Chores Poems - Poems about Chores

I want to write a poem today but the wood insists on ritual— Pledge and patience, lemon oil, a soft cloth circling what must be remembered. The coffee table’s judging me. The hutch has turned authoritarian. Even the banister is giving me splintery side-eye, and the bureau just rolled its drawers. My muse, naturally, has curled up in the dust bunny beneath the credenza, refusing to come...

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You seem a bit too Monday for someone who used to sway with much colour Wake, my dear, the day awaits, And with it comes white shirts the colour of mud and black jeans the colour of white shirts for you to wring and squeeze and wring – it’s a Saturday Pick your shoulders up from the floor, square them to the...

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If they were zombies. Who have no brains so they don’t care about what I’ve turned into… Maybe they’d be more likely, To come back for me. I’m not saying they don’t care. They just have to do the dishes that I forgot about. And vacuum the floor, sorry I never did that either. They are my...

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acid washed blue jeans hang on the rusty clothesline in the morning sun ...

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With each passing day, a thought engulfs me-- As to what remained of yesterday would become. Apparently the curtain moves, even with the morn. The sun burns, selfless in resolve to better the earth The buzz heard in silence all around to deliberate life. Here I am, up and about doing chores, routine work. The seclusion from daily disdain, practical thought Prepares...

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Do you really care? Sort out the black from white dress So we live in peace....

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Avoiding Chores for Poetry Mom’s folding laundry as muse pinches me sheets flapping with ink scolding I get beat from both sides unlined bedding is blessed the future shakes out Mom’s frown turns it upside down when she reads my best strike while the iron is hot and frame it give it to Mom in present ‘fore she passes away covered with a clean sheet no...

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In the Movie " lausia Seek Who Ah" a Damesel in distress and her lover are in a cave tied to the wall with gold chaiins. The woman loosenes herself from the chains and stands before her lover. Before they could speak a Dark Bearded top hat wearing man in a black cape and tight pants appeared. The woman began saying "leave him be: you fouled...

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Todays chores become tomorrow's responsibility...

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Just before the couple’s wedding day a young man told me about his plan How he and his wife would be equal no difference between the woman or the man All the chores like cooking and the cleaning would be shared equally by each one That way neither would have the burden and working side by side would be fun But after that...

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fast…work is done…slow quickly…cleaning…sluggishly a.m. & p.m. the angst anchored in stalling then accomplishing it all...

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Got to fix the car’s flat tire the grass needs to be cut All the gutters need to be cleaned and fix the gate that won’t stay shut Winterize the doors and windows wash the grime from the car Clean off the garage shelves just to find where all the tools are Pull the weeds out of the garden test the water in the...

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When I think about the LORD and His having a plan for my life,* I rejoice that He cares so much- His everlasting love so rife When a young girl on the farm Life was hard but it was charmed As children there were no stresses Lots of joy with little guesses We could come and go at will Over the valleys, through the...

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Food Place Chores By Maui Sanders Grating cheese Is the relationship Between mother and daughter Oh dear!...

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The heavens open up and the earth drinks desperately Waterfalls of cleansing rain wash this world of ours anew Drinking tea, I put a line through “wash car” on my to-do list...

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