Gnarls Knurl the Grip to Fight
after "Do not go gentle into that good night", by Dylan Thomas
Age can not scour away the furrowed gnarls time obeyed,
Nor mask the snarls, gouged as trenches on brows.
Grace knurls the grip that time has long betrayed,
To swage wrath and fury to a form that age endows.
Grace reveres the knurled design that time has hewn,
Not
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Categories:
grip, age, old,
Form: Sonnet
Better Get a Grip Horn Haiku
saw Trump on a ship
we had to give you a tip
better get a grip
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Categories:
grip, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
In the Grip of Grief
Happy happy never more
Pain and suffering stalk your door
Let them in and now they’ll stay
ruining each and every day
Will they leave and go away
So mind and body again can play
Hopes and dreams smashed on the floor
Life is sad forever more
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Categories:
grip, grief, heartbroken, pain, sad,
Form: Rhyme
JUST ME
Like the ocean s the shore
endlessly, violently,
Until I'm nothing but salt on your skin.
Dripping sweet with memories...
Freaky hard do me.
On the edge of the kitchen counter,
Knock over the wine glass I never finished.
Pull my legs apart as I claw at your shirt,
Bite down on my shoulder to muffle the growl,
And leave me dripping
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Categories:
grip, cute love, feelings, good
Form: Free verse
Dear heart, with all due respect, stop your skipped beats and get a grip, please
Dear heart, with all due respect, stop your skipped beats and get a grip, please!
Pull yourself together, it’s just a girl, even if she is cute, smart, and kind.
Yes, her eyes are crystallized love, adorned with sparkling stardust,
Her voice, a divine concert of nature, a song that gently embraces the soul.
Her smile, one of the
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Categories:
grip, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Shadow's Grip
The angels have fallen, their wings stained with ash,
The demons now rule, their laughter echoing in the void.
The sky, once a canvas of hope, now bleeds a somber gray.
A mask hides the truth, whispering "I'm okay," a hollow lie.
No one sees the darkness that engulfs me,
For my thoughts, like traitors, betray me.
Emptiness hollows me out,
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Categories:
grip, depression,
Form: Free verse
death grip
morning
glories wrap
beautiful flowers
climbs, squeezes, chokes their stalk, limbs
so like some humans who climb, squeeze, choke until
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Categories:
grip, abuse,
Form: Suzette Prime
THE GRIP
He had a very tight grip
When he kissed her luscious lips
It stirred him up bad
He forgot his name was Chad
Didn't realized that he'd just stripped
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Categories:
grip, humor,
Form: Limerick
Fading grip
Held within my dreams
I can see you dieing
Deep within my veins
I can feel you crying
What has attacked you
Left you bleeding
What has Hurt you
Left you screaming
Why are you in so much pain
What has ripped out
Your soul and
Left you in shame
What tries so hard
To steal from you
Your name
Convince you to stop
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Categories:
grip, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
On Self Should Get Grip
Horn Haiku
on self should get grip
after he would crack the whip
he was sure to flip
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Categories:
grip, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Passions Grip
Misty moonlighting red Queen
Biting into apple of the eyes
Drinking from the well of light.
A thousand whispers silently into one dream
eclipsing lunar pearl glowing faraway bright
In satin darkness within velvet touches teardrops
Blessings forever born in a distant horizon ivory white speaks
Angel of mercy joined together our reflections spin
Out of this world
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Categories:
grip, beauty, devotion, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse
OH MY GRIP
OH MY GRIP
I want the firebrand
To my taste
I want the dagger
To my taste
I want the bullet
To my taste
I thirst for blood
To my taste
I want war at the front of peace
I want hate at the front of love
I want them to note I'm strong
I want the earth at my grip to her knee
Well up
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Categories:
grip, character, faith, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Fashion's Grip
You know that fashion's got you in its grip
when you embark on a shopping trip
to scout out the latest markdowns and deals
on matching trash cans ~ C'mon, Jill, get real
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Categories:
grip, crazy, fashion, giggle, power,
Form: Couplet
Rage's Iron Grip
Among the boulders that gaze on with proud regard
When times are rigorous, having patience is hard
Water gently brushes the riverbanks over time
Blue river flowing slowly, crickets chirping in rhyme
The river's peace is disrupted, though, by the rain
Our babies are sobbing louder, battering our brains
As it evolves, it surpasses every hurdle in its path
Of ravenous sadness
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Categories:
grip, analogy, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Couplet
Graffiti's Grip
I stood….transfixed, reading the boldly painted warning
…DON’T TURN AROUND – YOU ARE NOT ALONE
©4/7/2023
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Categories:
grip, angst, humor, society,
Form: Other
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