This Old BrushThis old brush would once brush cleanly
This old brush once smoothed my hair
This old brush once snagged a single strand
When I was kempt and fair
This old brush began to clog up
With the hair that it had pulled
This old brush was like a fur ball
Can my barnet be refuelled
Ain’t gonna need this brush no longer
Ain’t...
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Categories:
hair, parody, song,
Form: Rhyme
A Reflection on That Time I Let My Husband Cut My Hair
He said he’d watched a tutorial.
He said symmetry was a myth
fueled by Big Geometry.
I laughed. That was my first mistake.
My second was passing him the scissors
without asking him about his dominant hand.
(It was vibes. His hand was vibes.)
Snip.
He called it edgy. I called it
accidentally spiritual—
because seeing your own scalp
before coffee
is a kind of awakening.
He apologized...
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Categories:
hair, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Banner DayOnce, wild herds of elephants blew trumpets
as spiced tea and jam slathered crumpets
brightly declared the sun would shine soon,
snapping the spell of a thin crescent moon.
Like a child's prayer, out flowed golden hair,
turning nymphs to butterflies everywhere.
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Categories:
butterfly, child, hair, moon,
Form: Rhyme
A sundrenched spell
the sun's caress glitters off your sultry skin
while a balmy breeze caught in your hair gives way
deep in your eyes is where i want to drown
basking in the taste of summertime sorbet
posted on March 30, 2025
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Categories:
hair, longing, summer, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Afrocentricpassion for fashion
kinky hair halo for head
smiles styles black green red
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Categories:
hair, africa, america, appreciation, black
Form: Senryu
Terminator's Bad Hair Day
There once was a cyborg named Term,
Whose catchphrase, "I'll be back," did confirm.
He'd burst through a wall,
Ignoring the fall,
Then ask, "Have you seen John Connor, perm?"
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Categories:
hair, film, fun, hilarious, humor,
Form: Limerick
Joethere once was a fella named Joe
whose hairstyle's a wonky Afro
to the barber Joe went
Who repaired his head dent
Joe returned bald headed like Moe!...
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Categories:
hair, black african american, black
Form: Limerick
Little People In Your Hair
A stranger walked up and motioned to me
You have moving things in your hair
I felt and sure as there's a heaven above
There were five tiny folks living there
Invited them down and to join me
They reluctantly climbed onto my hand
The language they spoke wasn't english
It was foreign but I could still understand
I asked them how did...
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Categories:
hair, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Put Your Wig On!
“Put your wig on” kid was crying
Seems like mom can’t win for trying
Kid blew his lid seeing her hair
And his teary eyes blinded from stare
Social media ate it up viral it went
Moms luck was a wig she wore no sin
Poor little kid thinks mom is sick
Unless she keeps on her luxury wig!...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, child, hair,
Form: Rhyme
calm after storm, XXVpulse on the roots of my hair
spread on the bed
i ripped off my sheets to find consolation
my fingers bled
searched every corner for a crumb of freedom
the city stayed
saw the blinds shaken from the storm
my future is dead.
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Categories:
hair, dark, depression, freedom, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Tara McNeillTara McNiell -
your heart will steal,
once the lady fair
fiddles as flames fly through the air,
but it's only Tara's hair.
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Categories:
beauty, hair, music,
Form: Clerihew
Cat Baththorough grooming baths
our cat does administer
licks my son's hair clean...
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Categories:
hair, caregiving, cat, child, cute,
Form: Senryu
Threads of HairWith threads of your hair, you stitched up my soul,
Each strand a tether to moments unspoken.
I’d sit cross-legged, the floor cool beneath us,
While your hands worked through my tangles,
Carrying stories I was too young to know.
The oil, warm and thick, glistened in your palm—
Jasmine, sharp and sweet, filled the air between us.
Your fingers moved with...
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Categories:
hair, happiness, memory, mom,
Form: Free verse
Baldness CounselingBeware of the men in bald, they say.
You’ll see them everywhere.
They come in sizes, tall and short,
upon their heads, no hair.
The bald men come in thin, they say.
They also come in fat.
Their heads are found upon their necks,
often, underneath a hat.
It is much better, people say,
to have hair upon your head.
It doesn’t matter, the color,
be...
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Categories:
hair, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Snippets of LifeA snipping of scissors
The hum of the trimmer
The hollow sound of an AM radio
Idyll chatter
Kids, grandkids
The weather
A quick trim of thinning hair
Melancholy moments revisited
No appointments necessary
Just walk in
Sit down
Relax
…And wait
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Categories:
age, hair, men,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Hair Poems
Read wonderful hair poetry on the following sub-topics:
afro, black, bow, beauty, crazy, curly, funny, love, nappy, redhead, salon, short, straight, style, wild
and more.
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Poems Related to Hair
afro, beard, cowlick, eyebrow, eyelash, frizzies, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, mane, moustache, redhead, sideburn, split ends, whiskers, wig