Short Screen Door Poems

Screen door flies
Do I kill or care
I can show the way...

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Surprise summer storm
wingers nestle patiently---
my screen door Issa...

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pussy galore it
seems these damn cats keep clawing
at my old screen door...

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the gentleness of Spring stars...cool breeze through screen door

5/7/2018...

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spring flower's bloom  -
through the screen door
a crescendo plays

...

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SLAM... went the screen door
March winds come blowin' on through
scattered thunderstorms...

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blackflies voracious
mosquitoes abound
screen door between us



posted on July 13, 2018...

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a morning mayfly
sits at my screen door
looking in



AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on July 9, 2018...

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crocus pushes up
through untended garden-
screen door bangs




Barbara Gorelick...

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the torn screen door

is held open by her foot...

a brief August storm



______________________
5/29/18...

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The Fish House

sea
salt air
reminds me
screen door slamming
smells
smiles
I shared
with my Dad
fish cleaning chores
peace...

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Opening the front screen door
    a fierce wind played tug-of-war

  Not to be denied, I tried again
    ~ the chimney whistled in the den...

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INTERIOR SPRING 


                               spring carpet in teal
            chirping of tea pot ~ sipping
fresh air through screen door


Kim Rodrigues © 2017...

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Rusting old screen door
Gateway to a once loved home
Banging in the wind
Echoing children's voices
As they came and went each day



For the Tanka contest.......

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Billions of tax dollars, for a useless curtain
             "Gringo, we just dig a tunnel to move our drugs under your fence"
                Been doing it for years, worthless a screen door on a submarine...

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Awake ©

white clouds of dogwood
geese trumpet beside the pond
bird song heralds morn

hollow makes a nest
dainty dwelling slumbers on
in the wooded gloom

screen door creaks open
smoke swirls from the chimney mouth
cabin stirs awake ~...

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train whistle
cawing hen
rumbling wind

tingly chimes
rooster crows
clacking loose tin sign

whining screen door
gentle sounds
soothing my heart

relishing  my country roots
bird trills seconds my feelings
gentle encore, buzz of bumblebee...

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Now I'm glad your all not a neighbor
I'm embarrassed enough
The kids left the screen door open
Out ran to balls of fluff

There's nothing better
To cause a community bicker
Than two call for your cats
"Pus-y" and "Licker"

Pardon me while I track down my son......

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Mountain Morning

white clouds of dogwood
geese trumpet beside the pond
bird song heralds morn

hollow makes a nest
dainty dwelling slumbers on
in the wooded gloom

screen door creaks open
smoke swirls from the chimney mouth
cabin stirs awake

Trisha Sugarek
The World of Haiku...

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patches of rain 
dampened cobwebs on yew bushes --
the gray in my hair

the creaking of the
screen door swaying in the wind --
my knees in motion

the sight of a 
one headlighted car passing by --
my dimming childhood

finishing an expert
crossword without a dictionary --
wisdom...

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Blue gills, catfish, screen door, slam.
Cloth hat, fish lures, summer, ma’am.
Laughter, echo, lake plunk, jam.
Lying in the sun with my cousin Cam,
Pretending to sleep, but it is a sham.
Comfy and cosy in the warm sand,
Listening to the kids, happy I am.
Bird swoop, blue sky, summer, damn!...

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Green Screen Door

There’s something about
Green screen doors
Conjuring past summers
The why
I’m not sure

Swing bang shut
Bent out screen
Surrounded
By wood
All painted in green

Brings back
Kook-Aid
The bees all abuzz
Mingled with flowers
And Aunt Martha’s fudge

By Bill MacEachern
03/28/2021...

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Vivaldi wrote the Seasons

Botticelli painted La primavera

and I change the screen door

 

Of all the ways in the world

to trace the miracle change of the world

I mark it in the lowliest way

 

They greeted the spring with joy

and the fall with registration

but I, I change the screen door....

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Tiny diner in the middle of nothing
Gravel parking lot empty of cars
Screen door bangs as we step through
Formica tables polished until gleaming
Bobby socked waitresses giggling 
Homemade biscuits and eggs served runny
Total due just $2.65 after breakfast for two
Return in a week finding dusty windows 
Empty diner closed since 1964...

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Misty morning, foggy town
Dense vapors floating around
Tiny drops on screen door
Pearls of moisture all over
Humid air, sticky face
Discomfort of dampness

Magical moment walks in 
Transforms rapidly the dull scene 
Glories of the sun seep through
Push away the blurred view
Delighted grin welcomes the change
Counts the blessings in exchange...

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