Leathery Poems - Poems about Leathery

Grandpa the Master Magician

...Grandpa the Master Magician

Grandpa was old and creaked
like a well-worn floorboard
but he always carried a smile with him
which generally won the day or the situation.
He had just spent time ...

The Calico Box Crab Man

...We found the calico box crab man
with leathery skin and a deep, dark tan.  
He gave us soup that was filled with nails,
squirrel bones and catfish entrails. 
As he told his tale and we heard him ...

Turtle

...slow moving reptile
lives inside leathery shell
     good pet for a child
...

Southee serenade

...

Foppish fringe flutters..pianist tendrils tinkling..

Flitter finessing leathery fruits..

Caressing..stitched dreams tickled & tailored..

Swing..swerve in clandestine cahoots…

Curve…vo...

the valley of the forbidden

...The Valley of the Forbidden

Sat under an oak in the valley of the naked woman
admiring her rounded breasts, a malevolent oak
took offence, not that I minded, after all, it had been
at the same ...

Circus Days

...I ran away to the circus at the age of two
on a sad day when it was raining.
At first, I didn't know what I should do, 
not having the proper training.

I started with an elephant and began to s...

Whisper Man

...A laugh
can be more terrifying 
than a roar or a scream
in the wrong light,
In the long night,
Lunatic giggles
Idiot he-haws
Obscene chuckles 
When the quiet hour, the full moon time, 
Sprea...

Laughter

...Just as you did yesteryear
I wish I could cut you out
I now know a life without
You doesn't go into high gear

I gnawed your flesh away
While you demanded a refund
On my life it had me stunned...

Blue cheese and old pickles

...

I shudder while peering at sepia photographs,
showing visits to my maiden Aunt Hilda’s house.
Even though I was very young
it was clear she didn’t tolerate children.
I was to be ‘Seen and not...

My Fathers Bedside Goodbye

...MY FATHERS BEDSIDE GOODBYE..
His Legacy 6/24/2022

Standing on lifes fragile ledge, 
I gaze 
    wonderingly 
into your brown orbs.

Windows into a house built
By your large hands
Hands Tha...

Three Turtle Songs

...
Turtle by the Door

The bears and wolves are few,
one threadbare widow mourning,
two grays as consumptive as smoke.
The large dwindle,
their bodies grow more awkward,
more at odds.
The heav...

The Lizard

...A lizard eyes me, 
and I, too, eye him 
with mutual respect. 

The sun warms
the leathery skin 
we wear to great effect....

how it began

...How it began 

Men in green uniforms 
ice blue eyes and leathery lips
saw me in the crib 
and declared this child 
is an Aryan
I clicked my heels and
sucked my thumb
Mother took to singing
...

When An Old Soul Relives Spring

...Being old on the outside may look like your winter has come
But inside your heart
Spring has just begun  - Peter Dome 2024.

Beneath the weathered leathery furrows
Wrinkles baggy folds and lines...

Cold Comforts

...Beyond the wave-sacked pebbles
lie the pockmarked dunes,
sea-wind swept heaps,
burrowed by the claws of scaly thrashers.

Here they huddle, the working class,
flogging grim pleasures,
wolfing ...

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