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Shellac Poems - Poems about Shellac

Premium MemberDweller of Our Heart

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Written: August 02, 2025,  
 
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There is a palimpsest etched in our bones,
Our dyspneic fire, a palingenesis hone—
A solar sprout rising from...
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Categories: shellac, heart,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberNoah’s Symphony

...Turn around and you’ll see 360 degrees.
Tipsy or dizzy, dazzled and unbalanced.

Jumping over the obvious, skipping.
It’s groovy      how you can can,

over and over again, become one with
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Categories: shellac, metaphor,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberBad Behaviour

...She smiles
and considers the crowd,
all backward somersaulting
detached vagabonds, all,
serious soft smalls revealed -
marshmallows imbued
with the glee of writing 
irregular poetry;
works of...
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Categories: shellac, humanity, journey, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Acoustic Buffa

...The company wishes to research an idea.
Creating slotted aluminium frames that 
Would be 18 inches thick centered between
Two areas.the external area would be double 
slotted to house a poly ther...
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Categories: shellac, america, art, business, celebrity,
Form: Blank verse

Victrola

...There is an empty chair where you would sit
on the other side of my dining room table 
with the worn finish after fifteen years of use
It was beautiful when I bought it 
We would listen to old re...
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Categories: shellac, loneliness, love, muse, music,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberThe Velvet Beach

...Let me walk along the velvet beach,
collecting shells upon crushed stretch.
Sun rearing-up a nine year old — teach 
her to be happy, care-free, an oceanic sketch.

Eyes wide open, examine the gi...
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Categories: shellac, childhood, family, memory, sea,
Form: Quatrain

Antiques

...I go about my daily tasks that are necessary
to keep a household humming along smoothly
like the works of the antique clock on my dresser
over a century and a quarter old
The little teeth of the ...
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Categories: shellac, history, loneliness, music, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPotato With An Inky Face

...I look at your face and it is all I can do 
Not to keep you forever, as you chase away my blue
I have no idea who put this face on you in the store
But I am severely in love with you forevermore.
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Categories: shellac, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Tag Sale

...sitting on the steps
of the Winthrop Baptist Church
observing the trickle
of treasure seekers
poring over the detritus
of trinkets gadgets
broken tools
unfinished projects
games used toys
as...
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Categories: shellac, allegory,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMind Essence

...Beautiful Fall day
early December
Temp in 50's
Sun shining bright

Pondering mysteries of life,
romantic relationships---
Daily excursions for salvation
relieve stress, temptations.

Questi...
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Categories: shellac, emotions, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse

The Hidden Lines

...Now as i weave my poetry, he says to me

"You look good beautiful

From the tips of your fingers to the ends of your nails"


I smile back and continue to my second stanza

I'll give you...
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Categories: shellac, love, pain, words,
Form: Free verse

Evolution Revolution

...I was sitting on the beach enjoying the dawn
When along comes a crab with two fierce pincers drawn
When I shifted off slightly to give him some space
He sat down beside me with pincers retraced.
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Categories: shellac, animal, beach, morning, nature,
Form: Couplet

What Gets On My Nerves

...You want to know what annoyeth me? Let me count the ways!
I could weave a veritable tapestry of all my aggravations, mostly in 
light and deep crimson hues which signify the violence in my Heart.
Eas...
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Categories: shellac, anger, angst, how i
Form: Narrative

Ashen India

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Scene
from a
borderless willowed window
frame
one scarlet cigar of sparking neon
smoked on slaplit glass
perhaps
meantime
the cinderous binding frays but
that face carries cities c...
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Categories: shellac, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member30 Pieces

...Hanks of horse tail
Fractured hair
Slipping pegs    and
Rosin dust

Memories of these tunes
I used to play as a kid
Hadn't heard them in many years
One page each    or
Half-a-page
In this b...
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Categories: shellac, childhood, musiclove,
Form: Free verse

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