Best Grinding Poems

I often watched  him tirelessly sifting
Grains of native corn in a rusty mill-
     Those arms a kinetic flush, quicker than
     July’s heat, as if glazed limestone rubbed
A wavy mane blown by summer’s tossed air :

Perhaps, I...

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The lane leading into the alley was lined with weeds
False intentions masked by good deeds
The end of the chosen route turned out to be dead
Too many conversations for one man's head

So he began snapping at friendly fingers
From the corner he had backed himself in
Lies falling...

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I turned the key,
pressed the gas pedal.
The motor belched
the starter grated.

“No. Not today!
I can’t be late.
I’m teaching the class.
I have to be there!”

Our three-year-old
piped up from the back seat,

“Try it again, Mom.”

The motor coughed, caught,
settled to a steady purr.
My little two-cylinder Fiat,
slow, but steady as...

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The coyote circles
he always circles
he shadows the path
of our existence
set by the pattern
of wind blown seeds

The old man sleeps
while his children 
play by the fire

He thinks he is 
still the slayer
of enemies
that are long gone

The crow waits
in a ragged nest 
for us
to move on 

My...

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she cracks a sweet
   he cracks a sweat

   tooth story...

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Cloaked in grinding whispers
Such inhabitants feel
Their way
Gallop the day
By thrusting, trusting
Emblazoned minds
Envious looks deflected
As the clan stays on task
The full-time preoccupation
And execution of self-expression
Daring risks trickling
The vacant gutters
Thirsty for adrenalin
And a satisfying gulp
Of shattered dreams
Fashionable product
Underserved and underappreciated
By the sanctimonious angels
Slinging hash in pits
Adjacent to...

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The grinding of metal upon metal
Is such a sickening sound
Like dollar bills flying out the window
It's off for repairs you're bound

Times you dread while driving a car
Hope upon hope you avoid
Physical contact with another vehicle
Your day is totally destroyed

Happens many times every single day
In the...

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If I could see into your mind
I wonder of all the mischief I'd find
I bet I'd see memories you'd like left behind
or I'd see your rationale that was forced to resign

By your ego and pride and lack of humility
the parts of you that I hide...

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1)  When tongues are wagging,
     Eyes are sagging,
     Times are dragging,
     And life is nagging...

Chorus:
Look above,
I say, look above,
Look to God,
And find love.


2)  When some are scoffing,
    ...

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Finally put down those bad habits 
Upset that apple cart 
Swore off all the things that I 
Swore I'd never start 

When you're out there playing young and dumb 
Thinking you can handle it 
That's when the devil comes along 
With a mighty grip 

Placing...

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It so happen,
The hungry whale in hearty amity,
with an invisible scowl and a dreadful leer.   
Led him to the gallows.

blackened by whorish adventurous traverse on many beds, 
with mascara concealed the treacherous venom of invading serpent, 
Delilah dressed in the garbs of Deborah,
gives...

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My soul feels the hard rub of  life
so relentless, this flinty grinding 
as I cram through narrow passages, 
crawling on my hands and knees 
towards the salvation of your touch...

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Subscribe to the lime
And embrace the crime
Fidgeting your moon
Earth shall vanish soon...

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Finding Halt That Is Grinding

To screaming halt Trump came to a grinding
When hearing that agreement must be binding;
After his body and brain he did further inspect
Results seemed to have a spring board effect
For years has been unwinding and unwinding.

Jim Horn...

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"Phone Grinding"
       (R&B)

its a low and slow love 
its a one of a kind, once in a life time 
super mind grind 

the whispers that are told over the phone  
i can WAIT, till the day is done...

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