Short Petticoats Poems

ruffled marigolds showing off their petticoats
hollyhock rivals promenade into the center of the garden
the dance off of the century...

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harbinger

amber undertones
 ruffles summer petticoats ~
  autumn starts to breathe

8-13-22
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Contest: Nature Theme Haiku...

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Pert Periwinkles 

preening and prancing 
in pretty pink petticoats… 
pert periwinkles  




11-14-2014...

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Cottonwood trees cavort their petticoats
Flashing sparkly lacy glimpses of white
August day as breezy as it ever was
Tree line of chorus girls shameless in their reveal....

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Delightful hollyhock girls kick up their petticoats
Showing their pantaloons to the rest of the garden
I smile at their old-fashioned innocence
Bumble bees feel their exuberance and stop to chat....

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petals and petticoats
mimes and marigots
blossoms and bubble boats
coal buckets and car coats
frazzle fritzes and fuzzy floats
germinating grouchy goats
muzzle loading mischief moats
ostracize ostrich’s olive oats...

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Romantic-minded, young flower girl in delicate chiffon blue
Flipped her dainty lace petticoats up; her name was Lu. 
Her lively hands kept touching the embroidered flowers.
She was excited about the wedding and all the showers...

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THERE ONCE WAS A LASS FROM MANHATTAN

SHE WORE PETTICOATS MADE OF RED SATIN

FOR PLAYBOY SHE MODELED NUDE

‘TIL HER LIFE WAS VIOLENTLY SUBDUED

AND HER NAME WAS DOROTHY STRATTEN
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~*~...

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the hourglass worries me not
for its eternal sands
fall not onto glass
but upon the silver beach
that reaches under the liquid petticoats
of your beloved ocean
by which i stand
on this night of stars
lost in the constellation
of cancer...

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Fairy blossoms
climb through my dreams
cascading over moonlight
and statuesque fountains
purple parachutes 
pirouette across the
gloaming
in a twinkle
the laughter of evening
bells 
and swirling petticoats
caper through the garden
till dawn...

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This is the special joyous day I had been seeking
An excited square dancer in pink checked gingham
Twirling her merry-go-round of white lacy petticoats
Delicious funnelcake magic dusted with warm sugar
Shrieking in the happy manner of a carnival ride...

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The alcea or hollyhock
Waltzers by with a schmaltzy walk
Jasper color facets her stock
Cashet and lock , cashet and lock

Balkers do not alcea breathe, 
Masher gives her a sweet reprieve 
Upside down petticoats believe
She’s wild and free, she’s wild and free...

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Glass shoes                         
Petticoats
Leather Jackets
Cherry Cokes
 
Sandra Dee
Bobby too
Pat Boone
Kalamazoo
 
Hair teased
Jitter bug
petticoats 
cut rug
 
Virgin here
Virgin there
Real love
Everywhere
 
Nifty 50's
Brando
hula hoop
gotta go!...

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Glass shoes                         
Petticoats
Leather Jackets
Cherry Cokes
 
Sandra Dee
Bobby too
Pat Boone
Kalamazoo
 
Hair teased
Jitter bug
petticoats 
cut rug
 
Virgin here
Virgin there
Real love
Everywhere
 
Nifty 50's
Brando
hula hoop
gotta go!
 
judy...

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merry-go-round twigs
wiggling down rows of grasses…
summer petticoats

charcoal sands boling
Monet grass wears red-tanned shades…
bubbled tints on shore    



(c)
double haiku

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for Briand's Any Theme/Form
from nette onclaud...

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She was all decked out in petticoats plus.
Tried to get on the stage with us.
But we pushed her out onto her rear.
No fancy women allowed in here.

Our men laughed at our evil action.
But we did not care. Gave us satisfaction.
The good book helps us be mean to these kind.
What would Jesus do? Let’s never mind....

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Hannah Adderley jumped with a wail
from the clifftop at Middleton Dale
but her petticoats cute
made a great parachute
for a soft landing, wow! What a tale!


(Hannah, of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, had been jilted at the altar
and although her suicide attempt was a failure she died of natural causes
 two years later in 1764)...

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You watch the candle burning
you thought they were a charade
watching them flicker
You played with painted ladies
see how they turn and  twitch

And the moon is praying
to be somewhere else,
solitary as a walk on the parade
you watch the  sky's unfold
like petticoats they flutter
by beach and inroads
you groan for redemption
gathered within the dust...

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The horses’ lacy white petticoats and ribboned pantaloons
Were kicked almost as high as a delightful orange harvest moon.
The anger came from the big burly brown baboons
Who were left out by the snotty uppity raccoon.
I felt like an uninformed ridiculous goon,
Because I had assigned the notorious snotty coons
The task of doling out the petticoats and the pantaloons....

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an icicle
drip, drip, dripping away
slips of spring

sunlight gleams
winter garb cast aside
petticoats flash

rays of gold
glistening on the glen
flicks of foxtails

mewling mouths
nuzzle at their mother
come spring



[“petticoats” in this instance are meant to signify 
glistening white snow, hidden beneath gray snow banks, 
and exposed suddenly by early spring sunshine.]...

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Pure cotton ball fluffy
Most popular tissue, end of a q-tip
Fresh clean virginal snow
Bathrooms and bathtubs
Twinkles in the cosmos
White all around me

Lacy white collars
Lacy white anklets
Lacy white petticoats
Lacy white pantaloons
Lacy white old people
White all around me

Light fixture essence
Glow from a distant headlight
Porches and paper
All the same bright
Tails of deer, polka dots on a navy dress
White all around me...

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