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Grittiness Poems - Poems about Grittiness


Premium Member Third Eye Whisks Me To Cairo
...my third eye whisked my soul to Cairo I had an eagle’s view of the pyramids tasted grittiness of the sand on my tongue camel sat and pondered my arrival old Egypt is mystical and ethereal sand......

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Categories: grittiness, spiritual,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Joe and Beth, Together
... his guitar is raunchy and moody and his singing voice raspy and if I close my eyes I am in a rundown jazz bar down and out on luck and drinking alone drowning my sorrows in the booze and......

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Categories: grittiness, tribute,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member It's Ugly When I Cry
... "When I was a kid my dad left me in a bad way .... he was in the lives of my sisters and brothers but he wasn't in mine." Quote ......

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Categories: grittiness, blue, music,
Form: Bio
Dancing With the Waves
...The grittiness of the sand upon my feet.. As the soft breeze blows my hair flows.. Golden rays of the sun beating down on me.. Hues of yellow and gold reflects the ocean.. The sound of waves br......

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Categories: grittiness, beach, encouraging, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Panta Rei,Ouden Menei
...We are but fleeting shadows Upon the face of this earth So solid,so tangible ,yet so ready To slip through the hands of life When we doff our mortal coil To leave an inert and empty shell Doom......

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Categories: grittiness, meaningful, nonsense, science fiction,
Form: Free verse



Just As
...Just as a sliver of moon waits uneasily at the daybreak, waning to let the sun command the sky. Just as glistening dewdrops slide down fresh blades of green, making it seem that the rains ......

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Categories: grittiness, deep, desire, heartbreak, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Not Afraid - Eminem Parody, Verse 1 and 2
...(Verse 1) This cannot repeat or loop around anymore, in my direction, I've had the wind kicked out of my sails due to depression. And everyday I hide away I'm not displaying the fight I'm sa......

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Categories: grittiness, hip hop, parody, rap,
Form: Rhyme
Not Afraid Part 2
...I keep trying to fight but everyday it gets worse, I'm trying to carve out a path but it hurts and I loop around to where I stood first. I'm stuck suffering, but won't let no fat lady sing. ......

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Categories: grittiness, anxiety, character, depression, hip
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sandstorm
...SANDSTORM cold front pushes clouds and soil into town dry eyes fight the grittiness of the bully sandstorm 4/7/2018......

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Categories: grittiness, weather,
Form: Kimo
Starved For Affection
...Affection appears in many different ways.. A caress.. A warm embrace... A kiss.. Holding hands.. Arms wrapped around one's shoulder.. Loving warm smile.. Distributing unconditional love.. S......

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Categories: grittiness, sad, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Distasteful
...“We will talk,” he says, as if those words will bring me any solace. From this moment, nothing will ever be the same. I am now anticipating a conversation where I will have to swallow every......

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Categories: grittiness, anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Blank verse

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