Best Grumps Poems
Below are the all-time best Grumps poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of grumps poems written by PoetrySoup members
The View You Choose 2 Point 0Somedays I feel like I'm surrounded by bars and bricks
encaged on a stage in tar that sticks.
There's an agonisingly unfamiliar reflection in the mirror,
as my...
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Categories:
grumps, dark, depression, hip hop,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
grumps, feelings,
Form:
Couplet
He Was Our Grumpy Old ManHe was a grumpy old man
And there was no one at the funeral to deny it.
Even he didn't pretend to be otherwise.
Yet the whole town...
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Categories:
grumps, age, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
Smile SomeTurn the corners around your lips
reverse your wrinkled brow
amuse your sullen disposition
and disapproving frown
Etch the lines that touch your eyes
the map which tell...
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Categories:
grumps, simile,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Dogs and ChildrenOld Dogs and Children**
Woke up
always a plus.
Took care of business.
Found my teeth -
a must.
Brushed them…..off.
Made coffee
meditated on its scent
and promise.
Met the dog at the door
(no...
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Categories:
grumps, children, dog, granddaughter, grandfather,
Form:
List
Hearing the WordsAlthough my voice rose in volume
his ears rejected the sounds,
unable to distinguish the words.
Speaking to his back,
I felt like a mime without a mirror.
My heart...
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Categories:
grumps, health, loss, sound,
Form:
Narrative
Megan's Quest Part 1of7Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn
in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight.
While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered...
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Categories:
grumps, adventure, courage, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Called Me a Player So I Played YaJust now I took a minute to myself
reflecting it's going well
re-step well if I'm a belt
I'm holding up but my former self
in stealth hiding in...
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Categories:
grumps, conflict, corruption, crazy, smart,
Form:
Free verse
Aftermath1.
Murders in congress
grimly ponder on parapet walls
on the grim reality of lost homes
and loved ones yet unborn -
their casual caws more muted
than the...
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Categories:
grumps, bird, environment, natural disasters,
Form:
Free verse
The Cordial Mister DumpsterDouglas Dempster the Dumpster King
Hates to be called Doug Dumpster
But he's to blame if that's his name
Denying it is a real stumper.
Mashes the trash, burns...
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Categories:
grumps, environment, funny, humor, rude,
Form:
Rhyme
Rainy DaysSome folks complain that rainy days get them down in the dumps,
Causin' depression and a dreadful case of the grumps!
But I relish rainy days, cozily...
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Categories:
grumps, funnyrain, sound, june, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
Political SciencePolitics are the province of people in power,
Who eschew with all their might,
Our money and fear in which we cower,
Under their militant and watchful sight.
See...
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Categories:
grumps, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Santa's BeefsBah! Humbug! 'Tis again that time of the year,
When I must go hither and yon spreading good cheer.
Ho, ho, hoing as wriggling brats sit upon...
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Categories:
grumps, funny, holidayme,
Form:
Rhyme
Heavenly LaurieEternally Lovely now,
The Bride of my Dream of Gold.
And rolling down grassy slopes,
Whose smiling heart ne’er grew old.
Eternally Helpful, too
The Braid in my burgeoned beard
That...
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Categories:
grumps, angel, blessing, funny, happy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rainbow LorikeetThe bully of the parrot world, the Rainbow Lorikeet
To find one that was friendly, would be quite a feat
They will fight all other parrots, those...
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Categories:
grumps, bird,
Form:
Rhyme