Short Clammy Poems

Bending close so I can hear
bringing darkness all too near
it whispers wetly in my ear
this clammy thing we call fear.
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Tiny
Spiny
Surly
Ugly
Tiny spiny slimy creepiness
Surly ugly spooky nastiness



AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on August 5, 2019...

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dealing with humans
oft leaves me feeling as though
they are dried seaweeds

cold of bright spirit
clammy with the residue
of having brushed life...

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   A handshake clammy as a dead fish
      is not meant to nourish or flourish

   It sends a signal to its receiver 
      You’re much too eager a beaver


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I married one September morn:
a day I surely won't forget
(each  time I think about my wife,
I break into a clammy sweat...)

LOL, loosely based on reality - written 19th September for Andrea's contest...

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The dark was damp, dank 
a clammy scum, clung. 
A sticky wet seep, stank.
The tainted tacit touch of skin 
was rough, cold and slimy, 
not warm, smooth and welcoming.
Our love was rank, dank, done over....

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Season's a changing Winter's a coming
Noses are sniffling Heaters arriving
People feeling cold and clammy
Donning thick new jammies
Oh no more natural warmth for a term
Just woolly coats and the flu germ!!...

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with clammy hands deep
in shallow side pockets,

his absent-minded fingers
very consciously fidget

at the feel of cold car keys
and crumpled tickets,

yes, he's now going places
in this sharkskin jacket !...

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San Francisco Memories


                 Fog
        Mysterious delirious
      Blesses kisses surrounds
           Ever so clammy
                 Mist



           February 25, 2020
               8:30am PST...

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morning sun 
you
dance on my windowpane

as I squint hard
to etch your smile 
in my head

my body floats
light as feather 
in your rain

perhaps the sting in my eyes
and clammy palms
indicate that you are so surely
real...

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Oscar`s 

Oscar night
Red carpet and 
Clammy armpits 
Valium
Skeletal women 
Gasping for a fag
To smoke in public
Is social suicide 
Wearing the latest 
State of the art  
Dresses 
This vast frivolity 
Is seen by millions...

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Mood light and sunny
Ready for some good party
Dancing in the heat

Nights clammy and wet
Watching stars till midnight
Love making so fun

Days bright and so hot
Out is the bikini suit
Seas invite me in!...

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Hammering heart
Where to start
Foggy brain
Feeling insane
Stammering words
No vocal cords
Trembling hands
Wish i had friends
Clammy feet
Trying to find a seat
Blushing face
This is no race
Survival at most
Not here to boast
With my eyes lifted above
I am saved by love
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I well know that the price is great
And to pay it I bid not wait,
I'll give it whole without a murmur;
I'll Shell it out without demur.

Great enterprises know their master
And his mind knows no disaster,
For I know all toils of clammy sweat
And poor their blood without a fret!...

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Shadows swirl within the mind
Visions of endless sorrow
Death awaits within shadows 
Cold and clammy spector's grip

Final words, fall on deft souls
Cold hearts, as fridgid as shadows
Crow no longer Caw's 
Heart falls in final defeat
Crumbled at loves feet

And the Shadow swirls, engulfing what is left


NOTHING...

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See, 
that brick red rose.
Its naked velvety rose
attracts wanton worms.  

See, 
a worm is coming, 
licking its clammy lips,
from that breathless rose. 

See, 
ants are now running,
running all around,
holding lumps of petals.


Revised
Dec. 11, 2020
IMAGIST any form Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: Brian Strand...

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SLUNGBACK

Sunlights are
shadowed today
as grey clouds
race upstairs to
meet the storms
above my irate
head
slungback
in my chair


Fanlights spin
out clammy
calamities 
motorblades
rotating then
spiraling
outlandishly


above my inert
head
slungback
in my chair


© Kim van Breda—27 December 2015...

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Our coiled limbs
Refuse
To let go.

The Sun's rays
Mingle
With our glow.

Long past lunch,
Aching.
All we need

Is right here
Under
The duvet.

We're content
Laying
Close despite

Our clammy
Flesh, thighs
Adhering.

I kiss your
Forehead
Studded with

Your cool sweat.
And then
I'm hooked

All over again......

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Who could imagine
  how many guys can be shy
Handsome six-footers in
  knots, their tongues tied

They see a pretty girl and
  go all wobbly in the knees
Their palms clammy with sweat
  their brains in deep freeze
  
Yet it's true, sure as the earth
  is round and not flat ~
That butterflies flutter
  in the coolest of cats...

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I let it slip away.
I held the hand for
as long as I could.
Too weak to draw the
dangling body up.
The hand became limp
and cold, lifeless,
clammy in my fingers.
The head below was hanging
down impervious to
my warm tears streaming
down from my face.
What more could I do?
Exhausted, hopeless, done
I let it slip, slide, away....

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In late autumn 
     our neighbour's black cat
     sits on the heated hood of the car
A sacred Egyptian ornament
     sleek lines of balance

Unlike our love games 
      on clammy leather
      in bucket seats
      car host passion
      spinetingling touch

Seasonal alarm clock
       set to spring
       like a cat off a cold hood...

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The face is flush
The knees are weak
The throat is dry
You cannot speak

You sweat when near
Your heart will race
You lose your breath
When seen, her face

Hands are clammy
You stutter a bit
You’ll fall if you stand
So you just sit

Yet there is no way
You’d say no to these things
Because they’re just signs
Of the love that she brings...

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Strong opponents to beat,
A dozen of them, at the very least;
Their profiles on ‘Great Champions’ Sheet,
Each claimant to some dreary feat,
One of them, you dare not even greet,
Because he could you still make a mincemeat,
If he a chance picked and it was damned neat!
Out of your body squeeze clammy heat
And a ravaged one toss into a field of wheat....

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I don’t know a tweet from a twitter
  Instagram and Tik-Tok? I was a quitter
I receive lots of texts, but do not send any
  My hands get clammy from spending a penny…

Huh? Wudja say? – Yeah, I’m doing OK.
  Went to Oahu last month; next week to Calais
My life’s insured for ten million; my wife can’t complain
  She purchases bitcoin; I invest in blockchain...

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Deer crossing
Pulse quickens
There's one now
Drat it. Wasn't ready...

Deep breath
Good...Exhale
Again...Ready?
Ready!  
Where are they?
Tension builds
Dang. Had to hiccup
Timing is everything 

OK. Deep breath again
The old familiar drill
Hands are clammy
Settle down
Can't miss another chance
Steady now
Here come two
Pause
Aim 
Shoot!
Got 'em!
Perfect photo!...

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