Upstairs Poems - Poems about Upstairs

...I asked my grandson, …what is my favorite thing to do,” after he asked the round table. “To play with me, of course.” “Of course, I love playing with you…” “and?” and “praising God” - oh......Read the rest...

...As I sit wandering about the south side of Chicago captured effortlessly by the tall dandelions watching the lightening bugs rest on sunken cattails we often lit them just before the sun se......Read the rest...

...I find delight in poetry and math. I like to follow intuition's path. In the beginning, I pick up a scent. In the end, no one knows what I meant. There is more to life than meets the eye. Natu......Read the rest...

...Glass Slivers Broken chards In the kitchen We are all barefoot Daddy’s eyes are not sharp Baby wants to help of course Big sister takes baby upstairs Mama heads for the broom and dustpan ......Read the rest...

...I continue staring at the wall. If spiders started spilling out of that crack. I don’t think I’d move. My mom thinks I’m weird. I hadn’t spoken for hours but there’s still echoes down here. I co......Read the rest...

...With remnants of mankind’s existence corroding His lighting extinguished, his concrete eroding The birds and the beasts have reconquered his space Those same birds and beasts have forgotten his fa......Read the rest...

...I am a captive of these household chores, Cleaning windows, wall and floors. Fighting dirt all the way, Until I am old and grey. Up at 5 to start the sandwich brigade. Pack their lunches and ......Read the rest...

... It’s getting late and I can’t wait to sleep. Insomnia always has hold of me at bedtime. Tonight I feel hopeful of a visit from the sandman! My adult son and his buddies are drinking and playing......Read the rest...

... Panther calling Kestrel-- over No response Panther calling Kestrel-- over No response Panther calling Kestrel, time is critical--over No response Kestrel calling Panther, break in comms, big ......Read the rest...

...New new new Clean clear powerful activity, unleashed wings upstairs Protective instinct bonded to stability Monitor on, guarding, titrating all sensory and physical input Past seeking, obsessing ......Read the rest...

..."Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done, gave her father forty-one, she washed herself from a watered pail, she claimed their lies an......Read the rest...

...a tomb you say domed and grand and cherubin temerity a mass grave of all of us but who still creeps around upstairs ......Read the rest...

...We used to have a wonderful crew at work. Sixteen, men who thought alike. Then someone upstairs decided to hire two female engineers. They hired the wrong two. These interlopers are not demure,......Read the rest...

...I live in a small condo with a unit upstairs, and there resides one very temperamental bear.. He has a darling wife, so bubbly and fair, but he can be so dark and moody, spreads his gloom ever......Read the rest...

...Just a little note Spoken words Living proof Surviving is never easy Yet I always survive Enriching advice I wonder how, when and breakthrough Struggles comes Challenges speak for themselves ......Read the rest...