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Paperweights Poems - Poems about Paperweights

Paperweights Poems - Examples of all types of poems about paperweights to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for paperweights.

Premium Member At the Arcade
...At the arcade excitement waits With games galore for everyone An entire afternoon of fun Saucy hot dogs and ice cream plates Some new friendships and fun-filled dates Lots of fantas......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, fun, games,
Form: Other



An Obsolete Man
...Divorce robbed him of surprise, left him disused, parts of his brain tingled less, he grew blasé, he had to improvise, extemporize parts that were less prone to rust and mold. It seemed he was ......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Discovered Gifts
...While in my parent's attic, years ago I found a dark brown, tattered, leather box and wondered what strange gift it might bestow therein, as I released the two brass locks. Inside, were grandma's......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, grandmother, writing,
Form: Dizain
Premium Member Ultimate Betrayal
...ultimate betrayal in the eyes of a bairn fresh from the hands of the creator there is only wonder at all it sees! curiosity at the discoveries of fingers then toes and as it grows a......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, betrayal, childhood, children, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Ultimate Betrayal
...in the eyes of a bairn fresh from the hands of the creator there is only wonder at all it sees! curiosity at the discoveries of fingers then toes and as it grows a world spreads out be......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, child, innocence,
Form: Free verse



Paper Weight
...You are rock and bone, sturdy eyes and heavy leaden shoes line up by the doorframe like splinters. The wood is peeling, and the stairs cave beneath our feet in surrender. My papa’s new wife wou......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, absence, abuse, break up,
Form: Free verse
When All the Humans Are Gone
...One day, When books turn to dust Aliens will wonder What happened to us Our computers will look Like oversized paperweights With no way to access The knowledge encased Especially the poe......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, computer-internetpoets,
Form: Rhyme
Let Me Count the Ways- For Sharon
...How many? how many lives; how many have fallen beneath your magical spell? If it may be so, let each star be named You. For your beauty transpires our words into all shine and s......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, dedication, friendshipnight, light, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Quicksand
...After the death, mediocre paperweights rule on the pages of life. The leading light will wander in ruins for centuries. Hot winds spray the sparking dust on smooth posts, desert picks up the a......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, adventure
Form: ABC
Exhaustive Concordance of Days
...Chalk eaten paper, unrolled on my floor Stiff shoe paperweights holding it still I'm on my belly with green fingertips painting the backdrop for the next scene in life. There will be oceans, for ......Read the rest...
Categories: paperweights, art, happiness, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse

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