Swatches Poems - Poems about Swatches

salvation army

...salvation army

she wore purple because she liked it.
hanging stiffly on the store rack,
yellow goodwill tag with smudged blue ink,
was it a three or five?
she argued for three, willing ...

Swatches

...In my never-ending sofa search,
Which fills my mind with stress,
I order color swatches, which
Don’t guarantee success.

In fabric, if the color’s off,
That ruins the appeal
And leather sample...

Painted Brushes

...Ancient painted woodland rushes, 
nature's beauty, painted thrushes, 
homeland under vivid bushes, 
lovely Indian Paintbrushes. 

Deepest, dearest, darkest red, 
scented, softly in my head. 
v...

Serging Through Life's Stitches with Scars

...Serging through life, I whipstitch, weft, and welt,
But always, my thoughts are pick-threading.

As stippled patches of emotion rise and fall in me,
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Just too m...

Swatches

...Here is my talk
Bland and blue
Cause I know not
Your colors and hues
I don't know how to paint
The colors you'll see
If your red is the same as my green

Do you like to kiss flowers
Do you d...

Washed Up

...The tide and heavy seas
had washed up a wealth 
of treasures to lay at my feet
spread out in a long line
just like the way wares
are displayed on the street
of an outdoor market.

Shells, som...

Gathering

...The long shadows 
are growing cooler. 
Soon there will be places 
where the light will no longer reach
and the river will wear
its autumn coat of leaves.

My walks are getting shorter,
contra...

What Does Your Fairy Dragon Do

...What does your fairy dragon do? I asked my grandma Murr.
“I cannot share this until after I am gone, Little Dizzy.
This made no sense to me, but it surely did to her.
She wanted to teach quilting ...

Quilting

...It starts with a quivering lip
threads a touch from patches
to little swatches of fabric from
various phases various places of us
the first shirt you gave me
off your very back
was gray with a ...

Swirling Swatches

...flowing   swirling
                swatches
swarm&wind
       bloom  blush brilliant
thru my mind

fervent fervid feelings
                   flow  show
as expression outward flow
flaxen yel...

Time Is Elementary

...The only reason for time
is so that everything
doesn’t happen at once

Albert Einstein

TIME IS ELEMENTARY

swatches of bands, smart
time is elementary;
strapped snug, cosse...

Distant Shores

...O what heavy price for independence
Valiant men dying in fierce triathlon
Battling to their last breath for its defense
As they protect the walls of Babylon

Laying down their lives with no shad...

Desirable Dawn

...Desirable dawn

Silhouettes, shapes, 
  clouds backlit
   by a distant sun
  rising slowly 
      in the east
   Cantaloupe swatches,
       painting introductions
    of a desirable daw...

Winter Black and White

...It was a strange light,
 perhaps not light at all;
 eerily gray tinged hues,
somewhere between black and white,
 pale wisps of deep dark etchy purples
 and charcoal swatches display
 tips in si...

The Damascus Room

...The room is an object in its entirety.
Singular in form and mind,
and multiple in purpose and pleasure.
It is a secret capsule.
Though it was once adorned with bright reds and greens and plated g...

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