Short Clenched Fist Poems

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....

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My boss is a caravan of scare
eyes have given it to me daily
He comes to office with smiles
packed in his austere brief case
and generosity in clenched fist 
till late evening when he leaves
Way back he waves his smiles
to every pedestrian he sees...

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Love bereft, cold heart and clenched fist
Yes, they walk among us
Oblivious to the bliss mist
Their ghoulish ways nonplus

Give them love and move on
They’ll again be reborn
Hopefully, ego shorn

Nothing left
Love bereft

04-May-2022
Quietus ...

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Love is a clenched fist

Love is bitter, the dark side of the street

Love is another 'con' added to the list

Love is demented, it oozes deceit

Love is a tresure trove of lies and conceit




Jodie Williams for Francine's One English Quintain contest
30 Aug 2011...

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Love says hello, why the clenched fist
Let’s plunge into embrace
The pure of heart do not resist
In-pouring of God’s grace

There’s nothing here but love
With head-heart, hand in glove
Gentle, like a peace dove

Make heart mellow
Love says hello

12-May-2022
Quietus ...

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Limitless Void,
Beyond, ones reach.

Dusk Soul,
Immortals keep sake.

Clenched Fist,
Damnation of foes.

Burning Eye,
Bearer of pride.

Thy Heart,
Family & faith before all.

Clear Untainted Mind,
Shape dreams to reality.

Breath it, live it, and,
Recite; recite this son,
And you shall be a God amongst your peers....

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Fight Injustice Against You


Fight all those who stand in your way,
Fight all those who stop us being free.
Charge at them with a clenched fist raised
And watch them cower beneath our feet.


We have the power to let them hurt us,
But we will not let you stop us now.
We shall fight you tooth and nail,
We shall rebel, to show how much we care.




(C)2013 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved....

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I often wonder if she knows
Which way she goes
Before she starts
The path she charts

And is it really all a front?
Not to be blunt
Putting on airs
Like we should care

But then sometimes, she adds a twist
Like a clenched fist
A bitter kiss
I’d rather miss

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A Minute poem: 3 stanzas of 8a/4a/4b/4b, etc., in iambic meter
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/minute-poem-poetic-t...

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I exist this is my nexus
I exist make my way through the mist
I exist escaping from a cervix
I exist so life will persist
I exist even if fate tried to resist
I exist though premature,  i'm so nervous
I exist prevail with a clenched fist
I exist through forked tongues and a hiss
I exist so I saw much happiness
I exist so i've seen a lot of sadness
I exist in case you missed this
I exist life isn't a list
I exist until i'm lifeless...

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The nails cut deep into my clenched fist
Blood escapes life to death’s never ending list
My ebony skin has healed from your banishment 
My translucent soul weeps an eternal testament

Our way back to heaven is measured and laden
With endless detours and sharp thorns lay hidden
We came too soon like an accidentally detonated bomb
Nine months inside your immortalizing womb

My two hands cannot hold enough water
My wide open mouth evil sin can only utter...

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NOT ON THE LIST

I assumed the mantle of an entitled snob
Pushing toward the bouncer in a tuxedo
Some bruiser of a guy, but it’s just a job

I suspect that he had an unsatisfied libido
Patting down the girls for guns and stuff
But I wonder, why does it affect me so

After a few minutes I had seen enough
I stepped forward with my clenched fist
Hoping after all, that he wasn’t so tough

He smiled that satisfied grin and hissed
Sorry old fellah, you’re not on the list

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Poetry for the blind
Songs for the deaf
An audience of living and breathing pulsating through the soul
they are waiting for the melody to push through the cracks
of gasps and moans
waiting for clenched fist that have never learned to fight
to ignite
and somehow
I won't be right below the brim, right under the surface, the light that never makes it through the blinds
I cannot be attempts
prayers
pleas
and then acceptance
of young dreams that never come to be
I have to be
something...

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