Best Gnarly Poems

Gnarly is cozy in his winter best today
His clothes were a gift from Mrs. Claus,
a uniform like Santa’s complete with red hat
His is knitted, even warmer than Santa’s maybe

He gets out his favorite Christmas book
Begins to read, loving the cozy plaid pillows.
Where did they come...

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the gnarly oak
is there a message
in its new leaves...

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Greeting the day's offerings, we cat souls 
Were watching for scampering voles and moles.
Five vigilant cousins and I, perched up high,
watching the sun rise in the eastern sky.

From our perch in the gnarly gumdrop tree,
We surveyed the meadow, calm as we could be.
The grays and...

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O tree of liberty,
how much innocent blood
requires thee
to                       d   free?
   s        ...

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gnarly squirrels nest
too high for a tall giraffe
shelters one baby...

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As vines and entwine so do 
families, families born to climb…

Through the years and centuries they 
continue to grow, larger and larger 
as they climb…

The older they get the more tangled
 and gnarly the vines and families get…

At last a family tree has been 
born...

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A gnarly oak
resembling
the Gorgon
Medusa;
sends serpentine roots
twisting and squirming,
into the dank
forest floor.
Its skeletal limbs
seem to claw their way
out of a fog bank;
bony fingers
dripping droplets
of morning dew
onto the dry leaves
scattered beneath
its barren branches.
As Autumn breezes
blow away
the foggy fabric 
draped over
mossy boughs;
twigs poke through
Dawn's sullied shroud;
freeing this
ancient Goliath
from...

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Silence loaded
With some concoction
Of apathy 
Disdain 
Entitlement
An attitude that screams
”It’s all about me
I don’t care much about anyone else”

That empty glare blatantly defiant
That glows in the dark
A humongous neon sign
Flashing in big red letters
“I choose the few I care about
And that’s not you
I’m going to...

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Gnarly exposed tree roots 
Sheltering the fey
Pops of purple violets
With dash of yellow
Adorning in quiet ways

Mischievous forest pixies
Prancing in silence
Discover this oak is hollow
Build an apartment house
Using twigs, grass, and mud.

Wood elves join them
Led by cosmic faeries
All bearing gifts for neighbors
Rugs, toasters, beds,
Ethereal celebration in...

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gnarly gray goat was so plain, he was embarrassed by it.
he collected florals from garden and dressed up with wit.
thought he looked terrific, showed off his petals a bit.
behind his back other goats called him a simple nitwit....

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Gnarly Marly smelled like barley
Stinking up her old man’s Harley
He was a tough guy who did not mind
Secretly a marshmallow, always immensely kind

They rode their hog in all kinds of weather
Marly perched on the back like a cardinal feather
Her man Chuckie was a rare and...

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He was a snarly, gnarly, encumbered tree root.
Diving into the earth in the most twisted, gnarly way.
His attitude was gnarly too, and he was thickening.
Why me? He demanded. What did I ever do?
There was only silence until a curious worm stopped by.

The worm had all...

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*** Life’s Growing Joy Poem Within a Poem ***

My 70’s may be the decade
For reaching my pathway’s
Ends and Epiphanies: a service of ‘Lessons and Pains’

    — To help my growing….

For example, Truths that I heard repeatedly,
I now believe well enough to take
My...

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