Guttural Poems - Poems about Guttural

one kiss

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* This was the first poem I ever entered into a contest, and it won! (Thank you to poet/judge John Hamilton). It is about a very brief moment, and all that our minds can process in an instant, espe...

Born to Rage

...I woke with blood in my mouth
and no memory
of the scab that sealed the rasure.

I’m cat-spitting
dog-growling
peregrine-divebombing
rooster-flogging
badger-flipping
hornet-stinging
wolveri...

The Speaker

...The speaker spoke in a guttural cry
Screeching against the day
Dooming us all to lay down and die.

We all uttered a final sigh
Nothing for us left to say
The speaker spoke in a guttural cry.
...

The Lunacy of Language

...Ah, words, the lunacy of language
The cackling currency of the confused
Squandered in vain attempt at conversation

Words, the spit balls and snow balls of youth
Sharpened to become the epees of...

Sizzle

...

My hair ripping as her fingernails entwine
pulling my head back
She slaps me harder than she should
Her smile slightly offset
My cheek reddening from the welt of her hand
Shifting herself fo...

Con Man Gil B Shift

...The lights dim, and a single spotlight illuminates the dude speaker/He adjusts the microphone the voice, and when it comes, it is strong.) The Confidence Man)/
 He's not a robber with a gun and mask...

Water sings a lilting lullaby

...Hear Ye!
the babbles of brook flowing on by.
the fizzy hiss of foam floating on tide.
the howls of a waterfall crying into sky.
the raging roar of waves crashing on beach.
the pitter-patter raps...

Of Paper Moons, Foxes, and Blood Oranges

...I. Sighting

I saw you  
through refracted light-  
a prism of chance  
splitting ordinary into spectrum.  
Wind-tangled hair  
terra cotta and rosemary beneath your nails  
th...

Cry Ugly

..."Cry Ugly"

My deepest private searing pain manifests as "Cry Ugly.”

Guttural moans race like a runaway train. The wail crescendos and peaks as a Banshee scream.

Tears race down my face… my n...

Fireworks and gunfire

...People say that you can’t tell the difference 
of a scream of joy 
from a scream of pain.

A scream of pain is a scream of anger 
Guttural, loud, violent ,
Gunfire that is ricocheting 
Through...

The number that died

...I used to slit my arms open like I was peeling fruit—careful, slow, watching the skin give way like wet paper. The box cutter blade was dull, sticky from God knows what—maybe dried glue, maybe someon...

Where it Began

...My grandmother knew
the exact moment I was born.

She was sitting in the passenger seat
of my grandfather’s navy blue Jeep Wrangler.

Speeding down the New Jersey turnpike,
the windows tremble...

Attack of the 70ft Super Ego

...INT. SCENE 1 – THE AWAKENING – DAY
FADE IN:

It was born in a test tube,
Twitching organic mass, form skewed.
They fed it chaos and it grew.
More tests ordered. More data due.

They poked it ...

Cat-whipped

...Cat-whipped

Apparently, our home’s, furry little empress, 
knows well how to count: will not settle for
less, of her required treat-amount – 4 bits of Friskies,
her mandate, not mine,
before a...

Own Owl

...Guttural interval
Buzzing in falls
I don't buzz
I am in bus
What is that mom?
Who are you mom?

Nocturnal removal
Tweeting in walls
I don't reuse
I am in my dose
Where are you mom?
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