Short Housecleaning Poems
Short Housecleaning Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Housecleaning by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Housecleaning by length and keyword.
Housecleaning
I pick up the dirty ashtrays of my anger.
My grief is a cloth diaper;
With it, I clean the table of my heart....
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Categories:
housecleaning, anger, angst, celebration, cry, women,
Form:
Blank verse
Duping the Demons
I often wake up tired
Too much cerebral housecleaning
Dusting, filing, musing
Feeding the demons
They are less likely to act up
If they are nurtured
Recognized for what they are
I no longer fear them
But they must be kept
Cowering in the dark
Waiting for me
To tuck them in
...
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Categories:
housecleaning, fear, identity, scary,
Form:
Free verse
My House Cleaning Business
Every year I think
about starting a house cleaning
business in the summer
because those people
make more money
an hour
than I do
And then I
remember my
complete aversion
to cleaning.
I would not want
to spend my days
doing it even if
I got paid a million
dollars a day,
so
that's
the end
of that...
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Categories:
housecleaning, work,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
housecleaning, life, meaningful, perspective, time, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Housecleaning
My house smells
Of furniture polish,
Of floor cleaners and wax
The rugs are free of dog hair
And the kitchen sparkles.
There are clean sheets
And a gleaming tub,
And the floors shine!
I, older now and
Never the best housekeeper,
Bow down to the hard working
Women who come and
Scrub and vacuum and polish,
Often singing as they work,
Who leave my house
Once again, clean and
Comfortable, and best of all,
Smelling sweet and fresh!...
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Categories:
housecleaning, appreciation, work,
Form:
Free verse