Making Up
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I am playing with mommy’s make up
While she’s tired and putting her feet up
I’m supposed to be having rest too
But face painting’s a fun thing to do.
Mommy placed the curlers in my ...
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Categories:
blusher, beauty, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Painted Truths A Makeup Story
...She wakes, bare as morning light,
A face unframed, soft in sight.
Mascara lifts, lashes rise,
Eyeliner sharpens her guarded eyes.
Blusher blooms, cheeks come alive,
Contours shape what can’t s...
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Categories:
blusher, appreciation, beautiful, encouraging,
Form: Blank verse
Jack Frost’s Low Blow
...Jack Frost nibbled at my fingers
And he froze my toes
He put rouge on both of my cheeks
And blusher on my nose
He spread ice crystals through my hair
And on my eye brows too
He froze my moustac...
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Categories:
blusher, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
I Felt Like
...I felt like I was seven years old, when you came into my life. ...
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Categories:
blusher, birthday, car, easter, love,
Form: Free verse
Paint Is Paint
...Upon my brush I take bright pink paint, then rub it softly upon my canvas. This starts my h...
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Categories:
blusher, beauty, body, fun, sky,
Form: Free verse
Ragged
...All night, wind ragged as rain blew.
And the moon is seen as a squire view.
To be a mentor to the cutting wind.
In the sky, a single moon might askew.
Oh, hurry to the lake in t...
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Categories:
blusher, analogy, bereavement, community, confusion,
Form: Rubaiyat
A Little Memory-Spot
...When I was only seven and happy we moved
leaving my very best friend Spot behind
leaving a family member
I cried for many weeks
I missed my best friend Spot more each and everyday
brok...
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Categories:
blusher, child, cry, dog, family,
Form: Rhyme
Angels Come In All Shapes and Sizes
...(This dog was an angel in a fur coat)
Angels come in all shapes and sizes
this one was full of prizes.
An Easter gift,
oh! so soft and not stiff.
Boys got her at the pound, ...
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Categories:
blusher, angel, dog, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
My Favorite Animal Angel
...A rescue dog she would be, her halo was bright for all to see. ...
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Categories:
blusher, angel, car, color, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Perfection
...( Nb- I can assure the reader that this is in no way autobiographical- absolutely impossible)
Excuse me, madam, you're too fat
and Lady, you're too thin.
Your hair's not blonde cascading curls...
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Categories:
blusher, beauty,
Form: Light Verse