Best Grimmer Poems

When gazing Beta Persei,
a star with many ghoulish names, 
be wary of a winking eye,
for fluctuating flames
belie its evil aims. 

Ancient mariners would watch with...

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…the seeds of neo-Nazism are germinating  
Markus Nierth, former mayor of Tröglitz, Germany 2015

Germany’s rock candy windows and cookie like shingles make seeing the...

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O!  Afterthought, Thou art a stern Taskmaster!
Thy Glare’s as gentle, as is Sun on Snow!
O!  Heart!  Would She have stayed, if I...

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Wait till next year is a common baseball cry
Disappointment abounds, as the fans say goodbye
Not every year's a winner
This one was even grimmer
Maybe next year...

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With ear to the ground
I felt a slight tremble,
like the stir of a whispering breeze
breaking its covenant of silence.

Stoically solemn hills
partially cloaked in roaming shadows,
the...

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Sometimes you can hide yourself in a mirror
Not everything’s revealed within its glimmer
What you see is only your outer reflection
You’re only looking at lights reverse...

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Better days aged, 
Better days wretched 
Around the corner is bloomer,
Inside the room is the beholder,
Alterations on my robe,makes me reprise, 
All stands for a...

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As dawn cracks the sky
and yellow light leaks through 
The neighbourhood oracle begins her day, 
sets out her stall on the corner near the station
"The...

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You know I'm heartless,
But yet you insist on me having a soul,
Even if it does exist,
It must be dim,
Never to glow,
Never to shine,
Or even shimmer,
Only...

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(Marilyn Monroe speaks.)


River of No Return 

A desert is a bitter place. 
There's something cruel in endless space: 
it strips away the human scale. 

I...

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Sails upon waters of shimmer
Blood red vibrance glowing dimmer
Twisted fate of Sanity increasingly slimmer
Lost Voice left alone to quietly simmer
Memories of faded emotions turning grimmer

Tears...

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A monarch butterfly flew past.
I wondered if it was the last
‘Cause they are disappearing fast;
Our world will be much grimmer.

For climate change and pesticides,
Plus loss...

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Marilyn Monroe discusses making
"The Misfits"

A desert is a bitter place. 
There's something cruel in endless space: 
it strips away the human scale. 

I fear these...

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Time's pages are turning; folks are churning 
A better butter, worth bread's hard earning
Its unmistaken; bacon is burning
In thin, cheap, tin pans but we're all...

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My parties have become pretty lean
Ever since onset of Covid nineteen 
No more passing around fine liquor
drinking alone, in a hall of mirrors 

A new...

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