Parlors Poems - Poems about Parlors

My Town

...Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
In my little town
“My Little Town” by Paul Simon



My Town
I walk the streets of m...

Myrtles Plantation

...Myrtles Plantation has twenty-two rooms
Ghosts travel through there, some kicking in zooms
Identical parlors for women and men
Haunted house tour here is about to begin

Don’t come to Louisianna...

Nostalgia

...Remember stuck on 
band-aid brand,
Because band-aid 
is stuck on you?
  Remember when
 the furniture was
Made from wicker 
and bamboo?

  Remember three
 on a bike with
the banana-seat.
 ...

Eulogy

...Recently I’ve been thinking about that 8 foot 
plot of land outside of Heathers that my parents
buried my grandfather in. It’s amazing how many
tulips and roses can fit in an 8 foot plot of land.
...

Severe Surge Regarding Thou Shalt Not Kill Violations

...Severe surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations

Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream and tear into flesh
senseless rampant mass kil...

Common Sense Nonsense - Series 201

...Common Wisdom is not really either. For example ..
1. Let the past bury the past

Can not be done that way.
Use funeral parlors, or celebrate a dead person's with memorial

When Jesus said simi...

Forever

...We don't discuss death
Civilized folk use funeral parlors
Funeral at home? Why on earth
We're good, clean entrepreneurs

The next generation never learn
How death is life, too, recycling
Part ...

Truth

...She sat at your table
You laughed at her jokes
She saw then, but couldn't believe
It was all an orchestrated hoax

You invited her to afternoon lunches
But left her to find friends
Her presenc...

A Poem Lovely As a Flower

...A poem lovely as a flower! How could one not be moved
By a blossoming beauty in celestial contours grooved

A flower is grace and elegance incarnate
It is fragrance and loveliness- ag...

Remember Born

...“and remembering being born would be worse than dying”
in the house of life they failed to disclose
that you would only be partially welcome.
on the day the rain licked the windows
of the worst r...

Titanic

...Global pride! Greatest story-theme worldwide! Oceanic!
Voyage liner - Atlantic! British cruise ship! Titanic!
Born in the yard of Harland and Wolf! Floated to venture!
Who did ever dream of a dead...

It Is Surely Wonderful - 1

...It is surely wonderful…
	To not be found
In the parlors or diners
	At the water’s edge
Along the beach or river
	Where there are blessings
Foaming from the shores

It is surely wonderful…
	T...

Housebound Days

...People once said I was a homebody, and I guess that was me,
Often curled up with a good book, I loved watching movies.

Like blooms of sunlit meadows, are joyful where they stand,
Stained in the ...

Wake Up, Chicago

...Wake up, Chicago, before it's too late
  Murders are rising at an alarming rate
Multiple car-jackings every day
  We're a criminal's paradise -- hey, hey!

As for classroom education, give me a ...

O Righteous Me

...Whores of Babylon, I breathe amongst you everyday 
 On city streets, in country lanes, along lone alleyways 
  Selling illegal merchandise, cheap, tainted, unrefined 
 Tempting this incognito ange...

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