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Grating Poems - Poems about Grating

Weeping Shall Endure
...The dins of war un-hushed the jarring of munitions the cacophony of starvation the grating contempt for humanity the discordant silence of the Free . . . The World......

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Categories: grating, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A lone caw after long
...The caw of the crow, Once harsh and loud Filled the skies when they Gathered in a crowd. For fifty years Their voices not heard Untill one lone caw Returned out of the blue. It's sounds o......

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Categories: grating, change,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member screechy airplanes daily
...grating sky noises elongated screechy scream clamoring airplane destroying silence threatening my peace of mind in flight path daily......

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Categories: grating, sound,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member annoyed while waiting
...The music is not to my taste I am stuck in a beauty shop No one here looks beautified Two men are ahead of me sitting in wait chairs Neither of them look like they need a haircut This music is......

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Categories: grating, feelings, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Buying Time
...I bought time after paying the cost A fleeting win chasing moments lost A trial fought a mile walked Each step a price each breath a tick on the clock Nerves grating sometimes in fear I didn’t......

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Categories: grating, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Potato Latkes
...Potato latkes, fried in oil Are eaten every year When calendars remind us That our holiday is here. To keep up the tradition, There are choices we must make – Buy them frozen in the market, ......

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Categories: grating, chanukah, food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Passed The Bell
...Nights of flying dream world, who might chase a raucous laugh, or seek indeed mirthful excitement, the sort that has embroidered twists, as is generally perceived by intention, but epic hurdle......

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Categories: grating, art, city, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member annoying bathroom toilet sound
...the bathroom toilet is gurgling it sounds like it has the hiccups a non-melodic, annoying, grating sound my husband has shown me several times how to stop it he can lightly touch the handle and......

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Categories: grating, house,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hands In the Dark
... As I warm those hands in the still of dark, the ones that knead my back on tired nights Squeezing me close to silence devilish thoughts Each finger, every caress an anchor of safety in our dw......

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Categories: grating, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member the forest is alive
...verdent leaves spikey, pointed, symmetrical, heart-shaped, walnuts, oak, maple one lone elm unseen in Kansas for awhile crickets are buzzing grating commercial airline sound buzzing, tril......

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Categories: grating, tree,
Form: Free verse
Relent
... Most of the night was a blur Couples giggling as they passed Some teens jostling each other in the shadows, the smell of cheap alcohol carrying on the night air The neon fuzz of the carnival c......

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Categories: grating, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Skin of Terror
...Skin of Terror - Daniel Henry Rodgers (The stage lights come up slowly on Michael's face, which is crisscrossed with wrinkles from his fuming......

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Categories: grating, horror, mental health, mental
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member A Twilight Robbery- Pick a Line and Like a Hooked Fish Run with it
...Line of Inquiry “I wasn’t sure what it was he said but it meant a lot to me.” When there was still daylight lingering, And the wind was upon the leaves, And every leaf trembled at its touch, O......

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Categories: grating, emotions, love, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unfounded Hatred Toward a Young Stranger
...The subway station heaves with muffled noise, The shuffle of countless feet against the grime, I am aware of unfounded disdain, Coursing between strangers in the city's bowels. The ancient fluo......

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Categories: grating, discrimination, hate, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member GAD
...I live in the moment but not positively Not a sway more like a giant tsunami Letting the moment completely rob me Tunnel vision so stubbornly debilitating A cyclical process which keeps bait......

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Categories: grating, mental health,
Form: Rhyme

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