MESH HAIKU
My love
is fading
Hair becomes greyer daily
Your colours still bright.
Smells like
vinegar
Cost one dollar seventy five
Hand wash you at home.
Short brim,
no rope bits
Sitting atop a tea pot
hand embroidery.
-Nails of Melbourne
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He would not
wear one
Twill
only, too good for mesh
He thinks. But not me.
There is no
free lunch
But the hand-out logo'd cap
Is ubiquitous.
"Boar Power"
here is legendary.
Once free, too.
I long for times past.
-Shelley Rivers, DDA
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Mesh is erotic
I love the shiny nylon
Don't forget the foam
The shiny bill-braid
Separates the bill and foam
Festooned
on my dome
Loud plastic
clicking
Cold metal button on top
Lost its cloth cover .
-EL PATRO
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The void rises
and falls
as my woven halo reads
Bighorn County Fair
This fly seeks
a moment
of respite on my mesh cap.
The short night.
A breeze moves
slowly
through the brilliance of her
haberdashery
Two commerants
stand
fishing the shallow waters.
Screen printed cap front.
-Scott Q. Christy
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one hundred
degrees
it is hot outside indeed
thanks ventilation
one thing on
my mind
thank god mesh can talk for me
i don't talk so good
pickup truck
with rack
open PBR in hand
my mesh completes me .
-Admiral Jamie Parker
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Birds fly over
head
Chocolate bombs about to fall
Thank God for the mesh
Sweat drips
from my cap
Feeding spaghetti to him
In the heat of the bus station
Even in my dreams
The ranch hands all have large heads
None with a Stetson
Brims may come
and go
But the woven plastic badge
Defines my being.
-Craig "Philly" Phillips
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My Grandpa
wore one.
Genetics should end here, now!
No such fucking luck.
I love venison.
Mesh damn well ain't bulletproof.
Hunting accident.
Drank my Budweiser
Got into my pickup truck
Mesh ain't no seatbelt.
-Aram
"Aggro P" Peterson
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found
you in detroit.
you had a rainbow in front,
and a perfect brim.
-ClarkWay "Wu Wei" Eagling
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Foam wall
like wave's crest
Mesh net cast over balding scalp
He is the captain
-Christopher Burke
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blue foam
upon me
blue mesh cooling as i go
blank, my hat is mute
-Jason
G.
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Her cap
draws my eye.
Her mesh homogenizes
my urgent craving.
You shade
my dear eyes,
let the wind across my scalp,
and give voice my song.
-Carl W., 2002 Mesh Poet Laureate
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Polyesther crown
ten thousand taunts assail you
yet you ride so high.
Broad,
sunburned features
shuffling from the bar to the loo
hat says, "Mustache Rides."
-Übermesh