Clean Out Poems - Poems about Clean Out

For Felix

...I went to drink 
coffee at one of those 
cute little coffee-drinking 
places, and I couldn’t 
help but think of 
you. 

I tried 
not to. 

But then, 
the waiter/ 
barista/ whatever 
you ...

I’m just Saying

...So yall, here are some sayings. Some are from wayyyy back in the day, I’m talking ‘bout the 70’s up to current, and they all have meanings. Many of you may have heard them and know what they mean, wh...

Eulogy for a Crow

...I've made up my mind
going to clean out the attic today
leaving nothing but cobwebs behind...
photos of people without names
car seats -chrome tables - baby rattle snakes
dented pots and pans 
...

Weary Is My Mind

...Weary Is My Mind

I promise, I swear, I will never, I will always
That blaring sentiment of a pattering ghost that I detest
Among the empty hollowing of her mouth and eyelids
There lies darkness...

Ration

...Reality is rising out of the earth, mixing water with dirt, the children are playing in the mud from morning until sun down and the crisis in the street have disrupted the long awaited peace, and I p...

Ration

...Reality is rising out of the earth, mixing water with dirt, the children are playing in the mud from morning until sun down and the crisis in the street have disrupted the long awaited peace, and I p...

frog had played this game with toad before

...I could do the dishes
But then what would I do tomorrow? Asked toad
Frog did not want to distress or alarm him.
He listened.

I could sweep the junk off the kitchen floor.
But you would be bore...

what solution have you found

...I am a collector of worthless things
How they pile up I have no inkling
I clean out my junk drawer at two o’clock
It is crammed full of extra things by two fifteen.

Do others have this problem?...

Death cheated

...As shadows laid where none could go,
The dark sky etched fear in a scrawl,
Making hearts leap clean out of sight,
Silhouettes of danger scared all.
A gentle breeze whispered of fright,
Meanwhile...

In the smoke

...We wander in the smoke
Of the fires we never should have fought
But we thought we knew
A thing or two, about calamity
Having burned the world around us
So many times for such small reasons
That...

The Sky

...The Sky

The sky should give off a 
unique smell that tells us 
when to 
clean out 
long overdue unwanted items in 
our drawers.
...

Special Drink

...

   Special drink
   All frothy green and pink
   Only cost ten dollars
   Cheap don't you think
   Three or four a day if I had my way
   Can someone drive me to the store
   I just need on...

Life choices

...This is is the day
Where push comes to shove
To get what I want
I must rise above
Ignore all the people
Saying this saying that
I’ll use what you said 
For this motivational rap
You think you...

Sales Fifteen Dollars

...

   I like a special drink,
   All frothy green and pink!
   Three or four a day,
   If I had my way.
   Can someone drive me to the store?
   I just need one more.

   Momma said, "What is...

Pokemon Days

...
Not a whole lot going on today - 
guess I'll clean out my junk.  
Here's a rubber band around some cards 
on the bottom of my trunk.

I don't think Dan would want these Pokemon cards.
He's on...

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