Cleanliness Poems

Premium MemberThey speak of cleanliness

Strands of hairs on floors galore,

Papers and rags strewn over the tables,

Clothes on the sofa seats,hung on the chairs,

Cobwebs and spiders on the ceilings and walls,

Moldy food and vegetables in the kitchen,

Odors emanating from the washroom,

Cars dusty,air inside impure,

Courtyards and surroundings unkempt for days,

Garbage from the house dumped at the roadside,

Thrown on the drains, rills
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Categories: cleanliness, environment, religion, science, social,
Form: Free verse

neither cleanliness nor godliness do I abide

neither cleanliness nor godliness do I abide
rather yours truly doth thrive
on keeping the ethos, mythos,
and pathos of Pigpen alive
subjected to eternal
abomination, brutalization,
condemnation, damnation,
emasculation, humiliation, ostracization,
who one day envisions himself
as a decrepit solitudinarian
an aging long haired baby boomer,

(I seriously contemplate donating
about a dozen inches of straggly hair
to locks of love, hoping
a stylist makes house calls -
since
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Categories: cleanliness, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme


Wet and Wild

The shower is where we go to get dirty 
A domain of filthy activity & debauchery 
Together, we defile the sanctity of a shared space 
An exercise for the well versed 
Maneuvers that would make an acrobat blush 
Water droplets mark the beginning of sensual hurricane 
Swirled strokes to shake up the epicenter 
Gripping the
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Categories: cleanliness, analogy, conflict, romance, romantic,
Form: Free verse

Cleanliness

Your home is tidy
That's responsibility
A heart full of glee.
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Categories: cleanliness, family, happiness, heart, house,
Form: Haiku

Domestic Order

The kitchen's disinfected, the worktops squeaky clean,
The laundry's in the wardrobe and nothing's left in the machine.
The crockery is washed and dry, it's stacked in cupboards, looking neat.
There's just one nagging problem, I've got nothing left to eat!
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Categories: cleanliness, care, clothes, food, house,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberPandemic of Cleanliness

The office dust is gone…now his office is in disarray
The dust was two years thick…pandemic thick
So many papers, pairs of glasses, and miscellaneous
Carefully moved each item aside to lemon shine the desk
Not carefully enough, for his office is in disarray
The dust was stuck to shelves, blinds, and shadow boxes
The dust was two years thick…pandemic-sick
But…he can’t
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Categories: cleanliness, humor, husband,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCleanliness Kitten

Cleanliness Kitten was a professional cleaner and mom of the max.
She could clean with one paw nail while she dusted with harsh wax. 
A small mouse learned the hard way when he was boxed about.
Trying to stay inside a small dollhouse she was cleaning, no doubt.
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Categories: cleanliness, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberAn Old Comb

The old combs
Stay with me many years
Now I bought new combs too
But too lazy to use
I stay at home 
Especially during MCO
I seldom use mirror or comb
I use my hands to comb most of the time 
To tidy the short hair I cut myself
I'm too old to use comb often
I'm too lazy to bother appearance
Which
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Categories: cleanliness, fathers day, life, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAn Old Comb

The old combs
Stay with me many years
Now I bought new combs too
But too lazy to use
I stay at home 
Especially during MCO
I seldom use mirror or comb
I use my hands to comb most of the time 
To tidy the short hair I cut myself
I'm too old to use comb often
I'm too lazy to bother appearance
Which
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Categories: cleanliness, fathers day, life, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Rain

The rattles of the rain
Marching with rage
Like troops of soldiers
Raiding the land
The mountains
And the rivers 
Rush to erode the loose betraying sand
Rushing to form splashing flowery waterfalls
Wash away dirt and dust
Carrying away heat and pressure
The rattles of the rain
A music from the heaven
Fill the universe with freshness and cleanliness
And your heart with
The melodies of life
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Categories: cleanliness, heaven, music, rain,
Form: Free verse

Standard Cleanliness

J-ust
O-bliterate
N-asty
A-ilment

B-y
U-sing
S-tandard
C-leanliness
A-bating
T-he
O-utbreak

Topic: Birthday of Jona D. Buscato (June 09) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories: cleanliness, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Cleanliness of Humanity

J-eopardy
O-f
S-ilent
H-orror
U-ses
A-trocious

F-lu's
R-isk
A-s
N-ecessary
C-leanliness
O-f

H-umanity
E-liminates
R-abidity
R-ightfully
E-rasing
R-aging
A-ilment

Topic: Birthday of Joshua Franco M. Herrera (April 29) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories: cleanliness, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Cleanliness

N-ecessary
H-ygiene's
A-lcohol
L-ets
Y-our
N-otable

C-leanliness
O-bliterate
R-abidity
O-f
N-astiness
A-s
C-oronavirus
I-s
O-bviously
N-egated

Topic: Birthday of Nhalyn DL Coronacion (April 28) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories: cleanliness, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

I Dislike Litterers

I dislike litterers
I see them, the cow-like chewers
Always spilling and always littering
How can these large lifers be so reckless
The environment is helpless
I see them smear the earth
They are guilty of chocking their own breathe
They are litterbugs that deserve a nosebag
With jaws incessantly grinding
Munching and crunching
In my mind I am punching
In my mind I am emptying
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Categories: cleanliness, care, earth, earth day,
Form: Free verse

Death Uniforms Blue and White Stripes Cleanliness Godliness Slam

The uniformity of death

Blue and White

Fattened out with pin stripes

Until they did not resemble 

A single shred of humanity

A ghost in all but name

Shamed and maimed

Dead behind the eye's and soul

Destined for the showers

Where cleanliness,
Is next to godliness

Meant exactly that
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Categories: cleanliness, slam,
Form: Free verse

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