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Scrunch Up Poems

Parted But Joined

...When you were born
On the first of July
I was so broken hearted
I wished I could die
'Cause I'd made the choice
To say goodbye
Such a sad sounding word
Still makes me cry

I stood hour after...

Categories: scrunch up, baby, birth, grief, mother
Form: Rhyme

Dog and Thunderstorm

...I’ll whimper, cower and tremble
under this chair I shall reside
Because the storm’s angry rumble
will make me quiver, shake and hide

I will bury my head and whine
at each thunderous sound it m...

Categories: scrunch up, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Satin

...smooth silky shiny seductive sassy 
wedding white or little girl dressy pink
you are the star of the show at church
you scrunch up in such lovely ways
smiling through your creases...

Categories: scrunch up, wedding,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Babyface What 'Cha Think'N 2

...I thought I had mama all to myself, but when we got home
from the cuddly place where we had spent my first several hours,
there were all kinds of weirdos grabbing at me.
One of them is wearing the...

Categories: scrunch up, baby,
Form: Free verse

I Am Pretty Confident Until

...Some people like keeping up with the Joneses
I do not know any Joneses who could keep up with me
So I have elected to keep up with the gnomes
How absurdly difficult could that task be?

I like w...

Categories: scrunch up, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Snake 101

...Since the Garden of Eden and Cleopatra,
snakes strike great fear in man
I have it—ophidiophobia---
legless lizards equal repulsion
 
Slithering, sliding as they move
something about friction an...

Categories: scrunch up, animal, fear,
Form: Free verse

Holding You In Mind

...You've crossed my mind many nights.
Sometimes I just lay there, holding you tight in mind.
Wandering your body with my hands.
Filling my fingers with the skin I've dreamt so much about.
The thing...

Categories: scrunch up, black african american, crush,
Form: Free verse

Writers Block

...This naked paper glares at me
Demanding ink to drink
But all I see are vacant lines
In my desperate attempt to think

I need a word or maybe two
To get my ideas flowing
So I get a pen and star...

Categories: scrunch up, poetry, write, writing,
Form: Rhyme

When I Close My Eyes

...Night Whispers in my ear, promising sweet

Dreams from another world. My eyes lidded

With wonder of images that aren't complete.



My consciousness blurs, I scrunch up my feet.

Dream rea...

Categories: scrunch up, dream, night, sleep,
Form: Villanelle

Sour Milk

...I open the milk to pour some in a tumbler
Only to find it has turned so sour
I scrunch up my nose in decided dishumour
Finding the vile taste like an unwanted tumour
I look at the white liquid as...

Categories: scrunch up, time,
Form: Light Verse