Puffed Up About Her Hat Again
...Sandra was always puffed up about her fancy hats from the milliners.
No one had complimented this beauty yet, but it was a matter of time.
She knew several who would go nuts over it at church.
A c...
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Categories:
milliners, woman, women,
Form: Prose Poetry
Tooth Brush
...Tooth Brush
Tender bristles plenty in number
Against the shiny enamel
Like ears of millet plantation
Tossing heads
Against perfumed brush of swooning breeze
Allure tongues not lesser
Than ve...
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Categories:
milliners, allegory, anxiety, change, depression,
Form: Free verse
Elizabethan
...Linen ruffs and lacy cuffs
And farthingales and tassels;
Petticoats and hose and cloaks
Like those once worn in castles.
Fastenings of hooks and eyes
And buttons, strings and laces
Used inste...
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Categories:
milliners, clothes,
Form: Rhyme