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Carpenters Poems - Poems about Carpenters

my favorite songs

...The playlist of a musicophile:

Air Supply - Two Less Lonely People
America - Lonely People
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
Barry Manilow - I Made It Through The Rain
Barbra Streisand -...
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Categories: carpenters, music, nostalgia,
Form: List

Wood as gold

...Wood polished so bright to mimic gold,
Its yellow coat glitters in the sun,
May even fetch a high price when sold,
And still be cherished in the long run.

Like a flawless gold that flaunts grea...
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Categories: carpenters, beautiful, beauty, nice, pride,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberTreasure of Tape

...measuring
masking
duct
Scotch
painters
carpenters
tape

tapeworm
tape firm
tape recording
tape rewarding

wordplay
word say
tape...
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Categories: carpenters, word play,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberUNAFRAID OF PETERS HITMAN OR HIS KKK KNIGHTS IF COLUMBUS

...THREATS FROM MAFIA HITMAN FROM DETROIT FAKING HIS DEATH TO IMPERSONATE MY FATHER THE SON OF A MASONIC TEMPLE MEMBER 33 AND 3RD CHICAGO CHAPTER DUR TO PETERS GARGANO TIES TO MILWAUKEE DRUG OPERATION H...
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Categories: carpenters, allah,
Form: Naat

Premium MemberWe Are All Friends

...I am my own confidant  
I breathe with my own lungs  
I learn with my own mind  
I chose a partner with my own heart
Although I still depend on other necessities
Food and rice are cultivated by ...
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Categories: carpenters, friend, peace, war, world,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberLovelorn Lady Listens to the Oldies

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“What Does It Take to Win Your Love for Me?”       
A golden oldie’s lyrics—soulful, sad—
blend with my thoughts on love I thought we had,
but I saw only what I wished to see.
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Categories: carpenters, emotions, music,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberMeasure twice Cut yourself

...I once worked with two carpenters
who could never agree on anything.  
One would measure the length
The other would intentionally cut it wrong.  
The end result was
they never accomplished anyth...
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Categories: carpenters, humor, political,
Form: Free verse

Sappho Translations VII

...Sappho Translations VI by Michael R. Burch


Sappho, fragment 52
translation by Michael R. Burch

Yesterday,
you came to my house
to sing for me.

Today,
I come to you
to return the favor...
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Categories: carpenters, desire, heaven, house, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium Membertheir music is loud

...The workmen are here again today rebuilding our porch.
Their country western music is loud and proud
Cranked up to ear-drum-breaking levels.
I hear it in every room of my house and they are outsid...
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Categories: carpenters, music,
Form: Free verse

Premium Membershabby chic doorway

...the found map led me to an
asymmetrical doorway, created by an artesian
I wondered at the builder as I approached
the boards were placed diagonally
skillset many carpenters have not mastered
I k...
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Categories: carpenters, house,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRefining Consciousness

...Line of enquiry:
Instrumentalising mind, I rested thought
employing it only when needed
shifting to heart, I became self-taught
gentling touch, voice of conscience heeded.

Intellect and intuit...
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Categories: carpenters, allusion, introspection, perspective,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberSo Toolish!

...As years have passed and I’ve amassed
More tools than I know I need,
I have to stress that I’m impressed with
The roles and goals they fulfill.

I love the hours with power tools
And hand-held ...
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Categories: carpenters, character, integrity, truth, wisdom,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberYou Were Always On My Mind

..."On the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true, so they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue" - part of...
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Categories: carpenters, love hurts,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberNazarene

...Mingled with the rural soil of Nazareth, he laboured
He played with the rustics, who were quarrelsome yet loving.
Farmers, carpenters, ironsmiths, weavers, and the shepherd
These were teachers fro...
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Categories: carpenters, jesus,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberLooking At Things From A Different Prospective

...I can understand Cowgirls
And some are real cows
But 'Cowboys'?
Shouldn't they be Bullboys?
Why did they call the chimp
On Tarzan 'Cheater'?
I wouldn't play cards
Did Williams Tell spill the b...
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Categories: carpenters, howl,
Form: Free verse

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