Best Sweatshirts Poems


Scrabble

...dedicated to Juvie


We are in each other's arms, and dancing...
the lights are low, and the music is soft.
You perfume is so delicate, like a fresh
spring rain. We are cheek to cheek,
and in another world. A man tries to
butt in, and I shoo him away... no way
is anyone taking my girl away from me.
We take our seats, as I pull your chair
out for you. You say you have to go to
the ladies' room to freshen up, but you
look fine to me... a princess with her prince.
We dance some more, and I steal a kiss.
In your black cocktail dress you are by far
the loveliest woman there. The chandeliers
are twinkling in your eyes. "I love you so,"
I gently whisper. "Hold me close!" 
We leave early... I open the car door for
you, and make sure you are comfortable.
When we arrive home we rush into the
bedroom. You slip off your dress, and I
get out of my tuxedo. "Scrabble?" you ask.
'Scrabble it is!" I reply. In jeans and
sweatshirts we sit on the living room floor.
You beat me hands down! I ask you if you
want to play again and, sleepily, you say no.
"Let's go to bed and cuddle!" you suggest...
and so we do. The perfect end to a perfect evening.

The Fall of Summer

Yesterday she  left , warm and sunny ,all  pleasant and funny
Spend some time with me she said, for soon I will leave
I lingered many months,  my season ends , I will come again so don’t bereave 
 Gone are the long summer evenings full of crickets ,cicadas and fireflies flickering light,
 Blinking their secret codes, mysterious and magic , in plain sight 
  Marking time with the pale yellow moon passing thru starry fields of dark summer nights
 Fall sweeps in, proclaiming loud and clear, the death of summer is now so near
The  seeds run full nourishing the land , acorns dropping ,and everything ripens,
 Soon the trees will change their skin and like magic a new life appears
From vibrant  green to orange, red and yellow 
 Long slow and rolling , dark green and pale ,the waves  tamed and mellow, carry their lament 
Carrying a sharp edge the cold ,damp wind brings sudden intent
 Grey banks of clouds, long and low  stretch to the horizon with  their rainy content
Soon Jackets and jeans ,sweatshirts and sleeves will take their rightful place ,
 Layer upon layer will I make of bare legs and chests that were openly seen
The  deserted beaches , falling  skies, pale and pink, all proclaim the long rest is now at hand
Painted pumpkins all in a row dot the land with orange and black
Mister owl haunts the night in his  favorite wood on wing and nightcap
While  lingering over bare earth and frosted fields of yellow corn  and golden ripe wheat
 Couples and  lonely people  ,walking silently, hand in hand, hurry back to their retreat 
And  sailboats huddle close together on dry land almost within  reach and wistfully watch  the sea
 And  I will sit near a warm glowing  fire, book in one hand, sipping hot cocoa or  tea
© Jim Joyce  Create an image from this poem.

Sweet Autumn Wind

Rustling through the auburn, yellow and burnt orange leaves

holding up my little girls first flight with her new princess kite

blowing softly across my cheek and through my sand brown hair

bringing with the smells of autumn

the bonfires on a crisp October eve

marshmallows melting  chestnuts roasting

fresh apple pie baking in Gram's kitchen

I can hear sweet whispers tapping on my shoulder

along with the children jumping in leaves

playing chase, sweatshirts all strewn on the lawn

grass stains on knees, dirt on their faces

wouldn't have it any other way

I feel the breeze begging 

foretelling stories, giving fair warning

for harsh times are ahead

when all we see

when all we cherish

will wither off to bed

As your gentle winds drift aimlessly with grace

My mind rides along soaking in the beauty of this place
© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.


Yule

Shortest day, longest night 
Celebration of light
Glistening ice and snow
Temperatures low
Bare trees
Ponds freeze

Dress warm
Long sleeve uniform 
Cardigans and sweatshirts 
Goodbye mini skirts
Silk and wool 
Indoor pool

Soup and stew
Don’t misconstrue 
Wish Bread
Glaze spread
Cinnamon and cloves 
On stoves

Ice skating 
Snow tube inflating 
Snow skiing 
Snowboard leaping 
Snowshoe wearing 
Spectators staring

Hope, intentions, and new year 
Celebrate and cheer 
Yule brings hope of life
Robins and wrens in strife
Red, white, green, and gold
My, it’s cold!
© Ja Angelo  Create an image from this poem.

The Pretty Boy Paradox

Vexation seeps through sighs 
As the pen finds comfort 
Sharing the same story

Nonsensical pretty boys 
With smoke cloud habits 
And bloodshot ponderings

Vaunting on their 
Newsworthy delinquency 
With incessant metal bar consequences 

Promulgating in the same breath 
they’re gaining 
New ground 

Breaking the cleanse 
Of poisoning 
Their liver 

And feeling the linear 
Coldness of a countertop 
On their nose

With a half glass of water 
In a ring of loneliness 
On their nightstand 

The gulp of insomnia 
Rudely digs its hook of candidness 
In your empathic being 

Melodramatic memories 
Of empty dinner table 
Upbringings 

Spending school nights 
Placing cigarettes 
In plastic bottles 

With front porch 
Heart to hearts 
With their second self 

Pulling the sleeves 
Of sweatshirts once borrowed 
Over tattooed knuckles 

Shivering against the disbelief 
That loyalty in this town
Is only face to face 

Rehashing 
first heartbreaks 
With the outlook 

That mistrust follows
Demons 
That look just like you 

The way you 
Introduce yourself 
With skintight beliefs 

Low cut distractions
Met with 
Amorous disposition 

Abrade their thoughts 
Of you from tantalizing 
To discomfiture 

And their ears 
Can’t handle 
Opprobrium especially from their friends 

When you would 
Put fingers 
In yours like an obstinate child 

Just to keep
Looking at them 
With oblivious blissful daydreams 

Even if you were 
Stumbling drunk 
Out of their broken front door the night before 

After learning 
They sent flowers to someone else 
Like a man with his paramour 

Leaving your existence 
In a blighted state 
Surrounded by empty walls 

For
They
Took it all 

But don’t worry 
The guilt of breaking your heart 
Is easier for them to swallow 

Than the nausea 
Traveling up their throat 
With the spew of your adoration
© Ali Lynn  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member C H R I S T M a S

Child-like enthusiasm at Christmas time is not easily duplicated.
Hearty laughter surrounds a family reminiscing about other Christmases.
Rich pastries, cookies and candy only found once a year decorate a table.
Imaginative glimpses of future Christmases are in the forefront of newlyweds
Santa Claus cannot overshadow The Son in the homes of the reverent
There are Christmas headbands, sweatshirts, necklaces and earrings bringing joy
Many people are working to bring cheer to the needy, sick and homeless
Angels decorate Christmas trees and church pageants on both hemispheres
Sharing and caring in a Good Samaritan way make this week truly special


People On Parade

My bench provides a perfect view
Of people on parade.
I love to watch each passing person
Artfully displayed.

Some taxi yellow hi-top sneakers,
Jeans with ripped-up knees,
Tie-dye sweatshirts, neon caps
And college-boasting tees…

A toddler on a scooter
With a helmet rosy pink,
A couple on a nearby bench
With wine in cups to clink…

The dog folk pulling leashes
And the bikers blasting rap,
The nannies wheeling babies
Holding toys or in a nap.

A New York stew of humans
Makes the afternoon so nice,
The flavors so appealing 
With variety the spice.

Autumn Goodbye

Across the ground the leaves are strewn
                     set down by rushing wind.
A multicolored carpet yellow, orange, red and brown
                     crushing crunchy beneath my feet.
A late evening walk cautious steps in the dark
                     under a pale moon and twinkling stars.
A chill drops down cold and promising
                    an end to autumn reign.
Decayed foliage wafts heavy musk 
                    in the cool evening air.
Fully harbored memories dancing images in rising smoke
                    stacks of fires burn within.
Sensuous the cold embrace invigorating bodies unarmed
                    by hooded sweatshirts and fleece.
The ground hardens quick frost sets low on the grass
                    before the morning sun rise.
Pale and white the glowing ball breaches the horizon
                  as the north east wind races in.
From trees fall wild and set free the remainder
                  leaves of summer and fall
as autumn bids its last goodbye.
© DM Babbit  Create an image from this poem.

Miss High Heels

Miss High Heels

Out of the Honda, let off downtown,
Through gold revolving doors 
Miss High Heels would quickly bound,
Take the elevator 20 floors.

In this short span of time,
Inside the doorway of another world,
Using her professional name,
Another Miss Heels would unfurl.

Outside the golden doors,
Jeans and sweatshirts she,
Inside the brass and mortar world,
On a corporate path she would be.

One day Miss Heels will come to know,
Which world is real and which is not,
In a little house by the side of the road,
She’ll find the values she'd forgot.

Premium Member I Am the Expert of Me

I am the undeniable expert of me.
Wearing Christmas sweatshirts in June sets me free.
I can be eccentric and fun,
Make terrific friends by the ton,
When I live my truth as I see.

It's Fall, Y'All

It’s fall, y’all
And as the leaves
Change color, we
Put on long sleeves.

It’s time for socks
And sweatshirts zipped
So when temps drop
We’re well-equipped.

The air is filled 
With pumpkin spice
And mums in baskets
Look real nice.

Go apple picking – 
Heed the call
Of autumn’s treats – 
It’s fall, y’all!

Premium Member A Day In the Week of Life

From sunup to sundown
it was indeed a weird day;
it seemed as if the sun rose
wearing dimming shades
and as if the wind had been
blown off course or locked out.

The bold-green leaf trees, hedges,
shrubs, and lawn grasses just stood
there motionless as if they were
aping their canvassed or woven cloth/
plastic counterparts that year-round
highlighted the locations of graves.

In the dimness of it all, even shadows
had a time with their shading reflections;
and the bi-polar tempt had fun teasing
t-shirts and sweatshirts with a strange
“lukeness” that was neither hot nor cold
nor warm or cool.  A special Virginia trait!

The scary-like graveyard silence
of this weird lingering day was
pinged periodically by echoes of
hidden birds in trees and sometimes
the echoes of ducks in a distant pond;
it seemed as if no other sound had
the echoing energy to pierce the silence.

As this taunting tired day slowly faded
into the coming darkness of night, suddenly
I realized that nothing had happened to me
Throughout this weird incomprehensive
lingering day, and that my heart was beating
with a shooing rhythm of allegorical awareness.
This day of the week too had been one
that the Lord had made with his undying love
and had blessed me to be perpendicular in it;
thus, it became apparent to me that I need
to rejoice and be glad to be a part of another
day of God’s imaging shared beauties of life.

In gratitude, I now share this day with you
that like me, you too may understand that
although it may seem at times that God does
not give us what it is we want, he has never
failed to give us the things we’ve had needs for.

Premium Member Popular Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is as popular as ever.
So cute and round and ultimately clever. 
Smiling from sweatshirts, shoes and socks.
Laughing at us from purses, belts and clocks.
If his name had remained Mortimore, would it still be so?
I wonder as I see his grinning face wherever I go….

Seasonal

Once again, it’s that time of the year,
A time to reflect and a time to cheer.
Fellowship with the people here,
Embrace the moment near and dear.

The holiday festivities are upon us,
Holiday themes will soon surround us.
First with variating colors of the leaves,
To snow covering various naked trees.

Everyone has their favorite season,
Each one is different for a reason.
Some love the season for a sport,
Other’s it’s only the weather of course.

As the fall season experiences revival,
Sleeves and sweatshirts return in style.
The main sports’ that many have missed,
Have returned and are on top of the list.

Premium Member Godzilla the Influencer

He was the best influencer in the world and he knew it.
In the neighborhood he was a star, an Internet hit. 
Unconditionally loved his family; watched them sleep.
Had his large arms in every situation, no matter how deep. 

He found the Internet one night when the others went to bed.
Logged onto Snap Chat and Instagram, and took photo of his head.
By a quartet to four, he had a following of three hundred and two.
He had followers now, so he added a video of himself too.

Daily he sneaked into closets and threw on clothes galore.
He wore sweatshirts and helmets, and dresses and more.
The checks started coming in like out of thin air.
Before he knew it, Godzilla was a flipping millionaire!

He shared his money with his family. Two kids and a dad.
They had a wife and mom once, but she had gone bad.
She tried to come back when she found out about the money
But by then Dad and Godzilla each had a new honey.

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