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Grindings Poems - Poems about Grindings


By George, It's the Same Old Story

...The American Revolution describes the process whereby one George was replaced by another

Though Jack has climbed his beanstalk,
Saint George his dragon slain,
Gulch-Mammon lives on happily
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Categories: grindings, corruption, power, society,
Form: Burlesque

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...The black one contains the incense of his cremation:
       the fragrance of hair become ash, 
       shreds of flesh lost among the sorting of the parts, 
       grindings of those that didn’t burn....
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Categories: grindings, death, prayer,
Form: Free verse



Succulents

...Culinary resonations my senses please
Blowtorch trimming the tapering of cheese 
Cremated lactations dance on the fan’s breeze
Crab forks impaling young peas 
Lightly dusting salt of the seas
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Categories: grindings, food
Form: Monorhyme

Compost

...Egg shells, potato peels,
Fruit scraps from meals,
Coffee grindings—
From this…food springs.
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Categories: grindings, food, nature, science,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry