Washing Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	Pouring	Heidi Sands	Haiku	Haiku	washing, rain,
	Passover at Sunset, Friday	Panagiota Romios	Free verse	Free verse	washing, holiday, jewish,
	WASHING MACHINES	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	Blank verse	Blank verse	washing, change, clothes, conflict, culture,
	Walking the Beach	Maurice Rigoler	Light Verse	Light Verse	washing, age, loneliness,
	But now	Jaro Tomko	Free verse	Free verse	washing, change, growth, life,
	off the deep end	Jeff Connelly	I do not know?	I do not know?	washing, muse,
	What if God was Too Busy for You	Panagiota Romios	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, africa, blessing, god, good
	My Go-To Color is Neon Orange	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	Free verse	washing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
	Transformation	JG Collins	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	washing, art,
	WORTHY WORK	Beata Agustin	Alliteration	Alliteration	washing, character, christian, devotion, faith,
	Water	Joel Lee	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, life,
	Favourite Poem	Jo Daniel	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, fun, write,
	MARRED YET REPAIRED	Beata Agustin	Cinqku	Cinqku	washing, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
	Footprints in sand	William Kofoed	Free verse	Free verse	washing, poetry,
	My blood runs in you	Stewart Annie Everestus	Free verse	Free verse	washing, africa, beautiful, strength,
	Ghosting	Panagiota Romios	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, internet,
	Chatting with fireflies	Anthony Slausin	Free verse	Free verse	washing, appreciation,
	The Sugar Poet	Panagiota Romios	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, inspiration, poetry, poets,
	Strange	Anthony Morgan	ABC	ABC	washing, girl, heart, how i
	Intermission Break: The Flow	Lady Labyrinth	Free verse	Free verse	washing, freedom, home, love,
	Old McDonald's Farm	Mike Hauser	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, animal, house, humor,
	scientifically sexual	Jeff Connelly	I do not know?	I do not know?	washing, muse,
	THE BREAKFAST OF SCANDAL	atere isaac	Free verse	Free verse	washing, anger, angst, anxiety, betrayal,
	My Happy Place	Judy Dunbar	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, beautiful, beauty, flower, happiness,
	By The Water's Edge	Emile Pinet	Alliteration	Alliteration	washing, 10th grade, beach, beautiful,
	THE KNICKER TREE	JAN ALLISON	Haiku	Haiku	washing, clothes, flower, humorous,
	What Does Meth Smell Like	Caren Krutsinger	I do not know?	I do not know?	washing, 10th grade, 11th grade,
	While Walloping Waking Whale	James Horn	Lanterne	Lanterne	washing, allegory, analogy,
	Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Famous poets dedication series, Part One	Robert Lindley	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, appreciation, art, creation, inspiration,
	oops	William Forchion	Free verse	Free verse	washing, black african american, philosophy,
	Dog is Grooming	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	Free verse	washing, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
	Love: Devil and Hero	Md. Rubel Islam	Lyric	Lyric	washing, allegory, black love, depression,
	forenoon	jan oskar hansen	Blank verse	Blank verse	washing, abuse, anger, best friend,
	The ego in my love	Shagesa Mattheeuw	I do not know?	I do not know?	washing, feelings, goodbye, history, i
	Hearts and Minds	Kevin Fairbrother	Free verse	Free verse	washing, age, appreciation, beautiful, celebration,
	Manhattan Real Estate	ilene bauer	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, new york,
	JOY TO A CHILD'S EYES	Mark Weismantel	Quatrain	Quatrain	washing, child, family, happy, travel,
	President's day in 5th grade class	John Dickinson	Free verse	Free verse	washing, 5th grade,
	The broken pieces	Swetha Vangaveti	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, child, deep,
	the twisting light of your pouring smile	Oliver Mason	Free verse	Free verse	washing, 11th grade, beautiful, beauty,
	Doing Sweeties Chores	Tom Wright	Lyric	Lyric	washing, funny, satire,
	SAUDADE	Line Gauthier	Free verse	Free verse	washing, fantasy, grief, heartbroken, loneliness,
	Ode to the Bay of Eloise	Clair Eloise	Ode	Ode	washing, grandmother, love, nostalgia, ocean,
	Harvesting Light	Gordon Martin	Free verse	Free verse	washing, addiction, recovery from,
	Questions	Dion Penville	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, appreciation, emotions, father, feelings,
	O' How Long And Well This Night's Dark Shadows Oft Play, Poet Dedication Series	Robert Lindley	Rhyme	Rhyme	washing, allusion, appreciation, art, beautiful,
	OCEANIC SCENE	nette onclaud	Haiku	Haiku	washing, ocean, summer,
	This Is Part Of My Story	Julius Lawrence	Narrative	Narrative	washing, africa, age, black african
	A Shower of Sediment	Oliver Furlong	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	washing, blessing, imagination, nature, poetry,
	Waves	Sarah Kettle	I do not know?	I do not know?	washing, god,

Washing Poem Example

Love in the Silence of the Soul

As a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls

I heard the words destined to me
“Be still . . . know that I am God”
So I listen  . . . eyes open
“The Passion of Christ”
I was gone . . . 

I saw eyes . . . 
Judas under the olive trees - Gethsemane
His eyes  . . . cold, darting  . . . filled with manic evil
Torchlights hissing  . . . turning eyes yellow
Then a kiss and chaos erupts
I closed my eyes  . . . suddenly afraid

Now I see a set of eyes  . . . filled with burning hate
A High Priest screaming . . .    B-L-A-S-S-P-H-E-M-Y ! ! ! ! !
All around ugly eyes staring with dripping contempt
Old men spitting with bared rotting teeth
Then I noticed . . . and . . . 
And my heart ached . . . 
Jesus . . . standing quietly with closed eyes

Then we were off to Roman authority -- Pontius Pilate
I saw his slanted eyes . . . squinting as if too much sunlight
Loud voices yelling outside . . .  “Crucify him!”
In my heart, I cursed these people – but his eyes
His eyes were dark, soft – forgiving
A hand washing and we are walking . . . 

To a hillside, a place called Golgotha – the skull
Empty eye sockets . . . a place of death
The eyes of soldiers hard, focused  . . . 
Spikes, woods – his sad eyes burning my heart
Closing my eyes, I heard a sharp gasp . . . soldiers yelling
“Lift”

As I opened my eyes – I was looking out with his eyes
We were seeing the same things
Angry faces with eyes of burning ashes
Taunting and jeering – a wave of hysteria hitting us
I heard and felt a deep groan 
Fear gripping me – I knew instantly we needed to go
Now!

Men, women, soldiers, slaves, leaders, teachers 
Eyes filled with blood lust
Evil, hatred . . . . I can’t breath
Death coming with the darkness
Jesus!        Can’t you see . . . 
Then I heard him whisper
 “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”

My heart sank realizing with horror
Jesus is staying . . . dying
I felt his purposeful breathing
Muscles, bones, joints aching with a searing pain
My eyes filled with tears

I saw another set of bloodshot eyes
A voice next to me yelling
“If you’re the Christ, get down from the cross
And take me too!  Let’s go!”
NO, NO!!!  . . . What is he saying
Those are my words – I am sick
My stomach seizes  . . . guilt fills me
I close my eyes

Another voice – on our right speaks
“Lord, remember me . . . “
Jesus painfully turns, twisting his body . . . looking . . . 
He sees blue eyes – my eyes
I am hanging next to Jesus
“Today you will be with me in Paradise”

We were one – together . . . one body
Now separate crosses . . . I feel crushed by loneliness
But his words . . . “Paradise” . . . “today”
He loves me – I see him looking at me
His eyes illuminating my soul . . . it hurts
I tried crying out – I love you . . . 
But only a sob squeaks out

Gravity pulling down pulling down
Eyes straining against the pain
Joints and ribs stretching . . .  popping
Chest heaving for each breath
Body convulsing against wood
Head back . . . eyes wide open . . . he screams
“My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?”

No one answers . . . surprised eyes
In my tears I felt the agony of the cross
The bleakness . . .  hell
Dead eyes

Back in the pew
I heard the preacher 
“He died for you”
What . . . why . . . no . . . 
No, I don’t want you dead
Jesus?

                       .
                       .
                       .

Hey, wait for me – slow down
Running hard, breathing deeply
I stuck my head in empty tomb – hum??? . . . . 
I sat quietly next to Mary Magdalene . . . wondering
The gardener spoke – “Mary”
But he was looking at me – bright eyes
He said . . . “David”
“David, I love you”

Yes!!  Woo Hoo . . . 
Look at me . . . I am dancing
With shinning eyes 
“I love you too”
“I love you”
“Lord Jesus”
“I do”









David Meade
02/22/2015

Love Generously

Poem Copyright © David Meade