Short Washer Poems

dishwasher running
water in washer gurgling
husbands loud snoring...

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what did one dish washer say to another?




                                dishes ridiculous...

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broker, poker;
righty, tighty;
washer, dryer;
dirty, duty;
filthy, lecher

10/26/18

written words by James Edward Lee Sr....

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its a fact
if got my back
i will put your
on my rack
of love stack
and treat you too
like a brother
ONE HAND WASHER THE
OTHER...

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ravaged empty bed
                                           clouds building, gully washer
flood me with your love









David Meade
Live Generously...

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Cleaning
Under the greasy stove
Behind the washer and dryer
Inside the smelly refrigerator
Under the bed where the best shirts hide
Such a mood lifter
Cleaning...

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Where do socks go 
When the washer stops?
Where do they go 
When the washer stops?
Through the laundry mist 
They escape
One goes astray
And another lays motionless
In the laundry basket
Where do socks go
When the washer stop?...

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The Washer Woman in Canyonlands


An old woman laments
of her daily chores,
the stinging lye soap
and a biting washboard.

With knuckles bleeding
into the day’s dirty water,
she sighs and prays 
for a better tomorrow....

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The little ghost loved the washer, so much, he could not get enough.
He liked tumbling in suds among sweaters, blouses and stuff.
You can enjoy it all day, his mother said. I know you like to be clean.
But make yourself invisible, so you will not be noticed or seen....

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sun pretends to hide
clouds cover the face of rays ~
shadows sweaty swing

sparrows start shiver
crows skip their brisk bathing games ~
swallows seek the sun

green leaves grow glow less
twigs turn washer man’s shrunk thump ~
negating nature


21 October 2021...

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Yesterday my drain was clogged
Woe was me my brain was fogged
No toilet, sink or washing machine
Whole house smelled like a latrine
But a bottle of black did the trick
24 hours the drain was slick
The sink went down the washer works
The smell remains rotten eggs it lurks...

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Something is wrong with the washing machine
It's supposed to save me time
The sound of it chugging and whirring away
Is simply quite divine

I'm not quite sure how it happened
The process need some refining
'Cos when the washer has finished it's job
I'm always left with the Ironing....

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Gadgets have twiddle-rings and grabbit-bars,
press-its, turn-its, handles, and plugs.

Blackouts have candles, torches, Scrabble, cards,
Too dark for darts,
Watch your hair - it nearly caught fire, 
Waxy bits on the table, 
And dried mashed potato on the plates
where the washer-upper didn’t see it. 
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I'm constantly replacing socks.
I can never find a mate.
It's amazing how quickly they disappear.
One minute you have a pair,
and  the next  minute one has walked off
Knowing they made it to the washer.
Wondering if the dyer ate them?
We'll never know what happened to the socks
For they never come back....

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I took myself
to the laundry mat
I open up the washer door
I jumped  in

My friend closed the door
Place quarters in the slot
Started spinning,  screaming LET ME OUT ..

SPLISH,  SPLASH, 
WHIRLPOOL  MESS
I just realize I got vertigo and I can't swim
I guess I shouldn't got in,   LOL


1/5/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020...

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DISHWASHER

I am a dishwasher
White as a clean plate
Made to loosen up the stain and stuck food particles
I am surrounded by soap and water, cups and saucers, pans and pots
Eventually I will wash away all the food and grease
Liken my cousin the washing machine when I'm done the dishes are clean
I am a dishwasher


11/13/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©...

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It’s 3:03 a.m.
Ten seconds ago I threw everything out of the laundry room.
Except for the washer and dryer.
They take up 90 percent of the floor space.
It’s a 6 by 4 room,  and this is what ended up in the hallway….
16 pots and pans, 117 twist ties, 1560 plastic white Wal-mart bags, a red scooter, 17 Amazon boxes, two mismatched shoes  and a dead rabbit.
Of course, the dead bunny is always the last thing you find....

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What doesn't kill us?
Some say it makes us stronger.
I think it doesn't kill us simply because it doesn't want to.
Or perhaps it is gentle.
The flowers in the spring are gentle.
Laundry soap in my washer is gentle.
Peanut butter in a decorated glass jar is gentle.
Flowers bring beauty.
Laundry soap softens and cleans.
They don't want to kill us.
They have their own business to attend to. 

73 words March 6th, 2017...

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My computer arm is gone
Everytime I use it pain
Agony and despair
I no longer can even
Put my clothes on without
Crying pain agony and despair

I hurt it when my washer
Keep getting unbalanced
When I tried to set it
Straight it fought back
I snatched and jerked
Jerked my arm right out

Cry Cry Crying over
The pain every word
That I write, type pain
Agony and despair...
Pain
Pain
Pain

You get the picture...

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I have a place where I call home
I have a place where the buffalo roam
I have a place where the cat sleeps
I have a place where I clean
I have a place where I call home, where the buffalo roam, where the cat sleeps, where I clean
This is my home and I love it so dearly
But when it is time to go to bed
The buffalo's grunt, the cat snores, the washer grinds
I can't get any sleep
But in the morning I shall be happy again...

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occasionally there is a fire that runs through my veins  
that makes me slink into my slinky pants  
and imagine the lust that would show in your eyes 
 
but I fall onto my  
solemn couch with a
million things to do
in the backyard of my mind

and I smell the tide of the washer
I stare down the dirty plates in the sink

and I see the beautiful blue sky
and me me me just me
and how it is  

I give you a deep kiss
and change the laundry...

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Halloween window washer sprays himself in the face
Cares not a whit, for he does not have eyes in place.
Being a skeleton makes it so easy for him someone says.
It is a jealous old witch named Lucinda Inez.

Halloween window washer gives her a blast with his gun.
She falls off her broom, six stories down, which is kind of fun.
Her familiar, a cat, stays on the broom and drives it around.
The last time I say him, he was dancing on it all over town....

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Little Too Late



Life's tetris blocks we tend to break down
The buildings, the skyscrapers all over town

Mr. window washer seventeen stories high
Mr. cable cutter seventeen stories goodbye

Higher than a kite dangling by a string
Falling to your death on forgotten wings

On the way down reliving all your dreams
Two feet from the pavement realizing what it means...



bmdavey@06/21/16...

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Washing clothes
a long days job as the new wash machine mom had was too good to be used
a Maytag ringer in the basement was the clue
Hot water fills the larger washer as it went round and round
pulling out the clothes, piece by piece
gentle and carefully into the ringer 
as it sqeezed the water out
into a new tub of hot water, up and down splashing about
then into the third tub
finally through the ringer again
almost dry
to the lines outside under a hot summer sky...

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Their back at my door 
looking for a payment to be made. 
If I had the money I'd gladly pay. 
The bills are piling up on the counter 
and top of the fridge. 
Washer broke last week
and the car needs brakes. 
My kids want things 
and I can not pay. 
This is what I  face. 
Unemployed and struggling every day 
on my  knees I pray at night 
hoping for an angel to arrive. 
Take me away on her wings 
showing me amazing things
guiding me through the land
as she holds my hand....

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