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Hand Me Down Poems - Poems about Hand Me Down

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Hands
...A hand hangs down like a bunch of keys, Like a tassel on a curtain tie, Or a hand of bananas on a tree. Fingers touch and pry, Feel and prod, Point and scratch; And hands can open, shut them,......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, friendship,
Form: Free verse



If You Believe
...What if you die with no knowledge you’re dead in the ground or the oven no tears to be shed What if you die with the door closing tight memoriam ended devoid of the light But what if you di......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member No Fanfare
...Bluebird, sweetheart, where are you? Two words I want to say, I do Boho, laid back, no frills day Denim jackets all the way The way you wear yours so in style Hand in hand walk down the......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Sunday's Cold Feet
...Sunday's cold feet My mind can go out for a journey It will relate to things I've seen and fill in the gaps how I would if I couldn't see As I see things I see no good and I see no bad I need n......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, betrayal, humanity, introspection, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hand Me Down
...Must morning return so soon? her hand-me-down haste, & moth-eaten bloom, grieves for the rain, of last night's pour, but, I still taste, the petrichor, dancing, on my tongue. ......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, introspection, memory, metaphor, morning,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Kicking Tires
...Kicking Tires So that is next year’s model, is it now? The vintage being deftly moved aside. I feel oddly sorry for them both, and how Her sleekness won’t survive the filthy ride. The vintag......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, vanity,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member The last Generation
...Thinking about the good old days Reminiscing for a little while Some memories made me happy, some made me sad Some brought a tear and some brought a smile And I wondered Were we the last generat......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member ON THE CUSP OF BECOMING
... Every so often, my mind wanders back to the summer of my youth, where a specific memory awaits. Having completed my first year at University, I’ve come home. My younger brother John, fiftee......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, age, brother, future, growing
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Your Hand Reached Down
...??Isaiah? ?59:1?-?2? ?NIV?? [1] Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. [2] But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, faith,
Form: Free verse
A Breathing Love
...Those that I now love are the dead who yet live on. They are no longer memories, but dwell under the rib cage of this world. Their lungs breathe in and out magnifying every iota of creation ......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, poetry,
Form: Free verse
dis appears
..."dis appears" once The Great; the greatest to have ever been the best slight of hand hands down ever seen but a magician is tragic for without magic is only now known as ian......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, color,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Jim Crow's Demise
...Hello. I was born after the Civil War and met my fate after much civil unrest. You may have never encountered me, but some things you might already know. My name is Jim Crow, and I was born and lived......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, race,
Form: Prose Poetry
A First Car
...Books stacked in the floorboards, her breath on polished glass Together you would drive, skipping yet another class Playing hooky in a hand-me-down, if only it could last The memory of he......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, lost love,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member Haven
...In a tree is a nest of baby birds who parents tend to every demanding need. The babies peep and peep when hungry, but are just helpless otherwise. Home was made in an old tree with a nest within th......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, faith, nature,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Calm Waters
...Harbour your vessel in the sea of life In calm water or safe shores Avoid wild raging ocean storms Keep your vessel safe and secure Wild weather and furious waves Vessel control you may lose ......Read the rest...
Categories: hand me down, life, metaphor, sea,
Form: Rhyme

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