Long Grumps Poems

Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn
    in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight.
While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered the lawn
    in a dance that would...

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Just now I took a minute to myself
reflecting it's going well
re-step well if I'm a belt
I'm holding up but my former self
in stealth hiding in my shadow so now I'm mystealth
a worn version like an...

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The bully of the parrot world, the Rainbow Lorikeet
To find one that was friendly, would be quite a feat
They will fight all other parrots, those larger and the small
They always fight among themselves, 'till no...

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Somedays I feel like I'm surrounded by bars and bricks
encaged on a stage in tar that sticks.
There's an agonisingly unfamiliar reflection in the mirror,
as my eyes detect an unrecognisable inferior figure.

I can't see the stars...

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I've been told I'm much too sensitive 
                         my eyes leak...

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The grump got out of a lumpy bed,
Slipped on his slippers, scratched his head.
Stood on the scales, saw what he weighed,
Then made some toast with marmalade. 

The grump then cycled down the lane,
He moaned and...

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Some folks complain that rainy days get them down in the dumps,
Causin' depression and a dreadful case of the grumps!
But I relish rainy days, cozily ensconced by the fire,
And rain peltin' my window pane, a...

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Turn the corners around your lips
reverse your wrinkled brow 
amuse your sullen disposition 
and disapproving frown

Etch the lines that touch your eyes
the map which tell your story
of laughter worn the crown of age
displayed near age...

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Politics are the province of people in power,
Who eschew with all their might,
Our money and fear in which we cower,
Under their militant and watchful sight.

See the skies and you'll see the spies,
Who spray poisons in...

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Boy Grinch

The boy grinch went home crying to his mom
"I don't think I am loved by anyone
Can't agree with all my pals say or do
And they won't listen to my point of view."

"Now you just...

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Pierre Maruse lived in a house that wasn't like any other.
     One window down lived the queen and her crown,
     Right next to her world-famous brother.
 ...

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From Late Night Tears To Early Morning Grumps,

Through All the Bruises Scrapes and bumps,

My mother has been,

Keeping the spirit, no one has seen.

Times can be hard I guess,

But she has no time to express,

The laughter,...

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Old Dogs and Children**

Woke up
always a plus.
Took care of business.
Found my teeth -
a must.
Brushed them…..off.
Made coffee
meditated on its scent
and promise.
Met the dog at the door
(no explanation necessary)
Made breakfast for two.
Exchanged greetings
grumps, grunts and
hugs with wife,
confidante...

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Bah! Humbug! 'Tis again that time of the year,
When I must go hither and yon spreading good cheer.
Ho, ho, hoing as wriggling brats sit upon my knees,
Boring me with their interminable pleas!

I try to animate...

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Shuffling my life around like a gambling cards 
Even when I know I may win or lose 
But what do I have to lose?
I bet nothing 
I’ve been evolving around my kindred circles where I...

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1.
 
Murders in congress
grimly ponder on parapet walls
on the grim reality of lost homes
and loved ones yet unborn - 
their casual caws more muted
than the usual cacophony
of careless camaraderie.

2. 

The still dark night
of scintilla-ed canopy
and...

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He was a grumpy old man
And there was no one at the funeral to deny it.
Even he didn't pretend to be otherwise.
Yet the whole town turned out
To pay their respects.

All but the very young stood...

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I never expected to feel this way,
With old age now having a lot of the say,
Yet these feeling won't go away,
And long may they stay.

Every day now these feelings point the way,
No matter what old...

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all gym op Ill chumps free caw’s paces.
ball brim bop dill thumps see jaw’s maces.
call crim cop grill pumps knee saw’s cases.
nonsensical word play is the aces!

doll dim drop shrill humps plea yaw’s places.
fall flim...

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Eternally Lovely now,
The Bride of my Dream of Gold.
And rolling down grassy slopes,
Whose smiling heart ne’er grew old.

Eternally Helpful, too
The Braid in my burgeoned beard
That round my loquacity ropes
And sees that I’m rightly reared.

Eternally wise...

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1.         

Waves of rolling
mully grumps
ripple
over be - ing
at this moment.
Eyes burn 
the mirror
asking,
Smile?

          2.

Tapping drops of
sky tears
rebound off...

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Douglas Dempster the Dumpster King
Hates to be called Doug Dumpster
But he's to blame if that's his name
Denying it is a real stumper.

Mashes the trash, burns it to ash,
Recycles all that's allowed;
A self-made man with a...

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4 years of happiness
Not really bliss
But something between

I had friends 
Church friends
School friends

I lead a youth group
People showed up
It was fun

Church coffee shop
Everybody loved us
Even the grumps

Childcare
I met young parents
I watched their kids

Hope and expectation
I...

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exploitation continues
the thieves are ever at it
the heroes have departed
leaving behind the weaklings to be exploited
Here’s a worker sweating blood
while the eating homo-chewing dance frenzy
the tamed enslaved beings roam and wander
but only in the marked...

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Cantankerous, crotchety, crass, crude, crazily charismatic and confident.
Hold my own with the best of the grumps, forcing them to back down.
Ornery in my abilities to build a door on which you are too fearful to...

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