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Shirtwaist Poems - Poems about Shirtwaist


Premium Member when I spot a squirrel
...When I spot a squirrel It is never common, ordinary or naked They are usually fully dressed without a smile The one I spied this morning wore a blue shirtwaist When she ran up a tree, I saw white......

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Categories: shirtwaist, animal, humor,
Form: Free verse
1910 To 1919
...I am the Boy Scouts who become Official. I am Charlie Chaplin film that Makes you giggle. I am the triangle shirtwaist Factory fire. I am Margaret Sanger the birth Control s......

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Categories: shirtwaist, childhood,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Le Chemin De Fer - With Apologies To Edouard Manet
...Victorine, with your back to the fence, A sleeping puppy and a book in your lap, Looking respectable, prim and demure. Is that what they call a shirtwaist dress? I wouldn’t know, but the last t......

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Categories: shirtwaist, art,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member We All Have Stories
...Kathy rides the bus an hour each day to reach the club saving her pennies; last week the phone company shut her off less than a month overdue but they keep single mothers on edge. Tall and lean ......

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Categories: shirtwaist, abuse,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things