Long Gruff Poems
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Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 29Somehow,
Forward, and headlong
I knew it was day again
There was a shift in the dark mutterings of the Devil,
Who now refused to sleep as I refused to sing,
Almost an anticipation in his voice,
As if he...
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Categories:
gruff, adventure, bible, conflict, endurance, inspirational, love, war,
Form:
Epic
The Badly Drawn GoatThe pencil now resting the image was 'testing' for the creature before him, (his badly-drawn drawin') had come out 'not right' somewhat twisted and tight.
The picture in question, it burst with suggestion, for lines that...
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Categories:
gruff, animal, creation, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
gruff, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
The Girl With Eyes As Black As CrowsOn that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only to put out the low burning lamp
When there I saw...
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Categories:
gruff, dark, death, fantasy, murder, mythology, night, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Dante's Divina Commedia Translation Canto ViiiI tell, to follow, that long trait before
We reached the back foot of the tower tall,
Our eyes went up to the top core
For two little flames we saw install,
And another responding from so far
That...
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Categories:
gruff, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Light On the Devil's Chord - the ChallengeMy hair bristled in the crisp breeze
Excitement spreading throughout my body
Even the sudden cold amused my fingertips,
Tingles spreading through my hands and up my arms
Soon I would be there too. . .
In the murky shadows...
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Categories:
gruff, adventure, change, cool, imagination, music, sick, strength,
Form:
Narrative
Come post presidential election 2024Come post presidential election 2024...
heil to the Wharton chief firebrand -
more worrisome than an ovarian cyst
every race, religion, nationality,
gender, creed, et cetera with impunity dissed
brigand able, eager, ready and willing
to punch contenders throwing...
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Categories:
gruff, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
A Mom, Three Girls, Two Cigarettes, and a SparrowPart I.
Harvest time was winding down,
I was taking lunch in town,
After spending six long hours plowing stubble.
Washing up I met a man,
Guessed he was a harvest hand,
His combine crew, he said,...
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Categories:
gruff, faith, loss, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Bruce Walker, ElegyMy teacher died.
His lungs failed him.
He taught me that the lungs
harbor grief.
His lungs are gone.
My grief has only just arrived.
He used his lungs...
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Categories:
gruff, death of a friend, love, teacher,
Form:
Elegy
Everything I KnowEverything I know...I learned from children’s books
One day I ran to Grandpa and I looked into his ear.
“Mommy says you’re pretty smart…do you keep your brains in here?”
“Oh, It’s too dark. I can’t see...
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Categories:
gruff, books,
Form:
Rhyme
Everything I Need To KnowOne day I ran to Grandpa…And I looked into his ear.
“Mommy says you’re pretty smart….Do you keep your brains in here?”
It’s too dark in here. I can’t see a thing…I don’t know what to do.
Grandpa...
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Categories:
gruff, childhood,
Form:
Verse
Chapter 19-- Dolly Damian and Molly: CascadesDamian and Dolly met at the small Park
A mile away from her and Molly's apartment.
They were touching loving kissing and a bit of
Caressing. It was intoxicating. To much
For a Park bench. ...
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Categories:
gruff, destiny, devotion, future, home, hope, love, nature,
Form:
Alliteration
Snow and Oil - Oil and FireTogether we are like crisp morning snow and dry sooty oil poured onto the ground in our different ways. I putter around the home like puppy dog waiting for his next meal and she toils...
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Categories:
gruff, allegory, analogy, break up, change,
Form:
Narrative
Rhyme - Halloween HorrorRhyme - Halloween Horror
The monster takes a scruffy stroll, & relieves himself by the grassy knoll
A grunting gruff out of control, pondering in fumes with a brain they stole
He asks himself if he has...
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Categories:
gruff, fun, halloween, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
A healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylumA healthy dose of invective flourishes at Highland Manor asylum
I hate to be curt,
but welcome to the monkey house
at 2 highland manor drive,
where all manner of imbeciles go berserk.
I and the missus
(thee unfortunate recipient
of poisonous...
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Categories:
gruff, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, bullying, conflict, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Lonely Days Are Over - Chapter 5 - Let the Blessed Breeze Blow (Chant: You threw me out like a pen that ran out of ink
I’m no longer useful for writing…drawing…I’ll stop resisting & fighting
Though the tears run down my eyes…the tears were clouding my eyes –...
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Categories:
gruff, appreciation, change, deep, encouraging, peace, uplifting, writing,
Form:
Verse
Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential winStrong suspicion a 2024 presidential win...
for the trumpeting don
spells loss for democracy
after inauguration day
witnesses his swearing-in
nepotism will run rampant
lawlessness the name of the game
of thrones breaking apart ramparts
of inalienable rightful
freedoms rent sunder, whereby nothin
can stop...
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Categories:
gruff, america, angst, anxiety, business, conflict, culture, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
The Longest Song I'Ve Ever Written Ch-2This foolish heart thinks everyone is perfect but I
But I am perfect in His eye…in His eye…
I recall the reason why others fall in love
But, hate, enough! I said enough!
Chorus: I need you and I...
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Categories:
gruff, words,
Form:
Free verse
Human Sack Gruff Ice Agonizingly GlommedHuman Sack Gruff Ice Agonizingly Glommed...
Murderously Skewered, And Torturously Zapped
Directv linkedin to accentuate
piddly money crisis, tis zen uneasy fate,
I imagine dragons gyrate
ting, and licking chops, faux masticate
ting, no matter I didst pre
...
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Categories:
gruff, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th grade, discrimination,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Wonder of It AllOn one bright and sunny morning, verses a dark and stormy night, of course!
Dragon stood at ‘The Dragon and Sheriff Statue’, in the Mayhem Falls Park.
Dragon pondered, should he put a mustache on the Sheriff...
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Categories:
gruff, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form:
Light Verse
Magic Is In Dragons BloodDragon was feeling persnickety one day, he wanted his Dragon magic back.
The Elven King had bound it for 100 years, to protect those who magic lacked.
Every young dragon needs to first learn… to live a...
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Categories:
gruff, fantasy, fun, funny, humor, humorous, imagination, magic,
Form:
Light Verse
Easter Is Past I Look Out My Window To the FutureEaster is past....I look out my window to the future:
Tis a still Easter eve and all through my home
Not a creature is stirring; it’s just me . . . all alone.
I’ll be up...
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Categories:
gruff, loneliness, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Rum N Raisin 8 - All Growed Up‘Beasties’ is a bar that’s run for all the local pets
It’s quite easily found because it’s next door to the vets
The barman is an Emu but he gets it in the neck
The locals call him...
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Categories:
gruff, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Am I the Assassin Or the UndertakerAm I the Assassin
or the Undertaker
For Palani...
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Categories:
gruff, death, grief, morning,
Form:
Elegy
I Like MuslimsI like Muslims,
Particularly Yemenis
And Pakistanis (in Yemen)—
With whom, as a university don,
I happened to live for six years.
Arabic vowels render
A Yemeni voice gruff.
So even a greeting would probably
Sound rude to you.
The...
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Categories:
gruff, friendship, , cute,
Form:
Lyric