waiting for you…”
Where are you going?
Where are you really going? And...
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Categories:
suitcases, introspection, lifeleaving,
Form:
Free verse
Among Suitcases IPacked up again,
Cedars and crescents in my carry-on,
A heart and soul in my suitcase…
The mattress on my bed is bare, save for a straw hat
Resting in the middle of it and a bottle of cologne
There are scrapes on the wall
And bits where the paint came...
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Categories:
suitcases, introspection, life
Form:
Free verse
Rubble In SuitcasesA rubble in a suitcase can be crushed by the might of ten elephants, sixteen rhino, and ladybird in a purple hat. But never a beetle or a silver snake with googly eyes. The monstrous bellowing can alter the voluminous stripes of even the most...
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Categories:
suitcases, bible,
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