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Hosiery Poems

The Child

...A child lights our way in life...
The greatest gift there is to be.
They suppress our selfish inclinations...
They set our passions free.

They give sense to our mortality.
They put narcissism ...

Categories: hosiery, children, love, passion,
Form: Rhyme

Man On a Mission

...One late winter early spring I developed laryngitis
to the point I could only emit broken, raspy ,unintelligible barely perceptible noise.
 My kids and I had gone on a Sunday morning for donuts one...

Categories: hosiery, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Star-Crossed Implications

...She’s into sushi and sapiosexuals, 
Yogis with crystals, and vain intellectuals.
Just a flutter-by wisp with a thin portmanteau,
Who doesn’t believe what she’d rather not know.
Her porcelain feat...

Categories: hosiery, allegory, romantic,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Fish Net Stockings

...It was 1971, and I wore fish net stockings at the end of the school year 
I had no garter belt so I used knots but they soon fell to my ankles, Oh Dear ! 


December 1, 2021 

ps, This is a tru...

Categories: hosiery, humorous,
Form: Couplet

Fuzzy Socks and Crocs

...Puppeteer was what some say of this style.
Yet, what's wrong if it's my style for a while?

Crocs for cracks; some say with sure mockery,
Can mockery knock modern hosiery?

Some wear fur-lined ...

Categories: hosiery, fun, people,
Form: Couplet

Light In Darkness

...Tempted by the light 
Soft glowing silhouette with essence of smoldering legs
With blackness cover
Lace that lures the eyes 
Fingers delicate touch unravel the hosiery 
To release uncharted prov...

Categories: hosiery, beauty, desire, kiss, light,
Form: Free verse

Let's Spacify1

...Being optimistic militantly 
Ensures success splendidly 
Let’s think, feel and act positive 
Stay away from all negative 
Believing in oneself ever 
Is the space success flavour 
Then put mind,...

Categories: hosiery, angel, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Concrete

The Hosiery Mystery

...THE HOSIERY MYSTERY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


We Hear of Mighty Ships N Planes That Suddenly Disappear
Never to Be Seen Again in Spite of Searches Far and near
We Hear of Entire Exploratory Groups ...

Categories: hosiery, allusion, analogy, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme

Villages

...Villages are true wealth
Of nature and sound health
Full of flora and fauna from
Village we get like a storm
Origin of cottage industry
Art and craft ceramic hosiery
Being a pollution-free abod...

Categories: hosiery, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Couplet

Pyrrhic Evolution

...PYRRHIC EVOLUTION
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


There once was a time in this great land
When folks said “ yes sir” and “yes maam”
Those days are ancient, eroded away
Where are we headed, I’m afraid t...

Categories: hosiery, allusion, america, angst, humanity,
Form: Rhyme

The Lost Years

...The Lost Years

EDIE

Edie looks well for her age,
Hard to believe she’s almost 94.
A widow wife these past 72 years,
Lost husband Bill, in the 2nd World war.

Bill was presumed killed in ac...

Categories: hosiery, absence, age, loss, miracle,
Form: Rhyme

Ineffable Hosiery

...Like a stalking hoarse,

Have endured shrewd days and night,

Like the physician ampoule,

Ready on my skin to pour.

flights from ignorance left these 

Strawberry marks,

Eyes glued on ...

Categories: hosiery, adventure, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

High Maintenance

...High heeled leather pumps; the best will only do
In all different styles and colors; the most brilliant of hues
Gorgeous diamond jewelry; a temptation not to resist
Hone my very essence and surely...

Categories: hosiery, life, people, visionary,
Form: Acrostic