Short Purses Poems

a poet without words purses the lips - looks for loose change

7/13/2021...

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why
purses
decorative
proudly carried
a rite of passage
teenage women
feminine 
products
hide...

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Pretty Purses Can Be Curses

Appears that pretty purses,
In many ways can be curses;
Message sent;
To be meant,
On all of the naughty nurses.

Jim Horn...

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Stylish purse stands tall and proud
Showing her colors, sparkling and loud.
The rest of the purses are a bit intimidated.
Many of them already recycled or eliminated....

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buttery yellow
      cute puffy flowers splattered
with cinnamon dots

"Red Hots" eye candy are these
      pocket purses on bushes!


July 2, 2017 for  KIM'S COLOR SPLASH CONTEST...

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How does one decipher truth 
What side the line is right
Who fosters wars and sets the rules 
Whose reasons beg the fight
Who stands their ground and earns our trust 
Who backs up what they boast
Where’s our labor, where’s our sweat 
Whose purses swell the most...

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I, too, hear America singing,
As my flip-flops
Cruise the Wal-Mart aisles.
A fast-approaching wind
Drives me in to shop.
I smell the heat-rush
Of the hotdog vendor--
Clothing, mustard and relish.
Carts flash.
Soda crackles.
Purses snap.
Nothing's lost on me....

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Mickey Mouse is as popular as ever.
So cute and round and ultimately clever. 
Smiling from sweatshirts, shoes and socks.
Laughing at us from purses, belts and clocks.
If his name had remained Mortimore, would it still be so?
I wonder as I see his grinning face wherever I go…....

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Mickey Mouse purses
Wizard of Oz bags
Disney’s Cinderella t-shirts
They have been around for nigh onto seventy years
Yet somehow we feel like we have just discovered them, 
Thinking they are new.
Mickey Mouse thongs
They are not new
We used to wear them in the sixties
On our feet....

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With the confidence of a grandma
She picked up a purse and threw it over her arm
I am going shopping! The two year old announced.
Her mother rolled her eyes.

Her aunties reached for their purses.
They were going with her.
They did not want to miss a thing.
They picked her up as they headed for the car....

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Marvelous and newfangled
  ~ purses and cars

Original or trendsetting
  ~ restaurants and bars

Different and fresh
  ~ opinions and ideas

Elegant or stylish
  ~ show smiles and not tears

Radical and sensational
  ~the headlines each day

New-fashioned or en-Vogue
  ~ Living today's Modern way!...

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They come in like birds.
Slipping through the walls.
Others like to perch on the stalls.
Handbags and purses, clutched to their chests,
The rest circle round, eyeing their culprits.
Some squawk and wave at people they think they know.
The leaders stand over their roost,
Circulating snapshots of a perfect life....

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She has exceptional supple rose lips
Face with a complexion like no other
She purses those lips not having one dip
So sexy are her eyes, not to bother
She sure doesn’t accentuate her hips
But her face showers more than another
Lovely pink cheeks leave her blushing with awe
This contemplated as I kiss her jaw

Russell Sivey...

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Noon siesta
Windy squeeze
Dream fiesta
Sensuous breeze 


Fancy lights
Certain feel
Music flights
Lovely zeal


Zest consorts
Impulse swings
Quest retorts
Savvy things


Random needs
Forge fancy
Fertile seeds
Spice sexy


Deep purses
Affluent kind
Odd verses
Poignant finds




Leon Enriquez
22 February 2018
Singapore...

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A virginal blush,
blooms sojourn
inside their female purses.

Yet this bright morning, 
Adam seems rampant.
Stamen 
trumpet a brazen phallus.

A raindrop alchemy,
charms and countercharms.
Roots sift through
the genders of earthy
knots.

By evening, Eve will return
to fold lips 
around a twilit womb. 

Ying and Yang
have rung their temple bell....

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Resolution this year…stop buying spree,
Infinite number …shoes, jewellery! 
Dior purses, handbags nice,
Chanel dresses, reduced price,
Family panicks at purchase they see! 

Clear the wardrobe, full of expensive clothes… 
Gucci, Klein, Kors - covering head to toes,
I must donate some good stuff,
Don't I have outfits enough!
For a lifetime of posh glamour I chose!


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The youth of today may not know
our phones used to be plugged into walls
and never went in cars, pockets or purses.

The youth of today may not know
the nightly news was never given to us
unless the facts and the sources were verified.

The youth of today may not know
we heard the star-spangled banner at midnight
on our grayscale TV sets and knew it was time to go to bed....

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‘Tis time to unwind as Christmas Day draws nigh
‘Tis time to kiss wisdom in finance goodbye
‘Tis time for purses and wallets to sigh
‘Tis time to understand the reason why...
‘Twas Christmas Eve when expectancy ran high
‘Twas Christmas Day when the world received God’s gift
of love named Jesus,
a priceless treasure that money cannot buy.

                   Merry Christmas!...

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tables groan beneath their burdens
marked-down goods, purses, wallets
cards and chain and you must wonder
"Where does it go, where does it go?"
when you're absent friend or guest
no one ogles you on the elevator
cares enough to open a door occupy
your orbit with a knowing smile?
faded price tags catch her glance
she shakes her graying head slowly
as if she is in complete agreement...

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A women's bathroom needs a hook
Though oftentimes it's missing
And so our bags must sit in gook
While we are stuck there pissing.

Since men don't have this issue
They don't even need to hurry
And, without the need for tissue
They, too, lack that extra worry.

My suggestion? A reversal.
Let the menfolk hold our purses
And you'd hear, from this rehearsal,
Quite a chorus full of curses....

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She might be a hoarder we guessed that day.
When she came gliding by what else could we say?
Attached to her somewhere was a plethora of stuff.
Books, gifts, purses, pouches, satchels all rough.

Her elaborate vest had been constructed from ties.
There must be a seamstress in her life said McDyes.
I bet her house is horrible, said his cousin, Ms. Farr.
I doubt it I told her, she lives in her car....

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There are no surprises
Just ignored observations
And unlucky rolls
Deep in the purses
Loose change and lipstick
Slip through lining holes
I don’t think it will change
But I’m hoping for more
From the collective
She wants me to smile
But I’m unhappy here
Being reflective
So many little signs
Indicating the end
Of what one can stand
You count them like money
But it’s never enough
And not how you planned...

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swirling mass of colors unknown
within it, life too small to comprehend
resting gently on her fingertip
whilst shining brightly in the sun

she exhales in joy
her breath tickles it so gently
her giggles ring through the air with an elegant echo
and she purses her lips, leaning forward
and kisses it

bursting apart
it splashes her fingertip
trickling down into the crevices of her tiny palm
this raindrop of beauty
innocence
life...

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In the hunting field known as Wal-Mart
with meat we fill our cart
with beef pork and poultry
in our robes looking so sultry
we feast on the wild america
from the safety on aisle two
we shop as if we nothing else to do
we hunt for bargains
we wheel and deal
and cut coupons
all to safe 55 cents on grey poupon
we roam in packs 
purses replacing sacks
we hunt relentlessly for bulk prices
and buy our meat by the slices...

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The frown that is hidden beneath that smile can never be revealed.
Rosy pink lip gloss concealed the bruised lips or ego.
Concealer, Face Powder, Eye shadow mask the TRUE self.

Matching outfits and shoes galore,
Purses, Hand-bags... The latest fashion trends help to give a false sense of accomplishment.

Money in the bank... check
House on the hill... check
A SUV or a CRV or a PRADA OR a BENZ... check
But where is happiness?...

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