Best Wrinkle Poems

Written on 9/26/2022
Updated on 9/27/2022
by Gail DeBole

The young boy was watching his mom
Straighten sheets on his bed with her palms.
He began scratching his head
Looked at the floor and his bed
And seemed to be mildly alarmed.

The young boy who was not quite four, 
Said, “The wrinkles...

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Woven lines patterned like the black widow's silk. 
Resting upon the face and the hands.
Insidious, the crow perches on skin once like milk.
Nestled in laugh lines, the years' stark demands.
Kings and Queens reign, then they, too, grow old.
Looking back at all the scavengers stole.
Each wrinkle...

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Loneliness is: standing on a crowded street corner, 
invisible, unheard. 
Softer than a rose petal, your tears fall on satin cheeks, unnoticed.
Each tear an interpretation. 
Falling, unheeded, liquid sadness. 
A ghost in a city filled with life, 
destined to walk among the living. 

Each step...

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rest at last ~ beyond the age of beauty



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Wrinkle, wrinkle, dress white shirt,
stains are gone; it’s rid of dirt.
But the crumpled, rumpled look
needs some shaking, so I shook.

How to iron, I did not learn.
If I tried, your shirt might burn;
wear a jacket, do not fret.
Wrinkles vanish when you sweat.

When you take it off,...

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NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: wherever you see a (B) inserted in the 
narrative, just do a proper breathing of in and out, pause and then
read the next part . 

RELAX YOUR FACE CLOSE YOUR EYES AND OPEN YOUR MEMORY. 
REMEMBER THE PLACES YOU'VE BEEN AND...

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The little star 
That shines alongside the Big Dipper 
The one that gets unnoticed 
And never seems to want to wink 

Is like the big star 
That shines alongside the Little Dipper 
It gets overlooked 
When the Little Dipper starts to blink...

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Wrinkle

Wending through time's wrinkle
With a wink and a smile
Warped and slightly askew
Wandering rabbit holes
Winds blow just off-kilter
Wardrobe, witch and lion 
Whimsical fantasies

Dedicated to C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle and Lewis Carroll

5-10-21
Contest Pleiades W
Sponsor: Kim Merryman...

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At night I slather on my face
An anti-wrinkle cream
So it can make me youthful
While I toss and turn and dream.

Of course it doesn't work and yet,
This ritual remains,
With just the manufacturer 
To really make some gains.

Surprisingly, I saw an ad 
(Full-page, The New York Times)
That...

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I have discovered a great way
To get wrinkle free skin
I just eat as much as I want
And the fat fills them in...

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Before I go to bed at night,
I slather on my face
Some creamy goop that promises
My wrinkles will erase.

Of course it doesn’t work, or else
We’d all look twenty-one.
There’s no way to remove those lines
Once aging has begun.

And yet those products sell like mad
‘Cause every woman’s dream
Is...

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Days are long,
But soo short
Wasting precious time
With complaints of boredom
Where does irony lie?

Thriving toward a great tomorrow
I sit conforming to society
While the days are long
I melt within a wrinkle

Time moves soo fast
Yet I beg for speed
Crying as the years compile
I wish to be a kid...

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There is a wrinkle in Wyoming
A sparkling fold in Old Japan
There’s a crease in Alabama
North Carolina has lost a man.

Iowa’s cornfield are all on fire
And Georgia has slipped away in the sea
Bolivia is under siege, feeling dire.
Puerto Rico’s colors have turned gray as can be.

There...

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Its dark,,thoughts deep dipped
Taking a stroll but I wanna ride
To go so far that my feets tire
To do it so fast that my thighs burn up
All the more my butt builds

Excruciating lashing wind I crave
Creating a path on the blinding fog
Past the wind by the...

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I have a few whys that really bother me
like why when it rains do I pee frequently?
Why do some people enjoy wearing wigs?
Why do some men act like pigs?
Why don't cars have more of a buffer?
Why do people have to suffer?
Why do certain fabrics crinkle?
Why...

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