Shears Poems - Poems about Shears

... I had a dream last night. When I looked into the mirror, I was wearing a denim mid-skirt with boots, and a dramatic yellow top with feathers—things I would never wear, least of all on a steaming su......

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...Ouch! Please mommy stop it’s not fair I pulled on her robe as she pulled on my hair Halfway through combing out my long curls mother hurries to get to the other girls Gentle brushes won’t......

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...Line of inquiry: “as we passed her she did wilt which caused in us sense of guilt since our stance perhaps did cause to put her heart’s joy on pause though we’re gentle, not hostile we dimi......

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... "Ocelots" It was during that time they all decended into the lush fields of poetic madness, swaying indolently with the other tall green poppies, who for once in their s......

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...Old Man Winter now flagging, and slip sliding along... as his stronghold diminishes. Signals, triggers, and ushers kickstarting debut of demure "Flora" who slowly but surely attempts to revea......

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... The rose Strength and grace defines the woman Interwoven in the tapestry of femininity Goddess of the night accorded reverence without seeming authoritarian......

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...The angel works the tollbooth Exclaiming commands for change They are a barber on the side with faded tattoo arms Holding shears made of fire coated in silent pious rage Hiding blood in their t......

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...Enchanted was I with a cloying scent... whiffs of wild magnolia mingled with the woodsy tang of lemon verbena perfuming the air Like Samson's strength, the sun's threads of gold were clipped......

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...Soiled sinners lecturing on the art of being pristine. Innocents retreats to black pits and dank seams God tucked away the ivory ring and red lantern very few are rescued from the darkness within......

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...What did the sisters think, when once they found Their land-struck sibling left them, surface-bound, To find the prince and try to make him see That the girl who rescued him was she? Did they ......

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...Euridice, Euridice daughter of mortals, sworn to divine; the bell tolls, the bell rings “I’m sorry, I miss you” Orpheus turns; Euridice. the unmade sheets, dog-eared pages stacked, dishes s......

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...New mantelpiece, pinewood as heart's custom; A waning fire's bed, her girl loving thwarted— ...I've sparkled my fingers' approach to this hearth. I've kicked too long at its dousing birth. A......

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...And comes the time, oft many sought with blinded eyes that squint into the dark, searching for that in tight grasp with faithless hopes that it be found. No grudge shall I bear as a traveler his ......

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...Nature's flower runs through my fears, Her old seasons there interceding On the silver gray blunt of the shears, Where the stem—sharpened by night—is keeping For the day's rain starving in the cl......

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...You say you need a strong foundation, my friend? On a god or guru, you cannot depend. It is empty and false, and I beg your pard, But, it will all fall down just like a house of cards. Don’t......

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