Best Tattoo Poems

It’s raining in the corner
Stripes upon the floor
Bloody knife in a barroom door
Drinking whiskey
From a hollowed out gourd
Full of wasps
That rage in my core
Old man Mason
Got a smile upon his face
He knows the fire
And now I got a taste
Can’t stand up
Can’t lie down
Spinning room 
Going...

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Heart singing,

I race through warm sand;

then fling myself to the breeze!

I take the leap from land to water,

riding roller coaster crests.

Soon my skin will wear 

summer’s ink.


Written by Andrea Dietrich 5/17/2015 For the "Give Me a Sign" Poetry contest of nette onclaud...

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Was that mark on my skin there yesterday?
There is no way for me to remember
A tattoo my shoulder did once display
Seemed to have disappeared last December

Now a red blemish is atop my hand
It resembles an octopus with wings
In bizarre motions it flaps when I stand
Fear...

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The man screams :
                                        "Cursed be...

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The girl with the dragon tattoo
I once  knew her
And so did you 
She came around
When the circus 
Came to town 
She was happy 
And she was gay
At least she seemed
  That way.


Though when she 
Was alone at night
He always came to her 
From...

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One last look before I throw you out the door
You will never say you are sorry anymore
But I can’t do this, it’s hurting even more
When it’s always me, picking you, up off the floor
								
But I will be always be, hung up on you
Last night I...

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Tina-Louise dashed into a tattoo parlor   
And asked for some ink in the shape of a flower.       
Much below the knees so my mom doesn’t holler;
Would you hurry-up please, I’ve only one hour.

Seeing as that flower was...

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There once was a lass from Kalamazoo
Who got a large Mickey Mouse tattoo
'Twas inked on her fanny
When she became a granny
It sagged looking more like Winnie The Pooh

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 1 (Shared) in John Freeman's "Choose Your Own...

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Where her obscure red rose tattoo was planted you would not believe it; near her bright
hazel batting eyes, above her left brow extending down to the tip of her nose.  
Her hair was auburn and unruly.  
She was daunting in hot pink and...

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Written by Gail DeBole
on March 7, 2020

Zeekie and Mildred were buds.
Neither thought the other a dud.
Friendship so true.
They each had a tattoo
As symbols of undying love....

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tribal tattoo
on the chin
ancient
sacred

ancestral ritual
inscribed for
pride
strength
protection

_____________________________
October 9, 2020


Poetry/Verse/Chin Tattoo
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1293-852-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France

Written for the Premier contest, One On The Chin
sponsor, Kai Michael Neumann

First Place...

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The indelible, inspirational 
lAid out hidden written inkling
wiThin a poem.
rooTs fertilized with the miracle grow, of the infrared info, view the verses of a valentine.
the cOpycatting of the method of the copyrighted piece.
the awEsome revelation one begins to see.
one musT read with acrostic eyeballs popping...

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Watercolor sketch
Of a dogwood flower on
Your sun-kissed shoulder
Sangria toned, calls my lips
Regret turns sweetness bitter

July 3, 2017...

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What makes us sluggish, unable to get moving

It's something to do with low pressure

Known to cause problems in migraine sufferers

Unavoidable, can't change the weather

Happily I can say I'm not one of those sufferers

But I sure can sympathize, my friends

Other than a few minor muscle aches...

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When love feels upside down and falling apart
From affairs that deal directly with your heart
We tend to over think them from the very start
Stuck in your head like a pointed dart
Looking for the right answer to jumpstart
The beauty in love that feels like art
Baby with...

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