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Best Toothpicks Poems


The House Eaters
...1.
My grapefruit tanned
toothpicks
bow above
the five-day flattened
spot
in an olive shag carpet
tracing grandpa Leo's 
blueprint,
with one encapsulated
toe –
this is the femur, this is
t......

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Categories: toothpicks, angst, death, family, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member School Days
...(and long brown stockings) 

I detest these stockings,
they're coarse, brown and ugly.

I hate the garters more;
elastic circles that cut off 
circulation and fail to halt 
the laddering down......

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: toothpicks, angst, brother, children, clothes,
Form: Narrative
When the Ships Come To Berth
...Over the ocean's creed 
Lie in waiting with foreign breed.
Heavy metals laced the ocean's petals
En-route to the creek in cargoed cans.

Rice from the fields of Thailand,
Iced fishes from freez......

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Categories: toothpicks, people, men, men,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Potato Mountain
...Potato Mountain

I will arrive
an habitual escapee
from the rabbit warrens
of central planners

By ferreting north
in search of
breaks in the maze
rifts in the grid

I will follow
a stre......

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Categories: toothpicks, mountains,
Form: Free verse
Tanka This, That, Those and Them
...cat, dog, food, humor, mom, pain, summer,


I tripped over  feet
My shoe laces both came undone
Slid in my 'spilled' milk
Cut my finger on broke glass
My blood now was mixed in milk!

I sat ......

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Categories: toothpicks, cat, dog, food, humor,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Dragon Slayer, No
...Dragon Slayer! Dragon Slayer! Just say it isn’t so! Just Look at that cutesy face! 
Behind the scary teeth, fire, and smoke… Choke…Ah… he’s gentle to embrace!
Moody, sulky, get even-ish, is truly he.......

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Categories: toothpicks, fantasy, fun, funny, happiness,
Form: Light Verse



Christingle
...CHRISTINGLE

orange the world
flickering candle 
inserted
bloodred ribbon
encircles
four toothpicks
nailed fleshwound
spirited fruits earths
Truth
revealed
Christingle
death ......

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Categories: toothpicks, christmas, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Eating the Forests
...Ethiopia was easy to chew right through
African jungles taste delicious yum
Biodiversity treasure-troves devoured
No splintered aftertaste or toothpicks left
Eating Australia was a challenge
Don......

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Categories: toothpicks, abuse, conflict, food, identity,
Form: Free verse
The Nana Hex
...Every time I get happy
the Nana-Hex 
comes through.
A dog's canines 
change into chainsaws,
toothpicks turn into knives,
coral reefs diverge into dirty sponges,
a sandcastle into a mausoleum,
......

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: toothpicks, lost love, lovetime,
Form: Free verse
Chocolate Flavored
...Chocolate Flavored

Chocolate vodka, chocolate gum
Chocolate toothpaste to name some
Chocolate soda, jellybeans
Even chocolate shaving creams
Chocolate toothpicks, chocolate beer
Chocolate oxygen my ......

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Categories: toothpicks, chocolate, food, sensual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ordinary Toothpick
...The ordinary toothpick fills the needs of mankind
With a pick, pick, here, and a pick, pick there.

A little piece of stick with no holes, handles
Cords, plugs, tops, bottoms, insides, or batteri......

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Categories: toothpicks, conflict, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Grubbing
...Adjusting Appetizing Palates.
I have sampled the variety,
I am the one who has tasted life;
The one who has had a taste of life.
Rarely indulged in the main course-
Seldom a full meal-
I come h......

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Categories: toothpicks, appreciation, food, poetry,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Fantasy Over Rides Reality
...Hello?
I like to get six + 9 ??Are you??????
schlepping writer,?? natural body and laid-back vibe?? 
I'm all about therapeutic touch via nuts and life of bee dogged trees!

teasing with idealism......

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Categories: toothpicks, beauty, creation, desire, fantasy,
Form: Romanticism
Breathtaking Imperfections
...First class brains
Streets populated with them
Flaunting certificates--useless
Plus innate knowledge practical,
But unrecognised
 
Tightfisted bourgeois;
Alienated job opportunities
Reserved for own ......

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Categories: toothpicks, sad, class, class,
Form: Narrative
Cardboard Inflation
...A paper road and car of clay,
A garden made from pencil shaves;
With fields of crayon flowers drawn,
Beyond the shoebox house and lawn;
Old wax paper forms the boat,
That sails under a cardboard......

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Categories: toothpicks, business, life, places,
Form: Couplet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry