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Paisley Swallows

That one lost their tongue
somewhere along the way
long ago, the sound,
doesn’t come out the same
anymore, so they roll it up 
like a carpet containing 
a nakedly dead body
of blunt words 
like unplucked violins
untuned to how it all 
really works 
begging to be heard,
and the flowery prose, 
purple and bruised 
like over-ripe fruit
teeth rottingly sugary sweet,

Categories: paisley, muse,
Form: Free verse

Turquoise and Paisley Patterns of Joy

Her heart was filled swiftly with turquoise and paisley patterns of joy
Expanding enthusiastic bubbles were flying in her imaginative highways
Swirling poetic metaphors drank in the wonder of the moments
A pristine canvas of time formed a glorious phoenix of fantasy and fun
Soaring through the sparkly dazzling landscape of life as she knew it
Confidence encouraged her to

Categories: paisley, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Verse

Rainbow Plaid Paisley Ideas

rainbow idea
we need prisms in prison
uplifting inmates

plaid idea
We need design on shirts
even on Fox News women

paisley idea
We need to bring back the joy of the sixties
But leave the Viet Nam War behind

Categories: paisley, art, writing,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

While Riding a Paisley Tiger

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I collected the kinetic swirls
of differing shades
in the dizzying reflections
of how you made me feel

Whirling affects
blurred in calliope sonnets
and brass ring reachings
while riding a paisley tiger

My pockets filled
with these mesmerizing emotions
sculpted of Ferris Wheel desires
and carousel dreams of you

Until suddenly colored lights flickered,
the music slipped a gear
and the ride came to a screeching halt,
with me

Categories: paisley, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

Paisley Marigold

a paisley flower
marigold garden bright
sprinkled with pretty

Categories: paisley, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Haiku

Paisley Skin

A sailor profusely tattooed
Enjoyed being secretly lewd;
    He took off his clothes
    Whenever he chose,
And looked not the slightest bit nude.

Categories: paisley, humor, silly,
Form: Limerick

Rib Festival In Paisley

Every summer in  Paisley Ontario
On a huge grassy park field
A festival is held every summer
 Constants set up their gear
Then begin to cook the ribs
After cooked add their secret
Visitors are given special cards
They have to rate the ribs eaten
People go from booth to booth
Tasting all the different ribs
Then at the end of the day
The

Categories: paisley, food, fun,
Form: Sonnet

Paisley Embroidered Slumber

She blithely dreams of flitting butterflies,
 essence of lemon-drop poetry and
 lighter-than-vapor argent cotton candy castles
 upon empurpled cloud embellishes,
meanwhilst wistfully hot air balloons 
designed of lilting paisley embroidery
inflated with the airy fragrance
 of wildflowers' whimsied zestfulness
merrily drifts furthermost simultaneously
burbling curiouser moons & starry dusted
 whirlwinds gaily prancing 'pon watercolor hues,
  imagination's perceptibility musing

Categories: paisley, allegory, butterfly, color, dance,
Form: Imagism

Dropping the Paisley

Dropping The Paisley


What more can I say?
This beautiful woman
lived in my house
and now she is gone, 
sailing or flying, 
swimming or walking.
I don’t know where.
So please,
tell the woman
I live with now
it’s time again
to drop the paisley
over the parakeet. 
I’ll be upstairs,
tell her,
getting ready for bed.


Donal Mahoney

Categories: paisley, fantasy
Form: Free verse

Paisley Promises

In all my journeys, the lone regret
I find impossible to forget
is you.

How can I ignore such familiar comfort
lifting my core towards spiritual transport?
What more can I do?

Where shall the freedom course truer
even as proximity stains my heart bluer?
Skies fade from azure.

My rock grips the earth with tenacity
to lift against the storm, driving with veracity,
you shall

Categories: paisley, allegory, friendship
Form: Rhyme