Short Pigtails Poems

A funeral scene

                            pigtails of the rainbow light 
 
                                               lose all its colors!...

Read More

Pina colada? 
Pinky said sure.
Pinafore dressed
She looked truly pure.

Pin curls and pinballs.
Pinky provided proof
Pigtails non-withstanding
She was an odd little poof....

Read More

Going for a walk at our Fairy Lake walking trail
If I meet one, I'll give her your best without fail
If you want me to
Do other stuff taboo
Like tickle her hooha and just pull her pigtails...

Read More

sixties memories
home town, Iowa
I was just a kid
riding upside down
on a loop-da-plane

4th of July
carnival ride
my pigtails fly
upside down sky

loving it
fuzzy blurs
screaming now

joyful
thrilling

fun...

Read More

Hotpants showing off tanned legs
as long as a June school day

Blonde pigtails framing wide eyes,
bluer than Peruvian opals

Cherry lips freeing sly smiles
that gleamed on those dark nights

Eager heart sharing ill fated love
with this lucky, grateful lover...

Read More

When Jimmy ate the paste,
there was a smile on Susan's face
Her pigtails he wanted to pull,
but the teacher had rules.
Recess came with a ding and a dong,
Susan then followed Jimmy alone.
His face turned red as she pecked his cheek,
This was Jimmy’s first kiss....

Read More

The judges took me to the side,
whispering softly “You've gotten them
all right, but you cannot win everything.
It isn't fair to the other children.”

I rolled my eyes and pulled on
my pigtails. If I had won them
all, I should get them all. Adults
are so silly in their concepts of fair....

Read More

Sparkling little star,

So much you warm my heart,

A little girl in pigtails

Made of sugar and spice,

But enticed with snails and mice

And puppy-dog wagtails

When you sing you bring happiness to my heart

So sweet you are my brightest little star


By: Eve Roper 8/28/2015...

Read More

Morning tumbles into my arms,
I give a gentle hug,
Smooth down 
Her long gauzy dress,
Run my fingers through her rays
And braid sweet pea tendrils in blond pigtails.

Lifting up her quivering chin
I gaze into sapphire eyes,
Drawl encouraging morning words:
“Good” and “glory”,
“Dove”,
And she embraces the petunia day....

Read More

Lemmie Jimmie is a playa!
Look at him smiling,
walking with his new girl
Why are the other pigtails all hating 
on LJ being so happy ... 
‘cause he caught the eye of the new girl
Watch Leonard James
affectionately always playing
with his favorite new baby girl
He a playa for sho’ ... 
his high school sweetheart wife
oughta know...

Read More

She smells like nothing 
To the whole world 
Tattered dress ripped leggings 
Pigtails on the sad girl 
No one sees her face
She slinks around 
All hopes and dreams 
Shattered no fortunes found
Onlookers judge her dirty clothes 
Unrecognizable the sweet 
Child of nobody and no one
Raised in the street
She smells like nothing
To the whole world...

Read More

I've watched her grow from pigtails to makeup, from crayons to dressup.
 From playdates to real dates. How can this be, suddenly she's turned into miss popularity.
Prom dresses and pictures tears and confusion, was her just being a little sweet girl just an 
illusion? Suddenly i have become unpopular with her and popular with Dr. phil now i'm 
thinking i need to get my daugther on the pill....

Read More

Her ginger pigtails remind me of something he says.
I stare at him. They are like Pippi Longstocking, I reply.
No, that’s not it.
Yes, it is I think.
I think it was someone on Tik Tock.
Pretending to be Pippi Longstocking I interject.
Not even close, he replies.
I stop trying.
Knowing his mind is closed
Or maybe he is too young to know
Where these pigtails originated
Back in the forties....

Read More

It’s National Hair Day - raise a comb!
Shake your tresses - write a poem!
Whether blonde, brunette or red,
Let’s celebrate what’s on your head.

Curly, wavy, frizzy, straight,
Pigtails or a single plait,
Buzz cut, Mohawk, updo, ‘fro,
Messy or arranged just so.

How we look, what gives us flair 
Depends, in part, upon our hair.
No matter what your style is called 
It’s yours to flaunt - unless you’re bald!...

Read More

MY GIRL

Lazy summer days
Pigtails, French braids
Long silky hair blowing
In the wind
Days forever gone
Tears well up in my eyes
And I long once again
To hold her close
To see her smile
To hear her laughter
Tinkle like rain

Lord, shower down from heaven
Encouraging words of
Together we will be
In that glorious place
A world without pain
Hearts completely healed
Memories of yesterday
Live on today
Hope of a tomorrow
Full of promise

mja...

Read More

I haven't had a ponytail
Since I was very young
And even then, most likely,
Into braids my hair was hung.

When frizz set in, I chopped my locks
And thus the die was cast,
So ponytails and pigtails were
A remnant of the past.

But when I see a jogger
With her ponytail a'bounce,
Its jaunty whipping of the air
Seems like it does announce:

Just check me out! I'm oh, so cool
And confident and fit.
So feast your jealous eyes -
I'm the epitome of IT!...

Read More

A black dress draped off me

Flowing with the wind 

Following the crowd

Roses clutched in my hands

Alone in the crowd I stood

No one bothered to watch me

Not passing most of their hips

I was invisible

Fixing my pigtails I watched her go down

Six feet down

No hands held my shaking wrists

Tears streamed without a mother's kiss

Shoulders hunched over without a father's hug

Seven years old

Too young to be at a funeral

At a funeral alone...

Read More

Oh the heart tears.
It beats and throbs.
Well springs of light lanterns
Weave and bob.

Still, darkened grime rimed
portals glare,
sad, empty-eyed adults stare.
Oh the heart tears.
Its pulse expands.

Forced back; 
dark dwellers disband.
Replaced by children’s crimson cheeks;
lollipops, pigtails, skipping feet.

Small hearts, so precious,
small hands so bold;
reaching out the world to hold.

Oh the heart weeps, it weeps for joy,
but  only for one girl or boy....

Read More

From my very first moment  I was "round"
Easily verified by pictures found

Such an adorable little lass
Even though having some extra mass

Having  dimples here and dimples there
Always sporting pigtails in my hair

My  sweet face a perfect little ball
Unfortunately, I was not so very tall

 Never met a person I didn't like
Always such an engaging little tyke

To be a pudgy princess was my plight
Now, happily" round" in places right


For the Baby-Boo contest..lol...

Read More