Short Doilies Poems

pink cherry blossoms
dainty delicate doilies
adorning her tree...

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salt shakers galore 
table doilies silverware 
cookie cutters plates...

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Nearly everything ends up
in a flea market
much loved treasures
end in a new home
someone's loss
is someone's gain
my parents like
will never come again....

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natures lace doilies

silently they fall ~ her gift
 
a white crocheted shawl



Written 28th December 2020
Syllables Per Line:	5 7 5

Premier Contest Hi-Ku (4)
Sponsor Brian Strand
8th Place...

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lavender umbrellas
floral teacups
fancy china plates 
muffled conversations
dainty berry scones
crisp white doilies
shy looks 
wedge of brie
cucumber sandwiches
tiny titters 
chocolate truffles
crisp linen tablecloths 
caramel lattes
fragrance of the gods
Paris Cafe...

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The new owners 
marveled at the 
long forgotten perky mini doilies 
with their dainty white petals

two layers of weeds away
from soft pink hollyhocks 
hidden for forty years
alongside the forgotten abandoned barn

a human had probably not seen
any of these dainty delights since the eighties
when the farm was lost by the family
to bankruptcy...

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Miss Gladys befriended me at church
Invited me to her house for rose tea
Her table was exquisitely set with lace and doilies
Embroidered napkins, and beautiful flowers
She put out the most gorgeous peacock tea cups
I had no idea how to sip between peacock’s head and tail.
Miss Gladys laughed at my consternation 
Brought out her every day cups with a tray of cookies
I was immensely relieved...

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Oh, I've dreamt of the crystalline morn
where the tinkle of ice melts, as the day's born. 

In my sleep I've seen the lilac boughs dipped
in ice like egg white upon each buds tip. 

Panes of glass with frost with doilies adorned
each melt in the sun, their passing is mourned.

As I rise, I see my dream's come to pass...
I stare from beneath down out through the glass.

Such is the magic of Winter's white days
when all of nature is a frosted bright glaze....

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Back in the day we had a maypole on May Day
We created May baskets out of doilies and construction paper
I loved adding bits of ribbon, aluminum foil and glitter.
We decorated them like Valentines boxes.
Filled them with tiny candies popcorn and violets.
It was fantastically fabulous, and I loved it!
Why did I have maypoles and May baskets?
Was it because I lived in a small town? Was it because of my mother?
Was it because we knew all of our neighbors back in the day?...

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Queen Anne
                                          Dainty Doilies
                                   Peppering the meadow
                            Wild and free along the roadside
                            Keeping the secrets of poison ivy
                                 She is mysteriously wise
                                  Twinkling and glittering
                                        Her white magic
                                            Queen Anne...

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chill arrives
twirling like white spine,
with each puff
stringed leaves coil
on embroidered trellises--
trimmed by russet tips

while moon hides,
gale spills fragrant mint
and bright dew,
touching skin
of buds charmed ,as autumn wind
encircles a dance

through waft's chimes
petals tip ballet
down wet lanes,
flaunting  hues
dyed in fall’s velvet doilies--
casting season's spell!


* new form:shadorma---3-5-3-3-7-5

For Russel Sivey's Up the Autumn Air
by nette onclaud
22 oct 12...

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