Things My Child Said
...It is quite common to kiss 'ouchys' on those wee.
At three, my son asked to have bath autonomy.
I tossed a washcloth, then stood where he could not see.
Soon, he called out with words that complet...
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Categories:
washcloth, boy, child, cute, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Sunday
...Today the boy, wanting to stay tuned, grabbed the VR
Sweating profusely, needed a washcloth bathing
Boys don’t enjoy Sundays but they do after all
The class in awe of Revelation, wanting more
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Categories:
washcloth, day,
Form: Free verse
UP WORDS SITUATIONS-
...Upward washboard
Washcloth without
Waybill uphill
Workplace, without
Washcloth wipeout
Washboard Upward
4/1/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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Categories:
washcloth, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, engagement,
Form: Footle
Home
...The rugs in the living room
Are thin in places, and
The dog has scratched
The painted floors.
The end tables are crowded
With family pictures
Instead of knickknacks
Some of the bath towels
H...
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Categories:
washcloth, appreciation, home, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Pockets of Moon and Men
...*Image of The Moon Looking At Full by Pixabay.
“No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered a...
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Categories:
washcloth, longing, love, men, moon,
Form: Sonnet
The Midwife Pg4 Continue of Tater and Junebug
...With a deliberated ruse; she washed its tiny face with a soft washcloth.
With no resistance, she enfolded the wee infant into a swaddling cloth.
In the Autumn equinox, she placed the tiny form ...
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Categories:
washcloth, pain,
Form: Narrative
The Wall of Rain
...by Dawne Zacharias
The Wall of Rain from
a distance came
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Categories:
washcloth, addiction, imagery, rain,
Form: Free verse
Shooting the Poop
...A seagull’s just messed on my car
poop splattered the windscreen so far
it obscured my view
wet white slimy pooh
that seagull needs the abattoir!
To remove that horrible slurry
I ...
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Categories:
washcloth, bird, humorous, sky,
Form: Limerick
How To Stay Married To Me: a Poetic Tutorial
...How to Stay Married to Me
(a poetic tutorial)
Don’t come at me
With sweets or cookies
On Valentine’s Day
My New Year’s resolutions
Are around to stay
(talk to me around Mother’s Day)
Unde...
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Categories:
washcloth, family, happiness, i love
Form: Didactic
With Mr Jones: Collaborations--'11
...(Line for line… tit for tat.)
1.
My house is kind of small
but bigger than my kitchen
And in my kitchen there’s a lamp
that’s bigger than my fist
Please don’t touch the do...
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Categories:
washcloth, dog, humorous, poems,
Form: Verse
Writer's Block
...The pen has betrayed me!
The ink has swallowed me as spit on a fly.
I burn pages with fiery lightning bug breaths
That spill from pokey jar-holes.
If I touched flame I'd very well melt to the fl...
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Categories:
washcloth, write, writing,
Form: I do not know?
Washing the Dishes
...As clean running water flows through dirty dishes
Immense joy and peace bathe her tired being
While veined deft hands scour surfaces and edges
She becomes aware of her body and breathing ...
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Categories:
washcloth, encouraging, feelings, home, inspiration,
Form: Pantoum
Fever
...I puffed out a soft cold cloud
In these long chambered empty rooms
As my hand held washcloth to brow
Over me, your sickness looms
Hot breath toasted my fingers
Now heaving up dead fireflies
Th...
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Categories:
washcloth, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Strange Bath Fella
...I was enjoying myself in a bubble bath, as suddenly, a mouse dropped in.
Maybe I would of panicked, but she swam immediately, to the other end!
I suddenly felt so sorry for my, now clean, little, c...
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Categories:
washcloth, adventure, fantasy, funny, giggle,
Form: Light Verse
Random Stuff
...Some news has a way of crushing you to your core. Now get back up, again you.
I remember I wanted to go see my friend last night. I remember texting her I was falling asleep on the couch and not com...
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Categories:
washcloth, art, confusion, work, me,
Form: Blank verse
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