Best Sludge Poems

Thick sludge upon my
wings; sad eyes in need of help
Hopeless eyes searching

For Raul's contest
(Photo of an oil coated duck and beach)...

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Slither Slider Sludge
from the quagmire to the dust
we stand to face the mountain 
with the rage of shadows past

I am anger I am pain
I heard the shadows 
felt the rain
caste the feelings out in vain

Listen to the words I say
feel the warmth of summers day
we...

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As the weather chooses its flavour for the hour,
Stubble-ended wood shaves itself on the layers of unseen ground.
Synthetic puke seeps through pores seeking to devour
Every tiny, curled hair floating in the murk around and around.

Pool party skies reside a millimeter higher than the tallest fingertip:
Leftovers...

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Out of the bowels of Harrisburg
Comes a new woman on the scene
She's head of environmental pollution
She's known as the Harbor Sludge Queen
She's in charge of polluting our county
And putting the environment in a rut
While her boss, the infamous Mr. Ed
Has his nose buried in athlete's...

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Written: April 09, 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand

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sometimes there's soft sludge
a harsh grip that creeps in 
secretly and veiled —   
at times, it feels...

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Deep in ocean near the coast, 
slicks black-oil-slime’s terminal ghost.  
Man’s ultimate deadly mistake,
razes abundant life in its wake.

Grim offing visions fiercely hold,
dismal lust for this liquid gold.
Thick black muck that stifles breath,
drags live water’s eventual death.

Black sludge a cloak of despair,
choking its vein...

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He looks down on me in his condescending way
    Without words, he pities me,
And without words, I accept                        ...

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I turn on the water spicken nothing comes out but rust and sludge such as life inside~ 

9/4/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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You may be very wealthy and powerful,
Yet you're doomed to fail like a fool,
If you are on the wrong side of history,
Where a deep sludgy hole is your final destiny.

Hitler at one point found himself on the slippery slope
Where he crashed and his neck ended...

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