Spring Lawns
...They long to be catered, treated, and trimmed.
They are like mortals hungry for manicures;
Like house pets pleading to be petted.
Many lawns are in a state of harm,
hindered by downpours of rain....
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Categories:
manicures, spring,
Form: Free verse
SCAREDY CAT
...Scaredy cat
Scaredy cat scaredy cat
She runs away inside,
Halloween is drawing near
And she only wants to hide.
To be a proper witches cat
She really must aspire,
But she curls up just li...
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Categories:
manicures, cute, halloween, mystery, myth,
Form: Rhyme
Another Incident
...
It was a balmy night by the sea
the bar wasn't empty, nor was it full
I was on my 5th whiskey sour
it matched my mood
some days a detective
some days a writer
now and then even a poet
no...
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Categories:
manicures, funny, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Chamber of a Thousand Faces
...I was a bonafide, happy beautician, like a gorgeous, daisy sun as it is rising;
And charming, happy faces were my pursuit, like silvery moonlight uprising.
My days were a flurry of manicures and ...
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Categories:
manicures, appreciation, art, beauty, career,
Form: Couplet
How Times Have Changed
...
How Times Have Changed~
We ran so innocently in lush, soft, beautiful grass!
Dreamt of wonderful futures on the finest, fresh smelling sheets.
Mother treated each child as her very own ange...
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Categories:
manicures, god, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Skin
... Skin
When you walk down the hall with your friends
all laughing and smiling,
you laugh
you smile too,
and your skin just waves.
But you always know they see it,
the racist,
the fak...
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Categories:
manicures, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: I do not know?
Winter Sanctuary At Our Church
...Hello, my dearest friends.
Did you see what I saw? Did you hear what I heard? Did you feel...
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Categories:
manicures, christian, love, people,
Form: Narrative
The Transients of My Youth
...THE TRANSIENTS OF MY YOUTH
Old and wrinkly, whiffs of cigarettes and whiskey; his sparkling blues tell me there is bubble gum and a surprise; I check the long pockets finding smiles and candy, f...
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Categories:
manicures, age, america, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Blank verse
Modern Vanity
...Modern Vanity
tracks
weaves
hair color
fingernails
manicures
pedicures
inflated buttocks and lips
sculptured hips
workout
aerobic
liftup
tuckin
sixpacks
jog
rotate
walk
perspire
m...
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Categories:
manicures, life, today,
Form: Free verse
Growing Up, Aging
...Growing Up, Aging
An aging golden retriever boards the bus, must have been
12 years old, eye sight waning, I see white film, with liver
spots and walking with a deliberate cadence, as if all...
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Categories:
manicures, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Stereotypical Girl
...I was told that because I'm a girl,
its unusual to play video games,
its unusual to like comics ,
because I'm a girl its unusual for me to prefer to talk about cars rather than make-up and mani...
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Categories:
manicures, games, girl, how i
Form: Free verse
Just a Woman
...When a woman is a woman
Her hair color isn’t from a box
There are no hair dyes
Her nails are not acrylic or painted
There are no manicures
Her lips are their own shade of pink
There is no mak...
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Categories:
manicures, freedom, gender, woman,
Form: Free verse
Passionately
...This poem is written for the Gender Bender contest, sponsored by Richard Lamoureux!
**Passionately**
Why do you not hold me,
passionately?
The little things
that show you care.
Like running your ...
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Categories:
manicures, break up, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Young Love Is Easy
...Young love is easy
Wild and hot,
Getting and giving
From bottom to top.
All of your attention,
Best manners and smiles,
Flowers and perfume
Sweet smelling for miles.
Shirts and dresses starched, ...
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Categories:
manicures, love, marriage, romance, love,
Form: Rhyme
Hiv Is a Judgement
...Kisses good-bye; waved out the door.
Sitting at the shore. The water is still rolling.
You want to know how much longer I'll be here for.
We'll all be here till death is at the door. Methadon...
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Categories:
manicures, death, family, introspection, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
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