when I spot a squirrel
...When I spot a squirrel
It is never common, ordinary or naked
They are usually fully dressed without a smile
The one I spied this morning wore a blue shirtwaist
When she ran up a tree, I saw white...
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Categories:
shirtwaist, animal, humor,
Form: Free verse
1910 To 1919
...I am the Boy Scouts who become
Official.
I am Charlie Chaplin film that
Makes you giggle.
I am the triangle shirtwaist
Factory fire.
I am Margaret Sanger the birth
Control s...
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Categories:
shirtwaist, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Le Chemin De Fer - With Apologies To Edouard Manet
...Victorine, with your back to the fence,
A sleeping puppy and a book in your lap,
Looking respectable, prim and demure.
Is that what they call a shirtwaist dress?
I wouldn’t know, but the last t...
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Categories:
shirtwaist, art,
Form: Blank verse
We All Have Stories
...Kathy rides the bus
an hour each day
to reach the club
saving her pennies;
last week
the phone company
shut her off
less than a month overdue
but they keep
single mothers
on edge.
Tall and lean ...
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Categories:
shirtwaist, abuse,
Form: Free verse