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Trying It On Poems - Poems about Trying It On


Tie Dye
...When the tie dyes break out. I try not to shout. T-shirts, all my size. How they turn out is a surprise. Out in the yard. Making a mess isn’t hard. All sorts of splatter. Patterns and colors t......

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Categories: trying it on, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rue Saint-Honore
...It's the weekend (Friday night). Lisa and I are hangin’, music’s playing, and we’re rummaging through my suitcase, for an outfit option, for me, tonight. Call it cliché, but we like going out - and g......

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Categories: trying it on, fashion, friendship, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse



Escape Artist
...Certain she’s sleeping he slides out of bed collecting his discarded clothing quietly donning them slipping away silently like a specter cautiously opening and closing the door hoping the hinges......

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Categories: trying it on, betrayal, character, desire, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member New Dress
...I have stepped into a shadow. I am trying it on for size, taking it in here, letting it out there, lifting the hem. The task complete, I smooth a crease, adjust the lamp, and flick som......

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Categories: trying it on, clothes,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Two Hawaiians, a Sunset and a Memory
...Two Aloha-shirted Hawaiians of generous girth were strumming their ukuleles on a small stage in front of the hotel’s poolside bar in the late afternoon, rehearsing for the night’s performanc......

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Categories: trying it on, blessing, happiness, memory, places,
Form: Prose Poetry



Open Our Eyes God
...They kick God out of classrooms And evil walks right in Innocents are led to slaughter Before their lives can even begin Our jaws drop from the shock We are appalled by such a crime, But we voted for......

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Categories: trying it on, caregiving, christian, god, evil,
Form: Rhyme

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