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Rickrack Poems

pretty brick a brack on the old shack

...Pretty brick-a-brack on the old shack
across the porch all the way to the back
delighting Zack who has a design knack
next to the door was a fire place plaque

I looks like rickrack said my cous...

Categories: rickrack, house,
Form: Monorhyme

Give me back the seventies

...the seventies is my go-to decade
for it is when I was my cutest
and my three daughters were born
I looked terrific in my bell bottom jeans

the edge of them had rickrack and lace
I embroidered ...

Categories: rickrack, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

Great Grandmas Cow Pillow

...great grandma Suzette loved cows,
her house was decorated in a variety of bovines.
Jersey cows, milk cows, angus cows, dairy cows,
her living room was filled with cows, bulls, horns and cowbells.
...

Categories: rickrack, grandmother,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

We Upgraded 70s Happy Face

...We upgraded the seventies happy face she said.
I was horrified, because I liked it the way it was.
My flexibility extends to almost everything except 70’s stuff
I want my lava lamps to be fat and ...

Categories: rickrack, me,
Form: Free verse

The Suitcase

...I nearly did not answer the door, for I did not recognize the man.
But my peek hole is pretty good. As he turned to leave I spotted Peggy’s suitcase.
I ran out there screaming for him to stop.

H...

Categories: rickrack, nostalgia,
Form: Narrative

Christmas Memory 1961

...The Christmas tree is lit in the rectory. 
There is a glow of Jesus all over the church
We are dressed in our Christmas finery. 
The little kids are up front, out-singing Mrs. McGill.
I am one of...

Categories: rickrack, christmas,
Form: Prose Poetry

Ws and Zs

...When we see the ww’s we think different things.
Some of us see wrestlers. Others visualize internet sites.
What about zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  zzzz s.
when you see zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs ...

Categories: rickrack, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Tribute To Our Mother From Caren

...Our mother was the prettiest mom in the room. Creative, multi-talented, always doing much more than what was average. We never had a store bought dress and ours were gorgeous with ribbons, lace, and ...

Categories: rickrack, mother, mother daughter,
Form: Narrative

Dooms Day Start Day's End--

...Days start
The bee likes to chase a chicken, hen
Especially one that's in the rickrack bend
As love shudders at the scary flowers
Nature animals leave running from the meteor shower
D...

Categories: rickrack, adventure, analogy, holocaust, nature,
Form: Rhyme

At Three I Was Amazing

...At three, I was so amazing, but I was not a me.
I was a "Thee".
I have an identical twin, so we were one.
The Stone Twins.
Hey, twin!
Which one are you?

We did not care.
We had lots of atten...

Categories: rickrack, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse

Sewing Basket

...Toothpaste
soap
candles
Matches
three dimes
small yellow rubber ducky
Dog treats
diet pills
red, white and blue buttons,
assortment of threads
rickrack
scotch tape
needles
missing bracel...

Categories: rickrack, nonsense,
Form: List

Garage Sale

...Artfully arranged articles:
Books beside bedding,
Clocks, camera, china cups clinking,
Dishes, decanters, dining damask,
Electronics
Facing ferns,
Gardening gear.   Gaudy
Handwoven hats hide
...

Categories: rickrack, places
Form: ABC