Hunching Poems - Poems about Hunching

The Temptation of St Anthony

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The Temptation of St Anthony

I entered the desert, 
took a vow not to speak 
Lucifer’s here too, hoping 
silent men grow weak 
My path seemed so straight 
but quickly became oblique 
I que...

Plain Girl

...“Why are you friends with someone like her when you could be friends with popular people?”

Someone like her.
Someone who doesn’t stand out
Not with looks
Not with personality

Plain ...

The Finish Line

...I’m on my knees, hands clasped together under my chin.
He’s standing above me, looking down to meet my gaze. The look of concern washing over him.
We’re so close you can almost see the heat from my...

A Pirate in Retirement

...He’s late-stage Charles Bukowski,
Hunching gnome-like over the bar,
With weary eyes, and scruffy stubble.
It’s sure he must have seen some trouble. 
But he’s got plenty of cash in his pockets,
A...

Put a Light Out On Hunching Cliff

...Somewhere partially due east 

Of Hunching Cliff 

On the Jurassic coast

Where the Old Lighthouse

Used to stand it's ground 

Battered intermittently minutely 

Against the wave's and c...

Rabbit Squirrel Frolicking Souls-

...hunching his back jumps
the squirrel frolicking so    
 and leaping from limb 
~
to limb scratching down
 the tree bark breaking he spies
 a rabbit in a-
~
 hole he doesn't know 
if ...

Conducting An Imaginary Orchestra In the Passenger Seat

...i've seen it several times
someone motioning, flourishing
waggling, swinging, curving
hunching, moulding, stooping
pulling shapes, a twirling
a form, a delineation, shadows
fingers, tree branch...

Murder In the Tunnel

...He pushed his shopping cart towards the empty tunnel 
it was full of rattling empties and a brave cocker spaniel   
a penniless vagabond hiding from the rainy day pummel 
wet,  cold, and h...

The Tigress

...Tremble at this door child but do not come in yelled the Quent   
she an ogress at the end of her wits wearing muslin and flint   
was only looking for a King who could love her as she was ...

Vision- -

...In a kingdom full of perspectives
Much I marveled the ideal principle
Deep into that darkness hunching
Vision - tormentor of my dreams
When I thought of the Vision

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I hear...

Fixed

...I am hungry.
I take a bite from a sandwich.
I record its 343 calories.
She breathes, 
“Pathetic.”  
“You ought to be eating a salad.”
“You can’t afford to eat this way.”

I go to class.
I am...

A Fake World

...A  FAKE WORLD
The truth stood downcast in the lie
 Its chin upon chest and hands tied
Shoulders drooped with a hunching back
Gagged, maimed barely able to sigh
 
Chained mercilessly in a  cell
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The Final Stand

...And I witness
Your deplorable “glory”
Hunching over my tattered spine,
So we can have something in common

You walk with glorified shell-shock,
Another sentient tongue, 
Straddling on the Eros...

Where the Pomegranates Grow

...Outside the city where the pomegranates grow,
hunching broad shoulders, when the north winds blows
Winter rust is over, and the leaves are turning green
Sunlight filters through the limbs, and...

Virtual Life Metrics

...I spend time with a friend 
well, a pseudo-friend 
an acquaintance of sorts 
no, I guess he'd be a friend, 
****, who knows 
one of those types you never really share your heart 
that authentic...

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