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Pigtails Poems - Poems about Pigtails

Names, dates, birthdays
...They don't know my name. I keep it hidden between the folds of my skirt. They told me I had to wear it but they don't like that they can't see my legs anymore. I keep it hidden in the bows holdin......

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Categories: pigtails, daughter, endurance, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Hair
... As a teenager, I was so lean and lanky. My mother worried over my physical stature. She believed that all the nutrients in my diet, were rapaciously devoured by my hair. From childhood ......

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Categories: pigtails, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Other



Premium Member Picking At Scabs
... Written April 11, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by Edward Ibeh Quote: 1/ “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ? Rumi 2/ "Many times we pick at the bitt......

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Categories: pigtails, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member the photograph album
... I find an album with matt thick black pages my wet eyes hungry for each pose of this girl in pigtails with a reluctant kitty, then on a bike in a pretty prom dress, then holding a baby, m......

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Categories: pigtails, age,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member Girl Power
...Giggling and playing hopscotch Indigo dreams of being a star Running wild before training bra Laughter and smiles come from heart Pigtails and bikes dolls and skates Onyx starry nights by th......

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Categories: pigtails, poetry,
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Peggy Gets Sent to the Principal
...Peggy had never been a fighter or a scrapper or such But she got tired of being teased by a bully named Hutch He called her names, and pulled her pigtails too This happened many days in a row, pos......

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Categories: pigtails, student,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Raging Fire Hollow Hearts
... Written: January 22, 2025 for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann Quote: “In the dynamic world society which is the objective of the United Nations, all peoples must have eq......

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Categories: pigtails, analogy, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Select A Character
...I’m dressed for battle. Sword in my hand, shield covering my weak chest, my lungs heave. I stand, inexplicably tall and brass. Vision barely focusing on the girl in front of me, her pigtails are lops......

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Categories: pigtails, abuse, angst, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Bleach Braids
... Snow cascading like white hair down night's cold shoulder — frost stitches, mercury descension, and mad raven streak — her woman hair must flow, the child in the mirror with pigtails one m......

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Categories: pigtails, age, growing up, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Art Class
...The small bowl sits in the corner Ceramic, lopsided, and beige Small fingers impressed in the clay Snake curled in the bottom awaits Made for her momma in art class Wee age of seven or eig......

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Categories: pigtails, art, beauty, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
From Rose to Rosewood
...Pigtails sat tightly on her head Curls poking through And framing her face. The bear kept her company, Sat close by her head. The dolls sat carefully placed Drinking tea around the table. Her ......

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Categories: pigtails, emotions, flower, goodbye, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Picture on the Parlor Wall
... On the faded wallpaper what do I see, an old picture on the parlor wall. Many years ago grandma took it, Sis and I were young and having fun. On that very hot summer's day, we were in shorts a......

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Categories: pigtails, fun, girl, grandmother, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Tadpole Plays Tag
...Jane told me of the exchange they had with Derek, earlier that day--guess who showed up that night--hehe. I told you guys, Jane's a talker, and that's how Clint got smarter. Along wit......

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Categories: pigtails, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Purple Butterflies and Raindrops on Roses
...Purple Butterflies and Raindrops on Roses Open my eyes. See the window covered in tiny beads of wet. Hear the raindrops on roses that line the building. That isn't right. Why can I hear the soft ......

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Categories: pigtails, butterfly, children, evil, loss,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Nothing
...She smells like nothing To the whole world Tattered dress ripped leggings Pigtails on the sad girl No one sees her face She slinks around All hopes and dreams Shattered no fortunes found......

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Categories: pigtails, allusion,
Form: Free verse

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