Clean Sweep Poems | Examples

having you on my mind is good clean fun

having you on my mind is good clean fun
nothing ever matters when you are there
i am so glad i listened to God telling me you are the one
meeting you has been a true breathe of fresh air

i love how you inspired me to change
i admire your genuinely sincere belief in me
i appreciate you elevating my mind at such a broad range
i am inspired by how much you fill my heart with glee

happy tears fall from my eyes as i watch you sleep
i honestly never think that i deserve you
when i earned your heart and your love, it felt to me like a clean sweep
the top shelf of my mind will eternally preserve you

the apex of my existence is your beautifully amazing presence
Divinely Solidified I Am Being Blessed By Your Amazingly Angelic Effervescence
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Buzzword and Slang Footles

Coal face 
disgrace 

Bad vibes 
from tribes

Dark art
at heart

Big deal
surreal

Uptight 
yeah right 

Sky high 
my eye

Who knew 
boohoo 

My god 
that’s odd

not half 
a laugh

High five 
alive 

Stock phrase 
daft craze 

Buzz word 
absurd 

Smart tek
brain wreck 

Sour pus
missed bus

High horse 
off-course 

Slow coach 
cockroach 

Big cheese 
feels squeeze

Sore thumb
by gum

Hells bells 
death knells

Fast lane 
Insane 

Bored stiff 
with gif

Calm down 
you clown 

Joe soap
might cope 

John dough
skid row 

Jackpot 
great scott

Long run 
such fun

Clean sweep 
knee deep

Bon mot
for show 

Quick quip
takes dip

False dawn
a yawn

Created and posted : 10th October 2022 for Brian Strand contest
Form: Footle


Horn Olympics Hammer Hiaku

Horn Olympics Haiku 

Olympics theme song;
When I would have a hammer,
This was what we need.

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn

Hope this will humor you and USA 
ends  up with a clean sweep.

Wonder who out there are
curling fans. I remember 
a Carling beer that probably
no longer exists.
Form: Haiku

No Roof For Reindeer Dub Bull File

parents or other nemesis with glare
ring (smoke emitting nostrils),
     an idyll escape for this heir
to the throne of the mountain king,

     (lion share of original tract
     kept by Donald Neilson empire)
     this make believe verdant submerged lair
unwittingly left gaping hole,

     when Gambone Brothers
     industrial machinery voraciously
     made clean sweep,
     without a trace of former imp pier
     real resilient stately structured heart
     of "Glen Elm" could no longer rear

the well built “grand Etta face dame”  
     helplessly, holistically humbly
     brought to her knees 
     (gory detail aye will spare),
nonetheless more 
     than one pearl jammed shaped tear

trickled down chafed
     sad reddened cheeks,
     whose head must veer
away asper thine subsequently
     blotted out never never never land

     eclipsed by transient rubble,
     thence vinyl city (dis) graced sacred space,
no doubt a great ache,
     when Saint Nick sought
     sought in vain for
     324 Templed throne every where!

Tour of Duty

In honor of Remembrance Day and those that serve. 

Tour of Duty©

I awaken from a fitful sleep
One where slumber was not very deep

The night before after counting many a sheep 
My eyes closed and they did meet

A dream was had that made me sneep
You and I were there in a jeep

As I mentioned another tour you said nary a peep
But in your eyes I capture “what the bleep”

We both know the long stay at an outkeep
The enemy would be nearby and they are prone to creep

The sacrifice again would require a big leap
Is this a mistake or am I being wheep

Once again into our love my duty does seep
For a promise I knew I could not keep

Is the price for going to war really this cheap
The returns not guaranteed and the climb out steep

Or maybe we need to stop and make a clean sweep
And throw our relationship onto the scrapheap

Hearing those words make us both weep
For a promise I knew I could not keep

Andreas Simic©
Form: Rhyme


Land of In-Between

Land of In-Between

Let me take you on a journey, to the land of In-Between,
In reality it doesn’t exist, but yet so often, have I been.
Natural Blue skies and Crystal-clear waters, reflecting translucent light,
Sounds of nature, unpolluted and clean, perfect by day and by night.

The Land of In-Between is a kind of Meditation,
Like a mind in Twilight, neither awake, nor asleep.
A catnap, a daydream, relaxed and rested,
Time to clear your head, an emotional clean sweep.

Enjoy the moment, enjoy the calm,
Before dreams take over, reprising turmoil.
Tomorrow will bring another long day,
Rat Race, Madness, Grunge and pointless toil.

Premium Member Top of the Heap

John John and I are like two peas in a pod
Limerick masters, pretty hard to dislodge
The top of the heap
A real clean sweep
Guess you could say we're limerick gods
Form: Limerick

Safe Spot

go spot no spot stop
                      light is red now green I scream
                              dashing in and out
                      a clean sweep he lifts and bounce
                      tail wagging his ball retrieved 


       T Reams
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Muse Burning

Muse’s raging fire burns, 
though it’s time to sweep 
out her attic; to make changes.
Her attic is full of silvery webs; 
time to clear them away; 
new ideas, must be born.

The act of being re-born, 
makes the creative fires burn.
The old must be cleared away; 
given a good sweep.
Clear out the musty cob webs 
and create your changes.

Every single new born, 
comes to this world of change; 
they weave their little corner web, 
of progress  of which, their passion burns.
This great creative sweep; 
clears the dirt and scraps away.

Muse flies away 
on the winds of change.
Muse’s wings, sweep 
the skies and new ideas are born.
Her passion fire burns 
best, when free of old stale webs.

Cob webs and spider webs 
are all gone away.
Creative fire burns; 
spread by the winds of change.
Come and be reborn; 
within a self-expressive sweep.

The sacred sweep, 
removes all webs, 
to make room for newborns.
Sweep away; 
create your changes, 
with soul-fire’s holy burn.

Make your clean sweep; be reborn.
Weave new webs, with the power of change.
Just fire your ideas away and watch the after burn.
Form: Sestina

If I Were To

If I were to pray to God every hour
Would he fill my spirit with much power?
And then take away all of my greed
Should fill me only with what I need.

I want to have energy and endurance
God will give me His blessed assurance
And in times of tiredness and distress
Gives me His love in place of loneliness.

God all of these things to me has granted
And more flowers in my yard have planted
Swept and brushed off walkway with a broom
After hearing thunder when it went boom.

Everything has been a clean sweep.
Form: Couplet

Clean Sweep

sheltered beneath doom
straw dust evading the broom...
swirling thunders boom
Form: Haiku

The Ashen Raindrop

Volcanic spat and gracefully fleeing,
 clawing free from cloying breath.
Flame and fire, bolt and thunder
Lofty pride puffs its wheezing lungs.

Pumice stone, hiss possessed,
Soar and tumble, spew and tremble,
pyroclastic gush, clean sweep scrapes
Its hellish gush claws the land.

As pumice specks float on layers new,
Tumble- turn- spin, climbs to climes.
Clouded cold as tears cling to specks,
And weighted grief drags them down.

Freefalling grace and rainbow hewn,
Falling to destruction and soft explosions.
They assault the growling beauty beast,
As its serpents hiss rages at rest.

Exporting

That kind of kiss and runoff.
Why don’t you concede to the fraud ?
It was a haunted dilemma,
kidnapping of a verdict.

Dinosaurs were wiped out
by a clean sweep of a meteorite
long back, millions of years. Now,
present ones, tiny reptiles

still survivng in water, air and
earth by active faults.
The  great Indian Bustard was again
sighted in a poor man’s field.

Are you a moon friendly ?
I am dispossessing all my domestic clouds.



Satish Verma

Premium Member After the Storm

Watching the deer in the front yard

Tiptoeing through the wet grass.

Out from their hiding places

Now that the storm is over.

Bits of blue peeking through

Cloudy skies.

The air so fresh and clean.

The storm...nature's clean sweep,

Over for now.

1 Asterisk*

An officer in his car patrolling the streets
Protecting the city while it sleeps
But be advised, there is one
Whose deviant acts are never done

Do not think they cannot see
The treasures that belong to the loved ones of thee
They wait for the most unexpected time
To carry out their egotistical crime

Then comes a loud bang that brings you sheer fright
You are asleep at home, in the middle of the night!
You are scared and you wonder ‘What is there to do?’
Call that lone officer, he will come to you

When the officer arrives, the criminal is concealed
But this is the specialty in the officer’s field
He makes sure that the citizen is safe and secure
And to make sure no injury or trauma was endured

The officer calls for backup, but none is en route
For a moment this causes confusion and doubt
He begins a clean sweep of the building alone
With no radio, partner or a cellular phone

Suddenly a shadow in front of him appears
He draws his weapon and draws the criminal to tears
After arresting the criminal and doing a frisk
The officer realizes there truly is, ‘One asterisk’
Form: Rhyme

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