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Couches Poems - Poems about Couches

Premium Member Just Give me Paints and Some Brushes
...just give me paints and some brushes, the little girl said. She had drops and drips all over her face and her head. Her overalls were saturated with paints in reds and blue. What else could we do?......

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Categories: couches, art,
Form: Rhyme
The day a poet didn't die-III: The experiment
...Blasphemy, truly— To treat a poem like lab equipment. Smearing souls on damp napkins, scribbling overwrought sorrows. We are sacred, young lady. Vessles for disciplined sociopaths and occasi......

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Categories: couches, extended metaphor, me, metaphor,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Premium Member Charlene wants new everything
...Charlene has to have everything new New light fixtures, new carpeting, new furniture She tosses out six-month-old couches as if they are lice-ridden I see her dragging things to the dump she had t......

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Categories: couches, woman,
Form: Free verse
MULBERRY TREES AND BUTTERFLIES
...MULBERRY TREES AND BUTTERFLIES Don’t go back to heavy sleep dwell in the wakefulness of I AM THAT I AM here mulberries and butterflies beckon across filtered fences which you can comely cl......

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Categories: couches, butterfly, change, color, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member boxes are for burning
...We get approximately three boxes a day in deliveries My husband is the ultimate order-machine He takes more stuff back than most people order I am sure UPS knows his name now These boxes stack ......

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Categories: couches, life,
Form: Free verse



Behind the Facade: The Real Borga Borga Story
... The infamous Borga Borga! Kings of self-deception, lords of make-believe, and emperors of "I've got it all together"! They travel to far-off lands, where the streets are paved with gold (or so......

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Categories: couches, africa, anti bullying, art,
Form: Spoken Word
Behind the Facade: The Real Borga Borga Story
... The infamous Borga Borga! Kings of self-deception, lords of make-believe, and emperors of "I've got it all together"! They travel to far-off lands, where the streets are paved with gold (or so......

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Categories: couches, africa, anti bullying, art,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member wise dogs nap
...My dogs like to find hidey holes Putting their backs against couches Curling themselves into dark corners Sleeping where they can, when they can Wiser than most humans......

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Categories: couches, dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member luxurious hotel lobby in 1962
...New Orleans’ 1962 ostentatious hotel lobby extravagant crystal fluted chandeliers highly polished walnut counter tops opulent Italian marble floors plush scarlet velvet cushioned couches swankly......

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Categories: couches, history,
Form: Free verse
Couches and Couches
...I sat upon couches and couches To search for a new one to buy, Yet each had a negative aspect, Though my husband gave each one a try. Some had shapes that I didn’t approve of, Others colors t......

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Categories: couches, today,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sweet Competition between Wives
...Mrs. C and Mrs. H. had a little competition They did not call it that, but their husbands knew. It was a baking challenge, not featured on TV. and their men benefited big time from it. Mrs. C. ......

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Categories: couches, food,
Form: Free verse
Tedeschi Trucks Band
...Econo Lodge sign High On Its Pylon Best we can do For you Tedeschi Trucks To put a moon in the sky Over this interstate interchange Jammed with cars and a de......

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Categories: couches, emotions, giving, music, song,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member But Plumbers Cost So Much
...Sump pump is broken Constant water run Plumbers cost money Homeowner is sad Waits a bit too long The basement floods Ruins couches Bedding thrown out Salvage nothing Expensive Life less......

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Categories: couches, water,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Premium Member Tornado
... wild wind whipping trees bend and thrash leaves rudely torn off gardens trashed blackening skies presage the storm rain drops attack and hail pellets form shattering glass in windows a......

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Categories: couches, nature, rain, storm, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Split
... So, can you afford this place by yourself? Yeah, I did the maths. ­Okay, I’ll take the washing machine, you take the couches. You're kidding, the washing machine was a pre......

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Categories: couches, goodbye, humor, woman,
Form: Free verse

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