Grappling Poems

Aurora in the Ossuary - Broken but bold enough to bounce back

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Written: August 14, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
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I writhed in the womb of a necrotic hush,
a stygian silence where barghests lurk—
My ...

Fugue

...I’ve lived here my whole life. 
I work here. 
Wearing slippers to work. 
So fuzzy and nice. 
My manager is tearing through. 
Every word is nothing. 
Grappling at every pause. 
This room is diz...

Pink Diamond

...Is there a possibility 
found ground up homes posted
and supported keeping the world
just the way it is peace or pains
welcome on to the blizzard falls
I wish the mother of the past still knew 
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Anything But Sleep

...Anything but sleep. 
Fall over the steps. 
And invisible soup spilling everywhere.
There’s a feeling of grappling. 
Eyes bulging. 
Anything but sleep. 
Money, crying, 
Mourning, 
Never snorin...

Is It All In Vain?

...Is It All In Vain?

Experimental scientific observations inside a laboratory 
Consequential specific consecrations that combine to form a sacred story 
Monumental consternations that speak beyond...

Writing Alone

...Writing when I’m alone.
A tired writing.
Terrible, sleepy writing.
So nothing goes right.

Writing is absolute.
Stains everywhere.
The stain of words.
Trembling.

Writing is gracious.
Kind...

into darkness

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here, beyond the realm of air
          I've given what this job remands
               for everything I've e'er held dear
     my closest friend, the 1st, is near
but with a glass between our ...

Mental Rumination

...**Mental Rumination**
Every single day brings with it a new and unfamiliar word, each one carrying its own distinct meaning that often resonates with the shifts in my life. Retirement, for instance,...

Inertia

...Inertia is a crawling, grappling feeling. 
With eyes. 
And the eyes do nothing. 
Neither his or mine. 

Inertia is mine. 
A glass feeling. 
Attempting to do things. 
Just peeling away instead...

Philosophical Rhythmic Duality

...Philosophical Rhymthmic Duality

Imminent calamity collides with structured debate 
Virulent profanity confides with punctured ingrates 
An insolent generation of insanity resides with a debunked...

Seeing

...I have weird eyes. 
Like wires that connect. 
Blinking at the same time as being painful. 
Eating too much.
With weird, starving eyes. 
Eyelashes gripping. 
Pupils which are tingling. 
Eyes ev...

The Wicket Keeper

...**The Wicket-Keeper**


Today, I learned that a lover I once cherished has passed away. Just yesterday, he was alive, and I never imagined I would feel this way about him. It’s strange how I rarel...

Xhosa pool

...#Xhosa_pool
Today I fell into a Xhosa pool, still grappling with my recovery, my shivering mind. In there something epic hides, an enormous emotional drainage. Feel robbed off weight, side and focus...

The Tops

...up a steep and gritty track
reach the tops
wilderness reclaims a verge
of wintery snags
land juts and tilts
hauls out
lays treeless

clumps and hags
pitch up stricken soil
heap their marshy...

Detached - Even Circuits Hum, a music video

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Detached - Even Circuits Hum
A Music Video

As twilight turns to tangled thought,
and truth tiptoes down trembling streets.
Once, wonder serenaded willowed winds
now shadows ...

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