Cupboards Poems - Poems about Cupboards

...I would make a museum of my mind Fill these musty halls with all my people Every girl who has walked my corridors To write her piece and paste it on the walls. Every plaque together, a mosaic......

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...The cupboards were bare. The stepmother said, “There’s not enough. Leave them instead.” Into the woods with crusts of bread, they were left to starve or end up dead. The world was cruel, ......

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...It began with a bargain on a winter night, When the cupboards were bare And hope sat idle in the corners. He came with frost on his collar, A gentleman adorned in a burgundy suit Polished al......

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...I do not like peanut butter, potatoes, cheese or chocolate said Hugh To other foods I suggested, he rapidly replied “ooooh”. I could tell by face, they were not a favorite in any way. This was an ......

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...UNBREAKABLE BOND. Whether I scored more or I scored less You’ve always had my back in all my mess. You taught me as a child to cross the road bravely But today too while crossing it, you hold ......

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...I could see him awkward, As he tried to walk her space, Give suggestions And results. After all it had always been her home, Even she did get confused on drawers, And cupboards sometimes. Imag......

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...Households unhitch, clapperboard hulls creaking - the sound of storm-lashed rigging, as washing lines and telephone wires twist netting loosening foundations. Where we once believed roots gripp......

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...{ emo music inspired poem } ELEPHANT WOMAN She is Elephant Woman you cannot hide from her in houses of brick or glass or lined velvet curtains whether it sits o......

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...Poetry Soup Premiere Contest winner MOTHER'S DAY poetry contest sponsored by Benjamin Bartley, April 2025 Morning starts early, before it gets light Opening cupboards, to see what’......

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...It's due... So what am I going to do? The funds have gotten low And the flow has been slow And I just don't know... But I got to keep the lights on I got to keep the water running Nothing ......

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...If we’d known where to look we would have seen it coming. It was out there in the distance growing closer all the time. Relentlessly approaching, there is no use in running. Eventually it catches ......

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...I am not your friend, my friend. I see the grease on your hands, dark with the blood of the streets, palms cracked from gripping lies too tight. I am not your ally, chief. Your promises rot in......

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...I keep my dog’s talents all to myself An organizer, he puts things on a big shelf Files my taxes, sends them in too. Taking as a reward my husband’s left shoe. He sorts my cupboards, and my lar......

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...2025.1.28. Chinese New Year Eve. Tonight, all Chinese and Asian, Busy to celebrate the lunar new year. The entire house has been thoroughly clean, From floors to ceilings, In the cupboards, and......

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...ALUTA CONTINUA : FORCED REMOVALS ( Poet’s Note : I’m posting this poem here as a South African history student recently asked to interview poet on Forced Removals. I read this poem which he enjoy......

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