Categories:
tablecloth, business, devotion, engagement, friendship,
Form: Ballad
Grime Under the Tablecloth
Grime under the table cloth
Beneath the fluorescent lights and sterile walls,
Lurks an undercurrent of unspoken strife.
The daggers are kept hidden, the words unsaid,
But the tension is palpable,
A throbbing wound.
For all the forced cordiality,
the animosity seethes underneath.
©?Chitra Arun
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Categories:
tablecloth, angst, bullying, jealousy, stress,
Form: Free verse
Neruda S Great Tablecloth
at the first encounter, i thought, that he stole my mother’s tablecloth,
and called it Great while she turned the flour into bread,
after, i thought, what if they were lovers, and shared the same tablecloth
while my father was sweating in his fields, and she was sipping wine from her grapes
when he wrote songs of despair, as
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Categories:
tablecloth, africa, allusion, america, anger,
Form: Concrete
Underneath a Linen Tablecloth
A fleeting glance
no need to remove them
Specks, particles, of no import
~ a banquet undone
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Categories:
tablecloth, celebration, food,
Form: Free verse
My Grandma's Tablecloth
My grandma did embroidery
And several things she did for me.
Her tablecloths (I have a few)
On holidays must get their due.
Each cross-stitch, sewn by her own hand,
As needles followed her command,
Is neat and perfectly aligned,
Her handiwork and heart entwined.
My table’s set, her cloth in place
And so tonight I will embrace
Her love that I can draw upon
From
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Categories:
tablecloth, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
Tablecloth Telling the Time
A weasel wibble wobbling can be said to have ingested copious amounts of indemonstrable indelible ink today as it soared into doorways, hallways, cloakrooms, and buffet tables. Buffet tables are neither buffaloes or bongos. In fact they are a pleasant sight to behold. Many colours. Many tastes. And the sounds of chatting from the sandwich
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Categories:
tablecloth, beach,
Form: I do not know?
Grandmother's Spotted Tablecloth
Grandmother's spotted tablecloth has withstood all the town gossip
and ancestral judgment calls, casually, as it may rest on her mahogany table,
It has been the subject of numerous fables,
An unexpected gift handed down from generation, Granny's affinity to its unusual
colors, patterns and intricacy of art, has made the item one of her favorite parts of the
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Categories:
tablecloth, family, god, grandmother, may,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
My White Lace Tablecloth
I washed my white lace tablecloth and hung it out to dry
The bleach did the best it could-it was worth the try
'Though no one else can see, the stain still remains
As old as time itself
Stubborn as mildew rot
One false step, one careless word forever etched in time
Travels the universe, endlessly
In search of a place
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Categories:
tablecloth, family, forgiveness, friendship, inspirational,
Form: Narrative