Grinds Poems - Poems about Grinds

Obsession

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Filled by the Holy Spirit

...My soul is lifted out of my mind.
In its stead—
filled by the Holy Spirit,
guided in silence by its breath...
like an angry wind held still
above a river born of crashing falls,
with a tooth th...

Sonnet 116

...I’ll always feel this way. Love can’t be love
which alters where it alteration finds:
my driver, she – no matter how she grinds
my gears. I’d hardly term it, hand-and-glove:
it’s much more like a...

Ear-Splitting, Liver-Bellied Bullying

...plink, plink, water in the sink
sinks slowly into budding suds
torturing the pans and fork tines
who want cascade - show on the road
plink, plop, hands over ears, now stop
but slowly the spatter...

The Blood-Stained Glass Heart

...She scrubs the floors with hands that bleed,
her heart, a brittle thing beneath her chest—
a reflection of the shattered glass
she once danced on,
believing love was a crown
meant to fit anyone....

In a world of steel and shadows, time flows like a river of forgetfulness

...In a world of steel and shadows, time flows like a river of forgetfulness,
where seconds are devoured by the merciless beasts of routine,
and hours turn to dust on the giant wheels of soulless mach...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR WHO WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI

...I AM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR I'LL NEVER EVER BE HIS VICTIM AGAIN I'LL NEVER EVER MISS THE STENCH OF ANGER RAGE VIOLENT OUTBURST THE SPITTING WHEN HE YELLED SCREAMED AMAZING I SURVIVED AFTER RETU...

Mush

...Neuroscience
takes a world class meal
grinds it into bits
and tries to convince us
 — its taste has improved

(Villanova University: April, 2025)
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Memories of Eleventh Summer

...School grinds on.  It seems like hell.
Last day, then summer, and we're free. 
An angel sings, rings the school bell. 

We race down the street with glee -
so, begins three months of fun. 
Let'...

The Story Rolls On

...Yo, check the wall! New calendar's up!
Crisp corners, dates so clean, what's up?
"New Year, New Beginning!" the cards all scream,
Same old story, same old tired dream.
But out HERE, where the cit...

Elysian Fields Are Beautiful in Spring

...Opa John

The caboose sits red—its iron spine cradles the earth like Atlas
rails stretching into nowhere. The stream murmurs softly
its voice threading through Ellie’s laughter like silver...

Predator

...It hits fast with no trace
No warning…no face
Slips in slick and sips blood quick 
Steals breath and whispers death

It chokes and grinds
Claws deep and rewires minds
No mercy…no pause
Just r...

Sisyphus Silence

...Sisyphus’ Silence

I sit, a silent, carved-out zone,

A soul entrapped, unlit, unwhole,

The majority’s tide grinds flesh to bone,

While others’ feelings wallow, roll

In mud that clings, ...

Surf Usurped

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Hitchhiking by blurred station generic
Gypsy Flora slips anonymous, gravel
Grinds her heart of garbage, barbaric
Buried skeleton stirred, further travel 
Ticket to Keep It Secret

Scarred i...

Pointing Accusing Fingers

... total fiction

I heard the words repeated on the news
so sick of them that my mind rebelled...
"Doge's plan and Trump commands
the Constitution should be banned.
Hell to that Chief!  Th...

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