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Doilies Poems - Poems about Doilies

Echoes of a Victorian Christmas
...Men in tailored suits and satin waistcoats, gold watches peeking out of their pockets, walked arm in arm with women in wide skirts ~ hooped, crinolined, elegantly sculpted. Their tigh......

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Categories: doilies, christmas, happiness, history, joy,
Form: Narrative
Gold Refined
...She is doilies, lace and class I am leather, oak and brass But when she slips her hand in mine Together, we are gold refined. ......

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Categories: doilies, love,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Remembering May Day Baskets
...May day baskets Created with crisp doilies Designed by excited giggling children Filled with wrapped candies and popcorn Left on porches Hear those running feet? The best part is not being caug......

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Categories: doilies, may,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Enjoying February
...January around the corner Once again I blink my eyes It has been replaced by February Will I still be here by March? Is this my last summer? I am not getting younger There is no fountain......

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Categories: doilies, february,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sedulous Priorities
...Specially caught shells and pearls, still lace is woven with worn fingers. The anointed ten, working together, crochet a web of intricate design. Shells on the sandy shelf satisfy, but d......

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Categories: doilies, beauty, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member making a vintage Valentines Day Box
...I collect the ingredients to make a fine valentines box lacy white paper doilies, silver gummy stars, vintage valentines a crisp new Sketchers Box in pristine shape Elmer’s glue, a stapler, marker......

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Categories: doilies, granddaughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member FITTED FOR MURDER
...BEING FITTED FOR MY MURDER WAS LIKE ANY OTHER DRESS FITTING WHEN I WAS LITTLE THE TAILOR SHOP WAS ALWAYS EMPTY AWAITING MY PERSONAL FITTING MY POP WENT FIRST WATCHED THE SEAMTRESS CAREFULLY MEASURE H......

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Categories: doilies, allah,
Form: Lento
Premium Member how many more slippers
...How many more slippers and mittens can Elvira knit? This was asked by her mother who was throwing a fit. She wanted to be a grandma, so wanted Elvira to get with it. But Elvira was now knitting ha......

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Categories: doilies, women,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Our Big Lunch
...God Save the King! So echoed round the village halls, the pubs, the streets the day our Charlie Prince was crowned. Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats. We celebrated with a rave, o......

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Categories: doilies, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cow Collection
...salt shakers galore table doilies silverware cookie cutters plates......

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Categories: doilies, desire,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Junk
..." One man's junk is another man's treasure" - author unknown To some, old collectables and antiques are nothing but junk, even heirlooms kept safely in their grandmother’s old trunk. They say an......

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Categories: doilies, beauty, history, memory,
Form: Rhyme
The Lady Who Wore Silk
...As I sit and gaze outside by the open door, Favourite classic poised once more, Pride and Prejudice, the Bennetts galore, O’ comforts of wealth, I wish for no more. Today, I entered the boudoi......

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Categories: doilies, desire, emotions, feelings, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Binding Book
...There is a book That only the dead may know Displaying man's deeds For LOVE to show Many tales are written Upon its pages By those who call themselves Philosophers, sages Just because its......

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Categories: doilies, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rose Tea With Miss Gladys
...Miss Gladys befriended me at church Invited me to her house for rose tea Her table was exquisitely set with lace and doilies Embroidered napkins, and beautiful flowers She put out the most gorgeo......

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Categories: doilies, women,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member May Day Back In the Day
...Back in the day we had a maypole on May Day We created May baskets out of doilies and construction paper I loved adding bits of ribbon, aluminum foil and glitter. We decorated them like Valentines......

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Categories: doilies, may,
Form: Narrative

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