The ironing board
...Ironing board
Bare feet
You'd make me food
I'd eat
Little later straight clothes
No holes
Warm in winter
The splinter
I have no ironing board now
But still that board reminds me how
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Categories:
ironing board, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
This Day We Celebrate
...“This Day We Celebrate”
written by Michelle Lynn LeBlanc
2023/09/22
This day we celebrate our birthdays
Although this card is specifically for you
Even though we missed your special day
Th...
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Categories:
ironing board, birthday, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Mrs Mcdowell Went Nuts
...Mrs. McDowell went nuts on Tuesday last.
She did some crazy things, which was a blast.
To us neighbors, who ran over to look.
First she tore pages out of an encyclopedia book.
Then she launched...
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Categories:
ironing board, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Can Ya Dig It
...Wrinkled clothes stacked near my ironing board
will just lie there, completely ignored
‘cause today I’ll be groovin’.
To the oldies I’m movin’
like a teen to the hits most adored.
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Categories:
ironing board, dance, fun,
Form: Limerick
Ironing
...The afternoon sunlight filtered through her window drapes
revealing each age line molded to her face
alone in the dusky shadows working in her measured way
a basket of clothes at her feet
one b...
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Categories:
ironing board, love,
Form: Free verse
Smelling the Ironed Denim
...We cannot come now the ladybug sang with accord.
We are smelling the starch on the ironing board.
The baby mouse agreed, she loved the smell of starch too.
And she liked the stiffness of the jeans...
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Categories:
ironing board, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Good Vibrations
...Beach boys on the boom box, surfing away
Gran’s bored, California dreaming all day
She’s drinking whiskey
And feels quite frisky
Climbs on her ironing board, next stop LA
Limerick contes...
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Categories:
ironing board, allusion, beach, humor,
Form: Limerick
Learner Surfer
...Learner Surfer
I am training myself to surfboard
Practicing on my ironing board
For I'm no loser
And the best mover
Shall win a trophy surfer award.
So I've...
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Categories:
ironing board, desire, dream, hope,
Form: Limerick
Goofy Footed
...There once was a dame named violet,
Who tried to surf without getting wet.
So she climbed aboard,
Her ironing board.
When trying to surf the Internet.
7 / 18 / 2022.
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Categories:
ironing board, internet, old, water,
Form: Limerick
Aunt Alice Murphy
...Man, that's Aunt Allie Murphy,
Yeah, ironing board surfing.
See the look on her face,
And She's hooked a great wave.
Pearls with curls then a slurpee...
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Categories:
ironing board, fantasy, fun,
Form: Limerick
Surfing Usa
...Beach Boys sounds played as I walked through the door
Gran was smiling as she headed for shore
She shouted out in dismay
As the ironing board gave way
And ended up in a heap on the floor...
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Categories:
ironing board, humor,
Form: Limerick
Wilma Flynnstone Flip
...*Image of Mamie Surfeuse by Pinterest.
Wilma *Flynnstone Flip
Crazy chick half out of her gourd,
chose to surf the ironing board,
hair curlers wound up,
tube ride earns gold cup,...
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Categories:
ironing board, funny, perspective,
Form: Limerick
Skiing
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Some ladies enjoy riding on their brooms
All over the house, into all the rooms
Gran rode the ironing board
Only skis she could afford
Off she'd ride, before ironing resumes
Li...
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Categories:
ironing board, funny, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Book Him Granno
...My granny was sick as a parrot
She always liked that Steve Mcgarrett
Her favorite show
Hawaii 5-0
Was cancelled for football, Goddamnit
As Hawaii she couldn’t afford
Struck a pose on ...
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Categories:
ironing board, age, grandmother, humorous,
Form: Limerick
She Misses the Sea
...Once an ardent surfer, she’s called Marie,
living now land-locked, she misses the sea.
She mounts an ironing board,
as the room turns into fjord.
Hands stretched, she surfs on fantasy with glee.
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Categories:
ironing board, fantasy, imagination, sea,
Form: Limerick
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