Long Gnaw Poems
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Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.
But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...
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Categories:
gnaw, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
With God's Help - the Goblet Style~ With God's Help ~
(The Goblet )
~O~
I'll just put on my best
Face and a nice Smile
Be Strong...
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Categories:
gnaw, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Hubert Might Go Upstairs But Not To RomeTea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it.
"I'm going upstairs," Hubert tells Ruth as he hoists himself out...
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Categories:
gnaw, marriage,
Form:
Prose
Prizes For Ultimate Sacrifices - Part OnePrizes for Ultimate Sacrifices
prizes for the abstemious for abstinence chastity ?
the countless...
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Categories:
gnaw, howl, inspirational, metaphor, passion, satire, spoken word,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Two Lovers Xi - Carefully Chosen WordsHe is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again
"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no. Could you imagine?
I just think it's possible, you know?
I'm just...
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Categories:
gnaw, discrimination, lost love, love, relationship, romance, romantic
Form:
Free verse
My Robotic FantasyLivin’ in filth…
Flippin’ out on everyone…
Pow! to my head. Pow! to my head.
Hand me a gun…gun…
Was livin’ my dream
Once in a great while
Was dyin’ in reality
Run just one more mile
*whisper* What am I s’posed to...
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Categories:
gnaw, anger, angst, beautiful, beauty, change, imagination, words,
Form:
Free verse
The Drummer1
The drummer beats slowly, the drummer beats loud
as he beats of humanity wrapped in a shroud.
Well he beats of the rape and the killing of war
and the mind mangling sorrow we blithely ignore
and...
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Categories:
gnaw, freedom, history, humanity, peace, society, strength, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Healthy and Resilient DiplomacyAnd I respond
to your unasked question:
What might love have to do with regenesis,
synthesis,
integrity?
You ask me these questions
about framing an essential therapeutic message,
for that must be how centering questions end,
about essence
core
soul
spirit
nature
energy
guts
roots
seeds
wombs
eucharistic ZeroSum
ReGenerative Green
Resonant and...
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Categories:
gnaw, earth, environment, green, health, humor, love,
Form:
Political Verse
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxiii Part1Uplifted his mouth from wild and fierce meal
That sinner, it furbishing at the hair
Of head on back of which he had to steal.
Then started: “You want I renew and share
Desperate pain which is pressing my...
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Categories:
gnaw, fantasy, , cute,
Form:
Terza Rima
nirvAnA in rEvErsEnirvana in reverse
My mind is filled with doubt
Guess I chose a different route
Found a cure to the ache
I'm about to break for your sake
Alone
My mind is full with angst
Anxiety and dilemmas, no thanks
Got a...
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Categories:
gnaw, angst, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Lyric
More Jazz PleaseMy roommates Leong, Sophie, (Charles) and I were coming from a Yale sporting event. The sky looked like a dirty Swiffer-mop and the wind seemed to be ignoring the posted 20mph speed limit. It was...
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Categories:
gnaw, food, friendship, fun, god, happy, music, school,
Form:
Free verse
AngerPlaced Third In :
Appreciation, Anger, Air, Angelic Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet
...
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Categories:
gnaw, anger, emotions, feelings, inspirational, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The C WordThe words are dark, sharp,vicious, viscous.
The images like bubbling, darkest jam,
With bubble like grim faces riding to the surface
Then bursting.
I am thirsting.Alternately with blood and bile,black.
I am a sad sack,
A pillow filled with rotten meat
For...
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Categories:
gnaw, angst, anxiety, body, endurance, health, sick, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
Spoiled RottenThere was once a widow who had nothing but her beloved twin babies, Rosemary, and Ethan. The Widow loved her twins more than the Earth loved the Sun, and vowed to give them anything they...
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Categories:
gnaw, abuse, allusion, baby, caregiving, child abuse, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Son of Amittai - 2 of 2(continued from 'Son of Amattai - 1 of 2')
in the belly of the fish
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord, his God,
Deep from the belly of leviathan.
“I cried out to you, Lord, in my distress,
For I...
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Categories:
gnaw, bible, fish,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Fragmented FuryYes, the title says it all, says it all
I will not make a fall while I stand tall
I won’t be pushed down by gravity still
I will make sure that I am your windmill
Dementia won’t stop...
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Categories:
gnaw, anger, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Inner SanctumPlaced Fist in:
Pick a Title, Vol 41 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edwrad Ibeh
...
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Categories:
gnaw, feelings, god, humanity, men,
Form:
Verse
The Skeletons and Songs of Samsara - 1The skeletons and songs of samsara eternal
fleshed, fattened and flamed in karmic harmony,
your heart begins to beat in dark plethora roll
an in utero thunder thumps godly
as the warmest water touchable enshrouds,
you haven't yet forgotten the...
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Categories:
gnaw, birth, death, life,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Star Wars Part 2She pressed a button on the console, the Mighty engines roared, the computer monsters flickered
as Moonblaster 5 space soared
She said, Cat Squad Eleven of Moonblaster 5 , its "All Systems Go"...
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Categories:
gnaw, adventure, planet,
Form:
Ballad
Soul Stance River - 19Through April and May not a single Indian has been noticed
along all the serpentine bends of this rambunctious river,
however I feel we are being espied by a jealous warparty
immortal in it's protection of this pristine...
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Categories:
gnaw, adventure,
Form:
Epic
A Sunken HeartA couple of twisted shacks composed in Card Board City in Everywhere
County the nameless man or woman spits out another tooth with
...
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Categories:
gnaw, obituary,
Form:
Free verse
The AcornI’m at the acorn, a coffee shop, trying to write a poem but my mind is blank. I got here early enough to get one of the comfy chairs - yeah, I’m a self-indulgent monster...
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Categories:
gnaw, teen,
Form:
Free verse
She Had a Dream IBe truthful, supposing you were I,
Would you have not snub the thigh?
Opened its teaching; closed one eye
Move swiftly so shy
Rest weather to rely
Not on heart contemplating to comply
The weird moment fitting body's sigh.
How then after...
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Categories:
gnaw, allusion, art, betrayal, boyfriend, dream, girlfriend, heartbroken,
Form:
Rhyme
The Longest Dawn Part 1THE FIRST PART OF A CROWN OF 15 SONNETS BUT IT HAD TO BE SPLIT UP BECAUSE OF CHARACTER SPACE ALLOWANCE WHICH RUINS THE WHOLE THING
Life is hard yet worse to say a goodbye.
We strive,...
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Categories:
gnaw, life,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
One Way Ships - Part 2Continued from Part 1
Hungary hounds harangue the highlands,
howl at skies and desert islands…
Below, unfettered carbon crows conceal the parting path she chose
Lighthouse lamps and lanterns lolling…
Mute abandoned fleets are calling…
The shallow shadowed portholes vaunt dim...
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Categories:
gnaw, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme