Short Downstairs Poems

juggle downstairs
intimidate middle stairs
befriend upstairs...

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open holes of golf
the ladies aloft and sparse
downstairs a buffet...

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He's downstairs in his cage  
chirping like a real trouper 
canary ramblings,
upstaged 
by no other pet,
 he's mine....

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Just a maid & just sixteen
a serving girl  a go-between
upstairs and downstairs  her  scene
was true  love  to intervene?...

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Wind blew crabs outta their holes.
Hail pelted cars to smash repairs.
Shops clapped shut with thunder rolls.
Spring tripped and fell downstairs....

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Wee willie winkie 
Runs through the town,
Upstair and downstairs
In the night gown.

Wee willie Winkie 
Went to home
Wandering here and there
In a good tone...

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a summer day
calls to me
I hear children screaming in the pool
downstairs
I keep my eye on that July sky
whenever I can turn my chair
oh i wish
I were out there...

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From inside a locked room with walls strong and stout
Come shrieks and the sounds of scratching about.
The people downstairs 
Don't know what's in there
But make sure that it never gets out....

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Downstairs he had gone
He looked left then he spied right
Joyously, he screamed
His stocking, was full of toys
A big wide smile crossed his face



John Monteblanco
11/24/11
Christmas Stocking Tribute...

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A funny thing happened on the way downstairs
Damn steps thought it funny to bunch up in pairs
Well that's how it seemed
A big gap in between
They're out to get me, it ain't funny I declare...

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Mornings
So boring 

My mind is so groggy
Like being lost in a forest that's foggy

Going downstairs to take a shower
But the stairs look and feel like climbing down a tower
I'll try not to fall
As always it takes my all...

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heavier than down;
pulling and falling
red-kneeled prayer to the god

of downstairs and tears,
of steps, stones and caves,
flapping like a torn flag

the flag of terra; trapped under
the bricks of this world;
flightless, too low to rise....

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The pretty yellow tulips 
   stood up firm and straight 
My wife not home from work yet
   I could hardly wait...

She came downstairs too slowly 
   her face all in a frown
The pretty tulips drooped, she said
   ~ as the sun sank quickly down...

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I wake one morning
And run down the stairs
To see what is under my tree
What could it be?
When I get downstairs
I hear a soft meow
Eagerly I peek around the corner
To find a kitten
With a bow on its head
Looking at me
It was a wonderful Christmas...

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~ Dance the Day Away ~

  Wake up to a waltz
    Boogie out of bed

  Calypso-on your clothes
    Drum-roll downstairs

  Carumba 'round the kitchen
    Bunny-hop to breakfast

  Limbo into lunch
    Cha-cha as you chew

  ~ Mamba as you munch...

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The snowflakes falling
A wind is blowing
It is a blizzard
Hard to walk or drive
Parking lots full of snow
Hard to park a car

Walking in deep snow
Stairs filled with snow
Difficult to walk up
Or down stairs
Steps need to be cleared
After the blizzard storm...

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step out
   bask
     in time,
draw
      upon 
         those
happy
         days
now 
    forgotten
          ways
simple
     pleasures
in
a
less
     hurried
     world
..now..
       unfurled

inspired by theme to Upstairs Downstairs tv series...

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I came downstairs on Chritmas eve
To find Krampus and Santa having an arm wrestling match
I politely asked them to leave
In which they ran off with the cookie's batch

Monday, January 3, 2022
A Funny Christmas Themed 4 liner Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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I should be upstairs.

Where the bed is.

I’m up late.

Thinking about how far I’ve gone.

Up and down the stairs all day.

I shouldn’t be sleeping downstairs.

It’s dangerous, it’s a secret.

My parents are asleep and I am alone.

Downstairs, I am the only one....

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mesmerized 
with her rhythm
of movement
he steadily
watches her
as her towel
slips
to the floor

her trembling fingers
slowly yearning
with arched motions
to pick it back up

he is lost
somewhere
in the depths
of thoughts
as she carries
the laundry
downstairs...

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High and Tight – for contest

His soldier stood up – ramrod stiff
when he caught the first sensuous whiff
piqued his passion to plunder
scented cheese from down under
sweet downstairs aroma of Quiffe.


4/256/2015

submitted to – LIMERICK CONTEST
sponsor – Jan Allison...

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Woke up, fell out of bed
Filled the toaster with some bread
Went downstairs and drank some coke
Looking at the calendar date
Restrictions are not lifted so that is that
Even more seconds in my flat
Made my way upstairs and tightly tied a rope
Nobody spoke and I went without a scream...

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What a strange one, my PC,
orange, gray and white.
Only time she sits on me
I'm downstairs at night.

That's when she's my laptop. I
like her, soft and fat,
snuggled on me, for she's my
personal (lap) cat!


(This is example of 7/5 trochee and best I could do for discussing a computer. haha!!)...

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Little Bit waddles and limps downstairs at the sound of my voice. Barks at the hyperactive English Springer with all the fervor of Boris, the Russian Wolfhound, of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp fame.

the scruffy old stud
with four legs close to the ground -
wisdom’s on his side
...

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His aged fingers squeezed hers at last
    Was this a final, fatal goodbye?
  Her tears stuck to her pillow
    No, grandpa, please don't die

  Heading downstairs she turned on the light
    gasped, then shook with fright --
  'Twas grandpa, a young man, reading to her mother
    ~ Did God mean this for her to uncover?...

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