Short Clenched Poems

Short Clenched Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Clenched by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Clenched by length and keyword.


Fist of Snow

a fist of clenched snow
gradually melts on icy boughs
welcoming new spring



Celebration Contest
Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton
22 Mar 16
© Leon Datu  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


Salt Rings and Seaweed

Tangled seaweed shore
sharp in salt and sweet decay
Crab claws still clenched shut
in defense of losing prey
Sun, to bleach, is on it's way...
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Sushumna Aflame

Eyes clenched in delight
Ecstatic shudder in spine
Climax without end
Feel the throb of bliss within
Ceaseless purring ignition 

20-November-2020
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Cost of Flying

“So this is what it feels like to fly . . .” 
was the last thought
that went through the snake’s head 
just before the eagle 
clenched its talons around it.

Premium Member Be To Become

eyes clenched tight
bliss spasms peak
stillness speaks

world within
beauteous
rapturous

words we speak
mere symbols
be the light

04-February-2023
Tricube
Form: Other


Premium Member Yellow Roses

The yellow rose thorns
Clenched tightly between the hands 
Prickling the fingers
Causing to fall sanguine drops
As deluding dream crumbles










2-15-2016
Form: Tanka

Picture Me

Picture me
Standing with my arms
Folded
Locked out from the world
Waiting with my teeth
Clenched
Locked out from the world
Yet if you had the key
I would gladly open up
Form:

My Biting Reply

I once knew a poet named Carl
Who found himself in a troubling snarl
A victim of vicious rumors you see
The result of deep rooted envy
Gave him clenched teeth and knuckles all gnarled
Form: Limerick

Quenched

Love drenched,
Thirst quenched,
Heart clenched.
Desire sated,
Pain abated,
Feel elated.
Tearful fears,
Yearning sears,
Love endears.

for Lin Lane

© Dave Timperley 07 June 2017

Premium Member Love On the Riverbed

Love On The Riverbed

He pitched a tent on her banks
Her teeth clenched as pegs dug deep
Campfire sparks, heat's erecting 
The winds howling in lost flight

connie pachecho

8/3/17
Form: Jueju

Premium Member Paper Tiger

~fists of his always clenched so tight,
                       .                      yet nowhere ready to throw a punch. ~




Date written: 10/06/2021
Form: Monoku

Letting Go

Life changes,
seeing the lights end
we run faster
past each closing door
ticket in our clenched fist
burning lungs 
screaming silent
prayers
shedding ,
spilling,
dropping,
letting 
go.

Premium Member Thought of the day

we are afraid of vulnerability of innocence
so we set up an impregnable fortress
an opaque mind and clenched fist
but if we wish to see God face to face
we need to vaporise becoming a bliss mist
Form: Rhyme

Naivete

A fistfull of sand
clenched
      tightly
too tightly
      to her breast.
Trickle grains sift
through slender fingers
~  beautiful hands
       clutching
that which could not
be
     contained.

Wolves

Howling under moonlight 
Clenched jowls and sharpened fangs 
Swarm fated ill-fortune,
Effortlessly gliding
In perfected patterns
Adapting with each dash
Until red runs on green grass

March 18, 2022

A Step

i took that step forward
my eyes closed
and fist clenched
you leaned in
and our lips touched
no fireworks
no butterfly's
no cliches
there was just me and you
and a million feelings i cant put into words

Premium Member Tooth Nasher

Ogden Nash begets the Nasher
Humored couplets somewhat brasher

Seems these rhymes are wrenched in nature
Clenched, this nomenclature impure

Odd end Ogden, gnashing nashers,
Hence the wincing grimace assures
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Other

Premium Member Thought of the day

soma nectar drips through our veins 
elixir that cleanses soul’s stains
strangely yet we choose to resist
heart is closed and clenched is our fist
instead of love we nurture hate
why then blame fickleness of fate
Form: Lay

Premium Member Lies Within

Listen to poem:
what lies within
that chin
beneath quivering lips
that belies the lie
within the tongue
tied by bounds
of clenched teeth
holding within
the lies squirming
in a swarm of spit
lying to be cast in
a phlegm amen

Premium Member Edge

More afraid and fearless
than I have ever been
precariously perched
upon the cusp of a dream
faith and swollen heart
clenched in either hand
with an eye on the tide
building castles in the sand.



circa 2006
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member 'eau Da' Error

He bought his wife fake Chanel Number Five It smelled like a skunk - no longer alive! Just one whiff and he knew Eau de ‘Pepe la Pew’ From clenched fists he would have to duck and dive! 20th May 2015
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Nest

nest clenched to a branch
acorns tumbling to the ground
~ churn cold autumn winds



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on February 24, 2019 for contest HAIKU, I LOVE U 2 sponsored by JAMES EDWARD LEE SR  -  RANKED 1ST
Form: Haiku

Captain America

Captain America

Captain America you are hero
From grounds to skies
Can save any child and adult
From the clenched hands of evil doers
You are pride of America and the world
From skies to further skies
We love you from hearts

Premium Member Fists Clenched in Slogans

    His plaintive cry pierced the air
       pleading to travel somewhere

    Sympathizers marched in a faraway square
       their fists clenched in slogans
  
    As he bled to death slowly
       ~ in the presence of no one
Form: Rhyme

Nuhl-Tuhl

Oh Great owl Rarely seen I can see you Talons clenched and sad eyes stare down at me Perched high upon that naked old fired tree your prairie once Ever green Great owl Seen Ashamed that human spark will never flee
Form: Tetractys

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