Short Cantankerous Poems

Delicate as a dandelion
Cantankerous as Johnson grass


By Robb A. Kopp...

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Cantankerous and
Ornery
Machines,
Preying on
Unsuspecting people;
They 
Eat data and
Ruin the 
Sight!...

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Grouchy
broody, moody
dope with venom entailed.
Drain the cantankerous bile pile.
Cheer Up!...

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The New York Times
should show an affinity for rhymes
the Leading Paper
encouraging the odd, cantankerous caper....

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the peppermint schnapps
slides down slowly with fervor
coating the cantankerous tongue
— the blessing of the throat...

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Cantankerous celibate husband
long time since male member did expand
overdosed viagra
bulge rivaled Niagara
exciting playboys in grandstand...

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the
cantankerous old man
who
gripped a hand carved 
oak wooden walking stick
stands firm
upon the ground
and
witnessing
the 
hourglass of time...

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The cantankerous old Mr. Muffet
spoke nonsense and lies from his tuffet.
When you think that I may  
wax apophatic to say
I would never insult him, go stuff it!
       ~...

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cackling creepy cantankerous caustic crone
frightfully ferocious, fanatical, and I’m all alone
I hide in a boot, going as far as I dare go.
She shoves in her foot. Immediate woe!...

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cranky and bearish
cantankerous attitude
she spends days alone

ornery and waspish
rantankerous daily
she has her own ways

prickly and grouchy
she yells sat tv people
her only friends...

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Sir Isaac Newton was a cantankerous old soul
But more importantly, was known for a different role
When the apple fell
It's gravity he telled
His fame has lasted four hundred years or more...

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For lent you have to give up
Something that you enjoy
Well that gave me a lot more choices
When I was but a boy
Now it’s not quite so easy
I don’t enjoy too much at my age
So I will have to give up being cantankerous
Or just give up road rage...

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mushrooming loam 
amber and red daub the sludge 
with water and glaze. 
stirred by the whispering breeze
sharing their stealthy karma

written: February 18, 2022


A Brian Strand Tanka Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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Dog love is
Winner takes with injury

Cock love is
Cantankerous and bellicose

Dove love is
Sincere and austere

Crested Crane love is
Until death do them part

Human love is
Dove, cock, dog, crane, divine

Divine love is
Truth full of truthful faith...

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Cantankerous Grandpa

Snappy
Pappy

Jolly Old Fellow

Happy
Pappy

Overly-Sentimental Grandpa

Sappy
Pappy

Diapered Grandpa

Nappy
Pappy

Naptime for Grandpa

Pappy
Nappy



May 4, 2021
for Brian Strand's the 'ALL YOURS (May 5)' Poetry Contest...

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TOLERATION

Endure- suffer- bear- persist
the moons ghastly pastiness
the stars pointless dismay
the voiceless pulsation of the 
sea, the cantankerous cackle
of technology tools, the 
blinkered smirk of the jerk 
who controls me


© Kim van Breda—24 June 2014...

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Aunt Andrea  goes to town
                                    Meets a  cantankerous clown
                                            Who frowns at her 
                                                Flings a tiger
                                       Into her red evening gown...

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Last week my computer was on the fritz.

   The confounded thing was givin' me fits!

      Trouble was a sick modem.

         They jes' won't work without 'em!

            Life sans a computer is jes' the pits!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2015 All Rights Reserved...

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The face of the ocean seemed to smile
All was calm and quiet for a while
‘Till Wind’s temper was lost
With waves forcefully tossed
In her wrathful cantankerous style



*For Carolyn Devonshire's Sea Tale Limericks contest
Note:
This is the only Limerick I have ever written...so it was a bit of
a challenge....

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Within without inside out screaming
The pain is unbearable you beasty twit
If you would just lose a leg or an arm

Crippled down bunched up dreaming
Your back is like a rack of ribs on a spit
Shut off this awful belly juggling alarm

Turn up turn out cantankerous filled brain
Take a damn load off before you faint...

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Cantankerous and hooligan,
his spirits were raging,
he was shouting and honking,
like a man gone amuck,
it was a sight,
and he was a fright,
he could have taken anything on anyone,
thats why they watched from afar-everyone,
suddenly eruption faded like a balloon burst,
he had sighted the policemen walking in first....

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We decided to surprise grandpa with a party on his birthday.
I only want relaxation, rest, fishing, a chance to get away.
When we all yelled “surprise!” the surprise was on us
He had escaped to the lake to fish, he’s a cantankerous cuss.

So we blew out his candles and we ate his cake.
We devoured salads, and we each had steak.
And he had a great time down by the lake.
We learned our lesson, the man is not ever a fake....

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Listen to poem:

Chaos reigned in our house
 when the girls were small.
Daddy worked long hours and 
was often not there at all.
When their cantankerous hour 
arrived between six and seven.
One on my back, one on my front, 
praying to heaven.
As I tripped over toys
 left after bath time joys.
Now all is sane,
 I have my house back again.
No tears, no tantrums, 
hair extensions or scattered clothing.
What I miss most 
I must admit is mothering.

28/01/2017...

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Hieronymus the Hippopotamus,
Implied at times that he was xylotomous;
Even claiming to be most gregarious.
Real time though, he loved to be autonomous;
Only decidedly not anonymous;
Not to mention being quite hilarious.
Yet no one found him to be synonymous,
Moreover, with the crudely cantankerous;
Unlikely even to be obstreperous.
Some friends on the Nile found him magnanimous....

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Just a little guy who is quite pugnacious.
Your roles have been those that are cantankerous.
As an actor, you have been nothing short of fabulous.
So many parts in movies we have gotten to know.
You have often been in films with Robert DeNiro.
Memorable cinema includes "Raging Bull" and "Casino".
Even though nobody has used more profanity,
I have often found you both entertaining and funny.
May there be many more of your movies to see.
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