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"tablecloths" poems
good morning, my angel my living lullaby i glide across the fairest skin, you are the fairest one of all. Good morning, my mother my broken candle you gave me the wax that has melted on many tablecloths i feel I have lost you now, as I had lost you then. Good morning, my first love my little bridge your mittens were warm when I needed heat when I was so cold the tears froze onto my cheeks. you ran me a bath a being of divinity we held each other in your father’s tub and laughed at the bubbling abundance, burgeoning in overflow. I wake to the puddle of your memory That has grown since we last met, since I have wept For the love I have not kept in place. Good morning hindered lover, who worships me in forbidden light a thousand songs have yet transpired born from a single thought of you. Inhibited inspiration, camouflage constellation, I kiss you now though I will always be Years away from where you lie. Good morning dear father, a forester Braver than the lone wolf and his solitary howl. The lesson of the arthritic toe shows you True appreciation for the pain of existence. You are the most loyal flame, my gratitude is overwhelming Each time I embrace the past and the mistakes, unconscious From the broken record And its echo off the wall. Good mourning to the loss of a lover, an ephemeral flame. Good mourning to the death of a friendship, to the longing for a **** Good mourning to the future in its casket, That awaits a new life for me In song.
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM UTC
Good Mourning
Quaint pink curtains and tablecloths. White walls. The sugary smell of almonds, pistachio and butterscotch skip around the room, playing hopscotch and Mary Mack. The display is impressive, I can smell each grain of sugar in these petit cupcakes and dollops of icing. And then a little girl wails! Mommy won't buy her anymore sweet treats. Bawling-- the girl does an angry-stomp-dance- and then a woman, livid-- storms up to the counter. I said half dozen almond biscotti. I can't take these to my book club. Isn't anyone here competent? Her booming voice has no effect on the lone, tired African-American woman behind the counter. She seems disassociated from the present chaos. The dark circles under her eyes and the surrounding pursed lip wrinkles say everything. Excuse me, but I've been waiting on a refill of the complimentary coffee for over ten minutes now an uptight gent in a business suit complains. When the woman behind the counter pulls out out a shotgun-- there is silence. This ain't what I wanted she whimpers just before the weapon gracefully slides under her chin-- --!BAM!-- As I walk out the door, I wonder how long it will take for someone to realize that's not red icing or sprinkles on the cupcakes.
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Aug 13, 2011
Aug 13, 2011 at 10:32 AM UTC
Happy Little Cupcake Store
~ A crowded city street, strolling a narrow sidewalk, your hand in mine Pastel neon lights paint the buildings in soothing colors, softening sharp edges, creating a wonderland on this warm summer night A small bistro, street side tables candle light and tablecloths tiny dancing flames on white linen igniting your smile as we take a seat amidst the din of taxi cabs racing to find the sunset, lover’s fare put to good use in backseat desires Two glasses of Pinot, fine crystal offerings as are your eyes, glistening, dark chocolate petals calling me in, hypnotized free falling into your heart   as I drink them in slowly, tasting every tantalizing gaze A toast to us, touching glasses, touching hearts, changing lives as I wonder what I have done to deserve this dream, you and me, no one else exists, the city bustles unnoticed as we sip the fruits of our love on an enchanting evening hoping it never ends…
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Jul 13, 2015
Jul 13, 2015 at 7:13 PM UTC
No one else exists
Thanksgiving It’s getting close to thanksgiving day When every ones table will be on display. Tablecloths of different patterns and designs Making the tables look just fine. Where every mother or wife try to Fill their hearts delight. Food dishes and desserts passed down From generation to generation Leaving you with a tasty temptation. On the table a butterball turkey And a honey baked ham Both sitting in their juices In a large roasting pan. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes Green bean salad ,and corn on the cob It looks like someone was doing their job. A pan of beans, and a large bowl of rice Bottles of apple cider sitting on ice. Everything to make a thanksgiving complete Spending it with family and friends What a beautiful treat. But this holiday can not be celebrated If it wasn’t for those pilgrims on that historic day When they spent it with Indians and learned different games to play. This was the creation of this Great country that we all know And now macy’ s puts on its thanksgiving show. You’ve got to love it ! © L . RAMS
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Nov 18, 2012
Nov 18, 2012 at 10:50 PM UTC
thanksgiving
Summer doldrums, Morning heat risers On the sky, High nubile towers In the distance, Freshwater fountains To slowly refresh, Washing over Water and land, Beating down The soaking rains, Their tall images Standing there, Thunder sounds Barely echo there, All puffed-up And neatly draped, Hung like white Formal tablecloths Across the everglades.
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Jul 17, 2014
Jul 17, 2014 at 1:56 PM UTC
Doldrums
restaurants take your shadows and remove your clothes like linen napkins tablecloths embody all that was ever on them but you are still the nakedest of all
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Oct 14, 2018
Oct 14, 2018 at 5:56 PM UTC
dining etiquette
Secretly?Tall=Tower-fee lucky 777 "I'm Free"-Flowery + $$$ Being Oz-wizardly Toto lucky bite red slipper ((Cowardly)) Lionly -Whoa__ She got that Geisha Irony This is Tokyo Not the flower shop of Soho (( Japan Chefs Black Panthers)) Shout box____ Unique flowers of faces-gather Too outfox____ One Geisha Flowery room Twilight-places lightly bloom Overpowering Sunflower showering Going nowhere Her body heat Is always somewhere Over flowered the rainbow magic women romantically spritz and spray Love me love me not I am waiting today Flowered over one Man? Her Fortune-beds The Geishas fine ink Never pink The best time to arrive See her lucky red ((Geisha Flowery)) *        *        *        * Happy go lucky Not the back rub The gift of gab Time feast Rolex her index finger Webs of flower cut Debs Was the cover-up The best of the last defeat of her She Petals faster The  zipper-movie cut Go zip Irish spring shower Boysenberry, Cherry, Power Geisha dance flowery-trick The vanilla-bean sky quick The yogurt Greece fly Her tablecloths He finger points cactus sharp points The climate tells the clues can you handle tricks Crazzzzy____ glue Softly silk skirt steak Missed a few buds ((Geisha Flowery funds)) Tantalizing tiara pull Off gave it  to the flower girl china doll The music Black Magic women Her sheer blouse loosely fit his fancy Playing Santana Sitting with her tea tiger lily Felt so lonely The champagne half-heartedly The whole Monet Chandon shirts of Gucci She's perked me up Pucci ******* coo Danger me dandelions The next recruit black rose pin pursuit hungry like wolf Duran Duran The discovery of custard flan The Geisha flowery New York State Who snitched out her spouse Flowers divinity Godly lands I gotcha Right in the palm of my hands
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Jun 4, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 at 12:29 PM UTC
Geisha Flowery
Secretly?Tall=Tower-fee lucky 777 "I'm Free"-Flowery + $$$ Being Oz-wizardly Toto lucky bite red slipper ((Cowardly)) Lionly -Whoa__ She got that Geisha Irony This is Tokyo Not the flower shop of Soho (( Japan Chefs Black Panthers)) Shout box____ Unique flowers of faces-gather Too outfox____ One Geisha Flowery room Twilight-places lightly bloom Overpowering Sunflower showering Going nowhere Her body heat Is always somewhere Over flowered the rainbow magic women romantically spritz and spray Love me love me not I am waiting today Flowered over one Man? Her Fortune-beds The Geishas fine ink Never pink The best time to arrive See her lucky red ((Geisha Flowery)) *        *        *        * Happy go lucky Not the back rub The gift of gab Time feast Rolex her index finger Webs of flower cut Debs Was the cover-up The best of the last defeat of her She Petals faster The  zipper-movie cut Go zip Irish spring shower Boysenberry, Cherry, Power Geisha dance flowery-trick The vanilla-bean sky quick The yogurt Greece fly Her tablecloths He finger points cactus sharp points The climate tells the clues can you handle tricks Crazzzzy____ glue Softly silk skirt steak Missed a few buds ((Geisha Flowery funds)) Tantalizing tiara pull Off gave it  to the flower girl china doll The music Black Magic women Her sheer blouse loosely fit his fancy Playing Santana Sitting with her tea tiger lily Felt so lonely The champagne half-heartedly The whole Monet Chandon shirts of Gucci She's perked me up Pucci ******* coo Danger me dandelions The next recruit black rose pin pursuit hungry like wolf Duran Duran The discovery of custard flan The Geisha flowery New York State Who snitched out her spouse Flowers divinity Godly lands I gotcha Right in the palm of my hands
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You won't remember the color of the tablecloths, or the design on the plates. You'll remember the gleam in his eyes, and the way 'I do' tasted on your lips.
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Jul 22, 2015
Jul 22, 2015 at 10:16 AM UTC
Bliss
Tablecloths faded side out Wispy hair brushing skin Soft bubbling, white froth And voices in the distance Hard words pared to whispers Fingertips of what has been.
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Mar 14, 2013
Mar 14, 2013 at 3:45 PM UTC
Fingertips
I'm sorry for my poetry I'm sorry it isn't about coffee stains On lace tablecloths I'm sorry I don't have little anecdotes About our shy and awkward love Or his fearless mouth I'm sorry the lipstick is always faded The metaphors are sloppy, stumbling drunks And the skies are never blue enough I'm sorry about my poetry I'm sorry for my poetry I'm so, so sorry Please just let me cry it out I swear I'll clean it up
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Aug 7, 2013
Aug 7, 2013 at 2:38 PM UTC
My Apologies
. What do you do with a fried pickle sandwich when lavender leaves have messed up its hair How do you cut it in two equal pieces while no one is home and you don’t like to share Why is it sitting alone on the counter as saucers of milk perform on the stage Where is the flavor when bland is in fashion and comic books sing on the very next page Will you surrender to appetites chanting, crossing the line where the pickets are white Shoveling corn flakes when it is not snowing, flying a kernel instead of a kite Serving a side that is right down the middle, leftover vegetables mashed into paste Like a potato but not very filling, smothered in ketchup to drown out the taste Do you like tablecloths made out of vinyl, just like a record but square when they play Nothing to spin when you can’t find a needle, looking through stacks that are covered in hay Cook books too heavy to fit in your diet, checking your math while subtracting a pound Running in place when you’d rather be singing, wishing the dining room table was round Can you believe that a poet would write this, watching a hummingbird outside his door Smiling from one ear but not to the other feeling the pinch when his cheeks are too sore Maybe his mind is a swirl of affection and it is her that he is thinking of It’s a safe bet amid all this confusion the poet who wrote this has fallen in love
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Jul 21, 2016
Jul 21, 2016 at 6:51 PM UTC
Can you believe that a poet would write this?
I crawled away from you The way a dog deserts its pack to die And you all Watched me make my slow progress across the floor Inch By Inch And you did nothing. You saw, and I saw you see And you saw me see you pretend to know nothing. And now I am alive again Awake and able. The shadows of my suffering still follow at my heels, trying to trip me as I walk, and scurry behind doorjambs and under tablecloths when I turn to catch them but, I no longer crawl. I no longer struggle. And as I have woken and made my weary way back to humanity I have found that my complete transformation My journey into hell and through the fires- The torment that forged me into something utterly new, I find that you look past it Let your eyes slide over me like you used to Unwilling to ask, Unwilling to know and yet your false knowing sets off bombs The ones I walk so lightly over Grenades buried beneath the tender green new grass Which covers the battlefield where I fought for my life, for my status as a human being, for my place in this world, And you say *"We all fight." "Everyone struggles."* Of course To hurt is to be human. Everybody does- But not everyone Sits back and watches another crumble to dust, Not everyone says *Well It isn't my problem if they can't cope,* Not everyone looks with eyes So cold Upon a bleeding, broken thing And concludes that because it bleeds when beaten it invites its wounds. And as you look past me As you name me by a word I no longer recognize All I can think is that I fought I won At a cost And I am still not fully healed, And yet I am the same to you Either way You who are supposed to see You who are supposed to be Observers Of the human condition- Observers, not bystanders! Nowhere is it written that you must take notes-- *'Oh yes, see how her lip trembles as she cries See how she fights for breath.'* Nowhere is it set down in stone that you can't Get up and at least pretend to be like they are These people you look at And study And pin to your pages like butterflies catalogued. Can you feel? Did you Feel? Did you look into my eyes and see me Decimated And blame me? And never ask me the truth? And create your own? Did you really think I could forget being In the center of a circle Of lies I had to agree with to survive Shredding my pride for the sake of my place? My place, indeed, In a place where emotions are bought and sold But never owned or treasured. You watched me fight Life or death You, whose arms I've fallen into when I could have hit the floor, You who I am supposed to trust with my soul and its dark wounded parts You who I am supposed to grow with. You watched me and You let me Fight Alone.
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Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 at 1:51 PM UTC
To My Pack
I crawled away from you The way a dog deserts its pack to die And you all Watched me make my slow progress across the floor Inch By Inch And you did nothing. You saw, and I saw you see And you saw me see you pretend to know nothing. And now I am alive again Awake and able. The shadows of my suffering still follow at my heels, trying to trip me as I walk, and scurry behind doorjambs and under tablecloths when I turn to catch them but, I no longer crawl. I no longer struggle. And as I have woken and made my weary way back to humanity I have found that my complete transformation My journey into hell and through the fires- The torment that forged me into something utterly new, I find that you look past it Let your eyes slide over me like you used to Unwilling to ask, Unwilling to know and yet your false knowing sets off bombs The ones I walk so lightly over Grenades buried beneath the tender green new grass Which covers the battlefield where I fought for my life, for my status as a human being, for my place in this world, And you say *"We all fight." "Everyone struggles."* Of course To hurt is to be human. Everybody does- But not everyone Sits back and watches another crumble to dust, Not everyone says *Well It isn't my problem if they can't cope,* Not everyone looks with eyes So cold Upon a bleeding, broken thing And concludes that because it bleeds when beaten it invites its wounds. And as you look past me As you name me by a word I no longer recognize All I can think is that I fought I won At a cost And I am still not fully healed, And yet I am the same to you Either way You who are supposed to see You who are supposed to be Observers Of the human condition- Observers, not bystanders! Nowhere is it written that you must take notes-- *'Oh yes, see how her lip trembles as she cries See how she fights for breath.'* Nowhere is it set down in stone that you can't Get up and at least pretend to be like they are These people you look at And study And pin to your pages like butterflies catalogued. Can you feel? Did you Feel? Did you look into my eyes and see me Decimated And blame me? And never ask me the truth? And create your own? Did you really think I could forget being In the center of a circle Of lies I had to agree with to survive Shredding my pride for the sake of my place? My place, indeed, In a place where emotions are bought and sold But never owned or treasured. You watched me fight Life or death You, whose arms I've fallen into when I could have hit the floor, You who I am supposed to trust with my soul and its dark wounded parts You who I am supposed to grow with. You watched me and You let me Fight Alone.
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. Your ink, sadly spilling on fresh tablecloths with torn lace trim beyond paper napkins absorbing the smiles you should be smiling Darkened tear drops drenching emotions, free flowing sorrows collected in fractured phrases, penned stanzas now erasing happiness in dull pink smudges When just outside the sun sits behind heavy drapes drawn tightly closed on panoramic picture windows waiting to frame the beauty of spring for your eyes in nature’s poetry So open them, (your eyes and the drapes) behold the wonder where small children play and laughter scents the air allowing light to enter that ink, your ink
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May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016 at 3:11 PM UTC
Your ink
June 15, 2010 Buildings reflecting buildings; surrounded by a dull murmur of conversation held over neutral jazz easily ignored; the din punctuated by angry horns Dappled sunlight peeking past the towering concrete giants as a cool breeze lifts white tablecloths and stirs the newly formed leaves. An inky crow alights, looking knowingly at crowds of people rushing by to nowhere as the gold afternoon sun dips past the artificial horizon. A man walks up – a pause – then into the restaurant he strides. Following him is a wild looking beggar who steals all topics of conversation. And in my mind, my thoughts drift back to melancholy places tomorrow’s fears mingle all too well with yesterday’s well aged regrets.
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Aug 17, 2010
Aug 17, 2010 at 3:58 PM UTC
Afternoon at the Art Gallery
Breaking glasses, Smashing plates, Spilling hot food across the carpet, Chilled white wine, splashing on the tabletop, The chef shouts and holds a knife, The women and her children, Seeking a hiding place Under dinner tables and tablecloths, The sounds of his screams are Glossed by the smooth jazz through the walls, His rag-time tantrum, He was done taking orders And all he got Was a wine bottle On the back of the head. -Jamie F. Nugent
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May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016 at 10:25 AM UTC
The Cook
It comes on an Autumn breeze during a morning in Spring where the Buds have begun to open— covered in Dew. It floats from the brown Cardinal as a whispered Melody— Bees respond with a low hum— echoed by a Snore. It touches notes of Candy stores and Wraps itself around lavender bed sheets— It smells like Summer but sounds like Sweetheart. It is smooth like Jazz and Rose petals— It tastes like Espresso after a night of cheap Wine and Cotton tablecloths— after a day of Coastal conversations. It curls toes and moves Fingers like tumbleweed from Sun-kissed freckle to sunken Wrinkle— It spells out Forever and never lies—
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Apr 24, 2016
Apr 24, 2016 at 3:51 PM UTC
It comes on an Autumn breeze
We live for the weekends were you scrounge yourself tablecloths sheets and shelves smooth pavement for the ghost of a heavy load we run for the sake of health and we waited for a knock on the wall but what I got was the ringing of a bell But our prose was true and my eyesight mistreated Colored in thought my eyelids retreated Fall back to the fall I miss what I saw In come sun and a world on que Dinosaurs died to make room for something as magnifecent as you
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Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 1:51 AM UTC
Long ago love letter
listen. just so you know, i know that you're not alone in those pictures you post ((a table decorated by two half-empty glasses in a bar in the city where we met)) as it slides past my screen amongst other photos i don't care about. because you never did anything alone, really. not like me the man you met, ((who went to movies alone long before he loved you, who spent nights scribbling over a tiny desk in a sex-soaked bedroom)) the man you changed & then wondered aloud what the hell happened to him... & yeah you don't tag anyone & yeah there's no one even in the photo but i know you know he ******* probably knows exactly what you're trying to say ((he paid for the whole thing)) with the dim lighting & tablecloths & glasses that aren't mason jars, this is how you deserve to be treated, right?
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Feb 14, 2016
Feb 14, 2016 at 3:45 PM UTC
knowing
It was undistinguished, commonplace, A little shop, just one in a row, But on a winter’s day to walk inside To feel the warmth, bask in the glow Of an atmosphere filled with the scent Of coffee beans and almond nuts, See tablecloths in red and white, Hear the tinkling tone of teaspoon on cup, Was to escape the weather’s hellish grasp, The biting cold, the blustery wind, The drizzling rain, the swirling snow, And find a piece of heaven within. From Entertaining Verse Poems ©Blair Gowrie (Roderick Macdonald) http://www.macdonrod.com/EntertainingVersePoems.htm
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Apr 9, 2017
Apr 9, 2017 at 12:50 AM UTC
The Little Shop
As a little girl The world was so large Within my tiny hands I spent my childhood Under the table Peeking out From my fort of tablecloths and blankets The world transformed Into fantasy worlds and bustling cities Within my eyes So young and so innocent That I wanted to grow up Now, I am standing In the middle of this vast world It grows exponentially with your expectations Now, I just want to make sure I make it to bed Before the first alarm hits Some days I want to crawl back Under the table Peek out from my fortress See those fantasy worlds Filled with so much possibility Before reality consumed me To feel so small, but so fearless To no longer be limited by the sky
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Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020 at 1:47 AM UTC
Under
Faded faces on a poster, smeared lipstick and messed up hair, burglarized of their dreams by a modern day masquerade A lonely disguise pleading endless attention, outstretched hands offering peace, playing house beneath the dinette draped in crocheted tablecloths calling to the foolish with pretty words and overused catch phrases Offering tainted tea and stale biscuits, chuckling behind faux teardrops painted pale blue for effect, luring the helpless, promising friendship, pinky rings and throw pillows softening the blow before bearing claws, ripping flesh, shredding hopeful hearts till ****** remains drip into little grey circles of vacant farewells
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Apr 29, 2016
Apr 29, 2016 at 7:52 AM UTC
Modern Day Masquerade
Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski 7/20/2018 Look! - white petals, like the first snow, like a holiday linen tablecloths. I? - I remember those holidays: warm shadows of candles, you put on the table, and the puff of breath in disarray, entertains with the play of colors, and from feathers... sizzles. Look! - from smoke I plait this poem short: for fogs over an autumn meadow with heathers strewn and drowsy, for stubbles, fields and forests - in honor - of bards! I? - I know they're hardly rustling the strophes of simple words... And you? - you weave sorrows! Wieslaw Musialowski 6/19/2002
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Oct 6, 2019
Oct 6, 2019 at 4:40 AM UTC
Autumnal Hour