Starched Poems - Poems about Starched

...In a house, half-mad, with mother and dad, And a labyrinth he couldn’t escape - He trudged the maze, with a string ball, so sad. The sky’s warm, gay orb, too, was round in shape. So pretty wa......Read the rest...

... "Sliders" 500 clicks down, was code phrase for battle ships gone all depth charge. The deeper you go down that black-holed sink, the more you understand in your oxygen deprived brain,......Read the rest...

...In this vast void of existence, we stand, Hearts bleeding out, met with the back of a hand. Alone we stagger in life's endless night, Chasing shadows, devoid of respite. We drift, lifeless shel......Read the rest...

... I. Walking upon a river side upon concret --Oh how beautiful was that night i saw a caricature running alongside my heart Made of crayola it ran across the way i'd not drank beer nor l......Read the rest...

...1. Refrain (Unwound) Her song, it never played Coal sack black stitching frayed Lead the familiar thread Lined coffin living dead To the beat how we march Funeral shirt ready starched 2. H......Read the rest...

...Hold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend! I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark night, but I’ve never seen her keep one. I mean, it’s ......Read the rest...

... "The Epiphany Rose" All well and good, the story unfolds; the isolating madness drew out the poets in all the shunned playing up and out their origami word games ......Read the rest...

... "Snowflakes Melting before the Diadem" Winter is coming and what then? the dreams frozen snowflakes falling we succomb tongues out waiting for manna, pills swallow......Read the rest...

...God! Why did you ever bring me here? I know starched khaki: how it looks like. Cop’s pistol looks much like woman’s purse But in its chambers not face powder… God! What makes it sweet I should ......Read the rest...

... "Who Put Luebella down the Wych Elm?" There are rumours about me, some come seeking me with their geiger counters and ouji boards with their heart shaped planchettes ......Read the rest...

...In an old briefcase capsuled for years in a corner of the shed, I found a rolled up wad of poems, stalled, still looking for something to say, frozen in a futile gasp for air. I should have ......Read the rest...

...Ruby Ruby Bridges was one of the first Black American pupils in a 'White' school after racial segregation was declared unconstitutional. It was November 14th, 1960 when six year old Ruby sa......Read the rest...

...Gloria Gupta's garbage bin Has got all sort of trash within: A starched piece of mouldy bread, A broken doll without a head. Three empty cans of soya beans, Uncle Jimmy's old torn jeans. Pape......Read the rest...

...You sat still at Miss Binnington’s No swinging legs or kicking feet Back pressed against chair back Bottom firmly held to chair seat. Children seen but not heard A rule very seldom broken Only ......Read the rest...

..."The planted snakes are venomous!" Warned q caller anonymous "Anaconda size enormous!" Their state with Death synonymous Thus, price to pay not enormous... And decision unanimous: All pleas ......Read the rest...