Tchotchke Poems


Tchotchke

...Spring cleaning comes and I seek to expunge from every counter and corner
All clutter and dried rose that serves no purpose
Knickknacks and little trinkets all go in the basket.
To be given to tho...
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Categories: tchotchke, analogy, devotion, emotions, how
Form: Ballad

When urinating into the toilet bowl

...When urinating into the toilet bowl...

yours truly (me) could not help but notice
while living social at various residences  
within Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
the following described phen...
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Categories: tchotchke, 12th grade, crazy, house,
Form: Free verse


Premium Memberless-than-perfect

...I have a great piece coming up. This isn’t it, I misplaced it,
but as soon as I find it, I’ll post it. This one is less-than-perfect.

The less-than-perfect summer felt like love.
There were some...
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Categories: tchotchke, autumn, beach, humor, memory,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTchotchke

...Early morning thud...
the bedroom door opens wide...
ginger cat scampers
frightened by the sudden sound 
of an overturned tchotchke...
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Categories: tchotchke, cat,
Form: Tanka

Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed

...Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed

Pardon my hyperbole if in fact such embellishment can be sifted out amidst the pretentious poetry and/or prose NOT aired to appear superior, but more so ...
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Categories: tchotchke, anniversary, appreciation, birth, birthday,
Form: Free verse


Upon Our Yours Truly and His Missus Exchanging Holy Matrimony Vows

...Upon our (yours truly and his missus) exchanging holy matrimony vows

Ultrasound allowed, enabled
and provided obstetrician to zoom,
image courtesy sonogram
showing fledgling fetus,
thus we ple...
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Categories: tchotchke, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberDesigner Named Quiche For Contest

...I dated a designer named miss Quiche
And walked her chow at the end of its leash
But she got irate
On our second date
When my tchotchke got too close to her niche

Although in a week she asked ...
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Categories: tchotchke, funny, word play,
Form: Limerick

Tchotchke

...My abecedarian fingers
Numb to their recalculations and lexicons
I brush slimly my thumb through each
And clasp myself in fives or nines

It sinks its full weight like an equivocate clasp
One g...
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Categories: tchotchke,
Form: Free verse
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