I sing the praises of Sterilite
...I sing the praises of Sterilite
(even Mary Poppins would tout
a plug for said company she would spout
forcing playthings scattered helter skelter
retreating into their respective bins
analogou...
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Categories:
spic and span, america, appreciation, beautiful, fashion,
Form: Free verse
Cheers For the Janitor
...As corporate cogs go home for the day
Offices empty, regaining their still.
Serene and reflective, sweeping away
Janitor’s magic unfolds, if you will.
His footfalls echo as the dusk falls fas...
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Categories:
spic and span, inspirational, work,
Form: Sonnet
Still Rejected
...1/16/23
Still rejected
I already did mention
Much is in question
In the end most won't get the message
I'm tired of all this tension
Too much focus on others skin complexions
Never once ha...
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Categories:
spic and span, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
New Kitchenette Kapers
...
The checkered curtains, and spic and span wood floor, I light a fragrant candle.
And the the creme de la creme…..my red Keuring coffee maker, is always at the ready to please. No percolators, g...
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Categories:
spic and span, fun, morning,
Form: Free verse
Jesus Is Waiting For You
...I’m refreshed, revived, living my life anew
Accepting Jesus was the best thing to do
The old me is gone, I am no longer blue.
Living a new life, so how about you?
Invitation is here, you’re lon...
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Categories:
spic and span, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Winter's White
...Winter sheds Her dander
upon a frigid breeze,
releasing flakes of white.
Like soft, feathery down,
they silently settle
on everything in sight.
Ice crystals glittering
in their daz...
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Categories:
spic and span, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Verse
Well Done, Dorothea
...There she stood, in a room all spic and span
Her name was Dorothea – the nun of Maryland
Ever so lightly, she picked flowers day and night
Oh! She was indeed the gift of God that did all her tasks...
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Categories:
spic and span, christian, deep, devotion, flower,
Form: Free verse
A Lovers Breakfast Heaven
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You! Across the paisley covered kitchen table!
Why do our knees kiss..then
lock helplessly in a welcome embrace, as in a fable?
I am so enchanted when we feed each other.
The way yo...
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Categories:
spic and span, food, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Spic and Span Year
...
Like the chick breaks out of it's shell
Like a butterfly emerges out of it's cocoon
Like the painter with a clean canvass
Like a new born with prospects
So is the new y...
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Categories:
spic and span, destiny, growth, new year,
Form: Personification
Mo' Fun Than Three Ringed Circuits
...Poof issued from invisible magic dragon,
which nobody dead sea
immediately disrupting electricity
whereat mice elf (Stuart Little), i.e. me,
no particular rhyme nor reason
called Mickey, plus th...
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Categories:
spic and span, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Not Fake News This Just In
...FROM BIKINI BOTTOM TIMES...
...Spongebob Squarepants...what...atoll...?
plunged into where,...no way...toilet bowl...
supposedly, when the ghostly hand ex-toll
ling praise from his late creator...
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Categories:
spic and span, absence, anger, angst, character,
Form: Free verse
Sleepless Lullaby
...A spic and span barren bed,
soft pillow with blanket spread.
You're tired and bored, all hackneyed.
Ready to sleep, drop down dead.
But...a vigilant mind..alive in dread.
cacophony..chaos..tho...
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Categories:
spic and span, bereavement, break up, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Gotta Take Care of Me
...These days my home is a disaster where no neatness is mastered.
For years I did the spic and span scene for a spouse who notices
only the TV screen and our part alien, completely annoying teens.
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Categories:
spic and span, anxiety, change, conflict, environment,
Form: Lyric
Domestic-Clean Vaccine
...Ladies - Gents, hear this that I may increase your leisure benefits!
All who have labored for cleanliness, for a spic and span to savor,
please allow me now to do you the most ginormous of favor...
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Categories:
spic and span, funny, home, imagination, work,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Nature's Want Ad
...Mother Nature ran a want ad
In this year's Farmers Almanac
Seems these days she's wearing thin
With the progress made by modern man
She needs a little extra help
With the here and there and ...
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Categories:
spic and span, earth,
Form: Rhyme
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