Short Powder Puff Poems

powder puff clouds laze
o'er fields of hued floral flame
mellow sun glimpses...

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damp powder puff drips
cool in the heat of summer..
fog rolls quietly fast ...

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A powder puff moon
hangs in a languid sky
gathers stardust from the milky way
and airbrushes the faces of passing angels...

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Poof!
Disintegrated
Shattered expectations
Should have known
The clues were there
High hopes
All up in smoke
Exploding in thin air
Powder puff dreams



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on October 27, 2018...

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   "Hammock Trapeze"


pink powder puff clouds caress

ornate hammock with fair kiss

silky velvet fabric feels

petals starry-eyed trapeze.


*For Nette Onclaud's Hammocks of the Sky Tanaga Contest.
*Written by: Linda-Marie The "Sweetheart of P.S.
*August 28, 2012. ...

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my heart
    races so

my breath
    i cannot catch 

how the seconds the hours
    vanish

powder puff dreams
    crumble to dust

scattered
    by a gust of wind

there it was
    life

and now
    it’s nearly gone



AP: 2nd place 2020

Posted on January 10, 2019...

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Everything can feel so tough
When someone isn’t up to snuff.
Your best may not be good enough
Although you try and try.

What often happens off the cuff,
As simple as a powder puff,
May suddenly seem raw and rough,
A truth you can’t deny.

So if you’re acting grim and gruff
Because you lack your normal stuff,
You just might not be up to snuff
And that’s the reason why....

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BICHON FRISE
Bichon frise or is it curly lapdog you prefer?
Pray, do make it known
Descendant of a water spaniel originating in ancient times
In the Mediterranean area
Used as barter by sailors
Your solid white coat is silky profuse
Not silky confuse
I get it now
You are prized for your lively intelligence
And is usually groomed and trimmed 
To give a “powder puff” appearance....

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So farewell Keith Vaz, we don’t really mind
Whether you steered from the front or behind
But the coke was a bit of an epic fail
What’s that, you’re snorting, I didn’t inhale?

So hello Keith Vaz, you’re still knocking about
You can lock up yer closet now yer out
And maybe hang out with Osborne and stuff
Isn’t he a bit of a powder puff?

© Gail Foster 6th September 2016...

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Through the windshield,
a splendid view.
Even though moving 
along highway lanes 
at a rapid pace, 
we seemed to advance 
in slow motion.

The sky enveloped 
us in a cocoon,
folding in on all sides.

Powder puff clouds
dotted a canopy of clear blue,
dollops of whipped cream
on slabs of Jell-O.

In spots, stretched thin,
as though a giant invisible broom
swept through the wispy puffs

and smeared frosting
on a Kool-aid cake....

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I hope you don’t mind, but I renamed your dog, Beau
This came from a neighborhood girl I just met; name of Flo.
She had escorted my dogs home from a mile away.
How she accomplished this I honestly can say.

My dogs love children, they will follow them anywhere.
If you don’t believe, bring a child here, yes, please do dare….
My dog’s new name is White Marshmallow, he’s an Irish Cream
A retriever of sorts, kind of a powder puff, his bark is quite mean....

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