Parquet Floor Poems - Poems about Parquet Floor

Let Me Get Romantic

...Let me get  r o m a n t i c,  cross my legs,
pucker my lips, slip into your shadow.
You say, “It’s a bit hot in here,” as I draw near.
You're pulling at your collar, releasing you...

The Wind Rose

...
If remembering  is hopeless, then it’s time to resign
But its easy to say, than to perform rightly 
Time shifts down slowly, crosses the final line
And red turns to brown, showing its time to fl...

The Woke Raven with apologies to Edgar Allen Poe

...Once upon a midnight dreary, while I tapped my keyboard, my eyes bleary
As I tried to write a novel that was no bore
I looked for inspiration, how to avoid clichés temptation
I’d write about rejuv...

Welcome To Secondary School

...The teachers’ voices were loud and shrill,
but there was just one message,
“everyone sit still!”,
though it was hard on the parquet floor,
in polyester trousers,
bought the week before,
the fir...

Rum N Raisin 4 - Homer Lone

...Rum was feeling playful so he went to find a mouse
He looked in every nook and cranny right throughout the house
But all the mice were sound asleep for it was dark outside
And then Rum saw a windo...

Fig Leaf

..."We're going to need a bigger fig leaf."
Proclaimed the teacher to her staring class
As the model removed the last of his attire.

A collective, almost silent gasp
and the clatter of a fallen br...

Velvet Carpet

...She lays on fine velveteen sheath 
a body wrapped in the delicate 
texture of malleable night –

With fondled taps, he pulls
her toward him spilling desire
all over womanly contours -
building...

Another Man's Treasure

...
"Another Man’s Treasure"



Jetsam tumbles
broken doorbells
no one
answers
anymore

ironing boards 
pressing to imprint
something of signifi...

Rattling Rim Shot

...

So you took your best shot,
but sadly it rimmed out
Rocket swish arc reached for the brightest star ... 
only to receive 
a missed blastoff launch tipoff  
Got time zone sent       he...

A Boy In the Back

...The boy gets teased for wearing Holy Keds
And never Michael Jordan tennis shoes.
A field trip for a Friday afternoon:
Today, it’s modern art, the locals’ wing.
Head down, he tags along behind his...

Oye, Latin

...There I stood, flushed: gripping
a  diaphanous pelvis of his guitar, 
he rips a pulpy drool of velvet notes…
glossy under a roulette of lights,
saucy on the parquet floor upon
an artist'...

False Hope

...Red numbers burn 4:04 into the darkness. Moments later, they transform their identity and moan 5:16.  Work begins in three hours and forty-four minutes; three hours and forty-three minutes. 
An unin...

The Black Square

...An oil painting wilted;
 abuse has shaped it's rotted form.
 It's been to war
 ...and for too long;
 unrecognizable is the artwork it's suppressed.

 Simply dripping,
 dripping midnight pitch ...

No More Doom and Gloom: Mary's Story

...People say my poetry is mostly doom and gloom
But I’m a funny person and I’ll prove it to you soon
My wit and sharp ripostes are a constant delight
Let’s see if I can tell this story to prove I’m ...

Like Mike

...There has grown a sports tradition,
On the west side of Chi-town.
Where a theam that played at Roundball,
Had taken man a crown.

From the parquet floor of Boston,
To the Hive down Charlotte wa...

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