Scrubbed Poems - Poems about Scrubbed

...I had a dream. I don’t remember most dreams. I was cleaning the floors of heaven. It seemed a mixed blessing, I was in heaven, after all but I was cleaning the floors. It was a part time jo......

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...The sun here burns without speaking. In *Sta. Magdalena, even the wind gossips, even the silence sits beside you and calls you **"padaba." But Riyadh? Riyadh listens too much. And when I spea......

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...Pixie within the pink let me swirl your tyranny into the high-octaved melody of my earliest endurance Right as the clock ticked to six, the creaking sound of my mother’s war cry made me bury myself......

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... Snakes are crawling behind my eyes, My tongue is forked in twine lines. A bleeding alien rues across my skin, I feel possessed, it's deep within. My fingers crack as bones revolt, Crawling t......

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...I scrubbed the shame from under my fingernails, as if guilt could be washed like dirt. Cold showers never baptized the ache; just gave it discipline, a neat little collar for the beast inside. ......

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... Each night after the evening meal there was never a discussion as to who would wash the dishes and who would do the drying up. My mother was the washer, my sister and I did the drying up. ......

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...plink, plink, water in the sink sinks slowly into budding suds torturing the pans and fork tines who want cascade - show on the road plink, plop, hands over ears, now stop but slowly the spatter......

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...for : Choose a line 2 Sponsor : Joseph May prompt: “The darkened sky stole my tears” submission date : 27/5/25 Placed : 4th : multiple RETURN MY TEARS The darkened sk......

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...My mind is tribal, I hunt in the mud and slurry, I track the stars in a wooden chariot made from the ribs of a blood-clan crib. My thoughts are armored, yet as articulated as any youthful flesh......

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...messages sent and unsent confessions told and untold heartbroken- and hearts we both broke your memories linger around like a ghost I still see your shadows at my door scores settled and unset......

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...The day arrived We had a ball The love was shared At Shrigley Hall So plush and sweet You both were scrummy Scrubbed up so well So proud was mummy So now it's time To be together Throu......

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...{For 5x5x3 Poetry Contest Sponsor : Miranda Hawley Date submitted: 20/4/25} ARTIST They shone daring green avocado in dark adverse period swearing guilt ridden heart vanquished......

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...I started with one small corner of my kitchen Set the timer, so I could stop in fifteen minutes Set the timer eight more times until the floor was scrubbed The counters were scraped, the table was......

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...cut the apple open you took out all the seeds the skin was bloody red but you thought that it was green ate it just like adam i pray now that you’re cursed i let you in my garden and now i a......

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... Her hands are what l remember most Miss the most, crave the most Hands that scrubbed floors for a living Hardworking, honest hands Hands that nurtured, gave comfort, wiped tears Sm......

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