Upstairs Poems - Poems about Upstairs

The dead-end street in front of the house is still, and I notice leaves have fallen. The roommate said last night no one came here for trick or treating and now a cold wind blows. I just moved in here yesterday. I’m starting my life again. A cold wind blows and I go out. Last night a stranger and I drank together. She said no...

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It is in the hottest month of April, The hot sun is disappearing slowly,...

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Keys rattle, door slowly closes ... An echo of footsteps walk upstairs.. You can hear his bedroom door close, a little bump as he sits on his bed, then there is just nothing.. They think he is angry, raging at the world, anti social, but at work he smiles, jokes and shows a jovial side, like a 'Pirate of the Caribbean' but in his home he...

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our angel who sleeps so peacefully there the foundation that supports all our lives no momma' didn't die; she moved upstairs hands that can play Amazing Grace with flair a melody that will lift and suprise our angel who sleeps so peacefully there she bakes her cakes with a dollop of air not to mention those sweet potato pies no momma' didn't die;...

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The snowflakes falling A wind is blowing It is a blizzard Hard to walk or drive Parking lots full of snow Hard to park a car Walking in deep snow Stairs filled with snow Difficult to walk up Or down stairs Steps need to be cleared After the blizzard storm...

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The very old lady upstairs Keeps dropping things on the old wooden floor I keep waiting for the big old thud...

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Try leave behind "Book Of The Week" And head upstairs where floorboards creak. Where people tilt their heads to look At every spine on every book. Where murderers and secret lovers Plot and scheme between the covers. Where transport from another age Transports you to another page. Where old detective books reside Each with their price pencilled inside. Where books based on geometry Share space with...

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neighbor upstairs / elderly / maybe schizophrenic / lead footed / restless / every day / rearranges furniture / vacuums carpets / nails picture frames / drops pots and pans / rolls concrete marbles across the floor / slams cabinets / blasts 60’s music / interrupts my solace / grit my teeth till flat / I complain / others complain...

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Dinosaur Upstairs I used to know a Dinosaur, Who lived on the second floor. Not too sure what kind he was, As I’d never seen one before. It did get a little bit noisy, Him being just upstairs, Especially on his birthday, When he played musical chairs....

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Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. "I'm going upstairs," Hubert tells Ruth as he hoists himself out of his old recliner, "and if I don't ever come back down it's because you want to fly to Rome...

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'Pon thy throne He sits in wait "Son" He says "In time, he finds his way" Then smiles as He clears the path that leads back home...

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my streetlight darkness with cold beverage in hand and my mind's eyes closed...

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after rejection, i make chicken dirty rice and call it a day during the downtime, i make swedish meatballs with parmesan cheese and hang up my stresses in the walk- in closet with the center of a welcome peace, i pour myself some green tea ginger ale in a thirty-two ounce cup and listen to michael franks when i listen to the song about michael's baby cooking her eggplant, i realize that i forgot to make some honey butter...

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All the noise from upstairs is outrageous. They should lock up thier children in cages. But it is`nt the children I blame. I`ts thier parents who made this a game. They run all day long. They`re like Gold Medal strong. Everyday`s like a day at the races....

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Hush a murmur - a burst of mirth - you laugh. A giggly boy or two; the drone of you mixed with monkey's bonding squeals slide up the stairs; on polished paternal air. Then a deep man's voice where once a boy's ascended - mellow with early manhood. Resonating; capitulating - exclaims agreement. And I see through gauze made murky by time us five - woven warmly -...

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