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Dishes Poems - Poems about Dishes

DISHES
I'm the vibes, they're the vipers I give healing, them keep killing Words my medicine, call me words smith Deceit and betrayal their weapons I call them cobra, them are snitches. I'm the owner Them the controller I always act like I own or know nothing They're so ruthless Acting like they own or know it all. I'm the completer They're the...

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Categories: dishes, africa, children, community, confidence,
Form: Narrative
daddy does the dishes now
Daddy Does the Dishes Now Verse 1 Daddy does the dishes now And straighten my dresser drawers. He always lets the dog out Before he mops the floor. He knows he’ll have to let him in Before he runs astray. Daddy does the dishes now That, momma has gone away. Chorus: My Mamma went to heaven to see her mamma there. Daddy says she won’t be back But, we...

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Categories: dishes, guitar, lost love,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Dishes
I've always hated having to do all of the dishes... Though it is what I will do after fulfilling my own wishes. Of course alone or with someone, I must do the dishes....

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Categories: dishes, life,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Dirty Dishes Blues
I went to my kitchen, and what did I see All my dirty dishes, looking back at me I got dishes - I got them dirty dishes No matter what I say, no matter what I do I got them - dirty dishes blues My babe come to see me on a Friday night She looked in my kitchen and said,...

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Categories: dishes, feelings, home, introspection, music,
Form: Lyric
Walks and Dishes
Dishes are piling. I go on a walk, instead. It rains, but… It can’t hurt me, like the scalding water from the sink.. Watching puddles grow. Worrying. If I wait long enough, maybe the dishes will disappear. If I wait long enough, maybe my house will disappear. But dishes are always there. They say walks are healthy. And chores too. I go back home, to bed. I...

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Categories: dishes, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member White Jackets and Candy Dishes
They offer no rope nor traction. Following a prolonged icy tongue-blast a slow slide into the greasy crevasse where lie, soul stiffening white jackets. There seems to be infinite oceans of infinite critics- vast deserts without an oasis of empathy. Powers that be will steal the last of the cherries leaving mountains of bluish pits and pluming death. Drunk clowns are juggling our...

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Categories: dishes, anti bullying, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Daydreaming and Dishes
To write a song. I have to be famous. But first I have to start a band. And learn to write music. But I don’t have friends. I don’t have anyone. I don’t have anyone who would want to start a band with me. I’m listening to my favorite song right now. Daydreaming and it’s a horrible, sad daydream. I’m doing the dishes. But the...

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Categories: dishes, angst, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member LIBRARY DISHES I AM FULL LIKE A PAGE IN A BOOK I AM AN OPEN BOOK-
Like a page in a book Turn the page, turn the page Every step that we walk minimum two feet Print ink marks letters, words and phrases I am so thirsty I drink those letters daily As I place my left and right hands together I eat the silence I am confessing I am full of library dishes LIBRARY DISHES I AM FULL...

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Categories: dishes, analogy, dedication, how i
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Mother Loves Washing Dishes
I could find nothing amusing or redeeming about washing dishes. I watched my mother, loving it, and wondered about her sanity. What is it about dish washing that you like? I finally asked. It is a labor of love, it shows I care about my family, she said. This was an idea that had not occurred to me ……..ever. Now...

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Categories: dishes, mom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In Praise of Washing Dishes
With hands immersed in suds and water warm, I stand before the sink, humbled vassal, To plates and dishes, grease and grime the norm, My task to cleanse this polychromed passel. Each cup I cradle with a gentle pinch, Their curves and corners, every angle blessed, Rinse them speckless, my soapy palm a winch, A chore completed, my service at rest. For though...

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Categories: dishes, encouraging, humanity, perspective, power,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Animals Clean Dishes With Their Tails
Left with the dishes the animals used their tails. They used their scratchy tongues and they used their nails. Which would be okay if some had not had rabies. The hen had chicken pox and the fox had scabies. They were irritated that the washing landed on them. So, they did the worst job, I heard from Uncle Clem. They never...

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Categories: dishes, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Love To Wash the Dishes
I love to wash the dishes I do it everyday Washing dirty dishes Darlin it’s OK It’s better than OK I wash them all by hand It’s always spontaneous Never is it planned Tend to wash the cutlery Twice or even more Always do this first The greatest washing chore Glasses and cups Are second to make clean To make them sparkle, with no stains Drinking mugs pristine Then I...

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Categories: dishes, work,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Broken Dishes -
Kitchen berated glass cups and saucers While in the dishwasher metal forks spoons knifes Soaking and scrubbing is not an option Just throw away the utensils Crushing the ceramic and glass china smashing it to bits And pieces turning it from plates saucers bowls Crushing, smashing them into find sand There ain't no running water no ways Broken Dishes 5/11/21 Written words...

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Categories: dishes, adventure, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dirty Dishes
Thank god for dirty dishes for they have a tale to tell. While others are going hungry, I'm eating very well....

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Categories: dishes, perspective, self,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Dishes
She rose from the table moving slowly to the sink. This was not her favorite time, too much time to think. Her body moved from memory now, the right bit of dish detergent, she must refill that bottle soon, moving the faucets to memorized positions, water streamed out on cue, precisely the right temperature,...

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Categories: dishes, care, character, home, mom,
Form: Prose Poetry

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