Closet(A) Poems

The Art of Compromise

...
    A spot on my shirt-cuff 
      a stain on a bathmat
    In the back closet, a pile of stuff
      a litter trail leads to the house cat

    A chip in the mirror in the hall
      a sligh...

Safe Place

...The large iron safe
has an old-fashioned locking system,
levers need to be pulled,
dials twisted, knobs turned
back and forth.

It is a closet, a room
to enter and lock behind you.
It is tall...

Whispers In the Dark

...What's hiding in my bedroom?
Dark evil spirits of the night.
Always lurking in the shadows, 
Forbidden to breach the light.

Constant whispering while I sleep,
Ever tormenting restless dreams.
...

As I Was Praying In My Closet a Bird Was Praising God Outside My Window Also-

...On this day mine Morning Prayer
While I was in my prayer closet
There was a bird outside before dawn light
Outside my house talking/singing to God
The whole duration of my praying over on...

Jigsaw

...She was bored with the TV and with her book
With puzzles too the same she was never unstuck 
Needed something that would occupy her mind
When upstairs in the closet a jigsaw she did find

Over a...

Cardboard Box

...A C A R D B O A R D B O X
                             C A N B E T H E B E S T TO
                             Y F O R A N I M A G I N AR
                             Y T W O Y E A R O L D ASA
  ...

A Memory of Useful Things Now Hidden Away In My Closet-

...What's in the closet
Betty Davis old wired hanger
in the upper left hand corner spiders web
on the floor by the baseboard a mouse hole
and on the closet shelf an folded up patch quilt ...

Naked and Afraid

...each of us is naked inside our clothes left as a tender rose as you suppose
an untimely gift so you get my drift in a center from the mind you got this
a tender swept deal amidst the pain zero in o...

Whispers of Mystery

...Flutters…
         the butterflies, a parachute of rainbow light
             leaping from her pulse, her blond hair buoyant
          heavenly honeysuckle wafting, immersing him
the daub of ...

Rocky

...each of us is naked inside our clothes left as a tender rose as you suppose
an untimely gift so you get my drift in a center from the mind you got this
a tender swept deal amidst the pain zero in o...

Abandon

...She had been Mrs. Gallopi for twenty years
many times the name itself causing her tears
she knew Frank her husband was a mafia mercenary
landing many foes of his in the cemetery

She explained w...

In My Mind a Manikin

...In My Mind A Manikin

In my closet a manikin will find
Always remaining in my mind;
Memory like her will never forget;
Though now gone and do regret.

She always has been self-sufficient
With...

My Daughter's Prayer Closet

...My Daughter’s Prayer Closet (A poem by Jesus)

My daughter’s prayer closet is ever-changing
First it was her van
Then it was her basement floor
Then it became a summertime meadow at dusk
Then i...

The Window

...
reluctantly I look through the window
children playing, their laughter
refreshes memories

hanging in the closet a little coat
its owner no longer plays
pain her new companion

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A Fire Hazard To My Soul

...There are perfumed letters from you                                                                                             On the top shelf of the hall closet                                    ...

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