Short Tattoos Poems

she will tattoo me
too many hickies to count
my heart blooms roses...

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Tattoos and whiskey
Cigarette marks on her skin
Footprints on sand....

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Stepped into a dream
bold flash work tattoos the sky;
Your artistic eyes....

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Girls pass provocatively
       dancing tattoos on hips
         my eyes dream idylls...

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Tattoos 

If you have ever had 1?

Why on earth would you have another 1 done??

Its
 F - ING 
Painful...

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Bones
jagged,
scabbed up skin;
But oh that fire;
Diamond in the rough;
Faded tattoos 
bloody smile 
simply 
shine....

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VI


she cloaked the cuts
a chain of blackbird tattoos
winged rosary



V2


she cloaked the cuts
a chain of blackbird tattoos
fatal rosary...

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A middle-aged man dressed like a nut,
he wore pink shorts too tight for his butt,
big tattoos on his legs,
bracelets on his arms,
he smelled of alcohol and cursed a lot....

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normally I think tattoos look strange on women’s bodies
this time the tattooing looks like henna, delicate and pretty
I have no critiques, am rather in awe this time actually...

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body journeys through life
life journeys on our bodies like a butcher knife
life leaves marks on us, too
creases, wrinkles, ailments, and the occasional tattoo
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One
Tattoo to live
Live to tattoo
Love the art
Art to love
Love to ink
Ink to live
Live to ink

Two
I tattoo
I get inked
Love the art
Art to love
Ink to live
Live to ink...

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Your story is not just your tattoos
or the scars on your skin
your story is from deep in your heart
made from battles fought within.

Kale Brereton
Jan 13/19
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they fly through the streets
on ten speed bikes
wearing tight speedos
delighting their men
showing off tattoos and spunk
three well-known grannies
who have taught the town to play...

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written in my blood

my children have come of me

tattoos they need not.

 

 

(January 21, 2011  Wausau, Wisconsin)


(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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I hate when women have tattoos drawn on their breasts.
Why do women do that to their chests?
I've always seen breasts as works of art.
When women have tattoos drawn on them, it breaks my heart....

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I realize now that the body you live in
is no longer the body I know
The scars and tattoos I once traced in my sleep
marred by age and time
A house with an attic
holding secrets I'll never know...

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I am marked with life's vicious scars
A blanket drawn tightly over my arms
These tattoos will never disappear
The hatred I've been drawing for a year
Open your eyes and you'll see
I'm as broken as I can be....

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He said he likes my tattoos.
I said "Yes but darling can you kiss all my scars?"
The tattoos are beautiful but self-inflicted.
What about the wounds I never asked for?
Tiny imperfections, 
pinpricked from years of abuse....

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Wrapped in scars like punishment tattoos
each glance a challenge or a warning
Time stopped in slightest wrinkle
and other faucets caught in simple moment
but eyes
that told the story
and cautioned
pick a side
no falter
decide...

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 The tattoo

She was covered with ugly stretch marks,
So, could not bare her skin at fun parks,
A tattooist, she’d thought,
Could make her look quite hot ,
The tattoos couldn’t hide her stretch marks!

July 15, 2017

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Tattoos 
Dropping screws
All is well it seems 
At night she screams
At night he leaves 
In the morning light she sees
In the morning light life is well 
But she fears the night for it is hell 
But he holds her tight and treats her well...

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Em had said, “Hedrick is so gorgeous now, he will dazzle your eyes out”.
We met him at a posh restaurant; both his arms were covered with tattoos. He would have looked tough if I had not known him as a baby.
floral arrangement behind him softened him up too....

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red
leaves bled
tattoos instead
on a cement stead
like a leafy tire tread
Autumn story to be read
fall entertainment for the head
of red leaves that soon to wet ground fled

11/4/19

Rhyming Nonet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina...

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Tattoos
By: Tom Wright
4/15/2019

Now, not possessing tattoos, I really don’t know,
Will the eagle that is art someday resemble a crow?
Body art is fine, and many wear it and brag,
Until age begins causing their canvas to sag
Caw, caw, caw
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Toothpaste
soap
candles
Matches
three dimes
small yellow rubber ducky
Dog treats
diet pills
red, white and blue buttons,
assortment of threads
rickrack
scotch tape
needles
missing bracelet
pincushion
measuring tape
Nails
stickers
temporary tattoos
Sewing box gone wild...

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