Short Clenching Poems

Thunderous Waters
Clenching a world of life
Within a violent realm...

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the ground awakens
with each gulp of liquid rain
clenching mighty thirst...

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clenching his hand
ever so gently
to save its imprint



posted on October 1, 2018...

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involuntarily clenching of eyes
caused by rapture that so flies
unbound, unchained, untamed
of that that may not be named

yet within form being ingrained...

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Listen to poem:

Clenching right fist tight
wrenches your memories fast.
No need for string tied
around a finger knotted,
for left fist clench pops recall.
...

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Thoughts, fantasies, memories	
                               Crossing legs, clenching muscles
                                             An old washing machine...

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Flailing madly
Against the tide,
I am impaled
By the futility of life.

Slowly losing myself
In the bitter cold,
The devil's clenching fingers
Encase my soul....

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hairy white hands
clenching into fists

jaw tightening quick
I step backwards

his eyes throwing 
sparks my breaK-ing 
nose, my broken heart


7/16/12
For the "Shanzi" contest...

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Daily rushing,

Anger on freeway,

How can we slow this down?


Daily rushing.

Clenching my gum teeth,

Level 10 Hostile


Daily rushing

Lower back tensing

Is work worth it?...

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Happiness, over-rated
in the lizard of a soul
You call your own. 

And the trainee smiled
while I lusted after his
bottle of rosé. 

And undone, these white teeth
Clenching for London Smiles....

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Hot metals scorching,
Blood vaporizing.
Chest heaving,
Fists clenching.
Words screaming.
Thoughts roaring.
Muscles quivering,
Brows furrowing.
Lips muttering,
Anger ruling, 
Eyes stinging,
Tears flooding....

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Even leaning, with fright's hand
In the mouth clenching.
Upsplashed of an unfathomable
Woe, foreseeable.

On edge, more breathless, till
Mind, in giving way
Slime-tentacled, squeezed of whose grasp
For such visions gasp....

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                     tooth
               jagged, canine
        aching, decaying, eating
  denture, enamel, manicure, claw
       grabbing, clenching, filing, 
              etched, pinpoint
                       nail
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Olden wordsmiths surely got it right,
one syllable to express the pain,
foggy heaviness clenching lungs,
razor-sharp edge gutting cleanly,
spear point piercing leaden heart,
weary shoulders, arms drooping
and all because of sudden rejection....

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To no avail, he caught my eye-clenching on the branch of the endemic prey.
Watching the sound of a colorful array,
to be in sight of the shimmering tales of no surprises.
Held by its clenching teeth in suffering agony.
Of his mercy defeated by one leg....

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Have you tried suppressing a big fart -
Clenching your buttocks is a fine art 
You hope your windy gas
Doesn’t shoot out your ass
and from the room you quickly depart

7th March 2015

Inspired by BL Devnath’s Please don’t laugh poem...

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Gut wrenching
Bowel clenching
Loo stenching
Throat heaving
Sick making
Head aching
No sleeping
Mum’s waking
She’s crying
Not dying….


Tipsy!

Based on the format of the original PEPSI advert from the 1970's


08-12-17...

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The mechanics of the clock
The stutter of the ticks and tocks
The cogs eternally clenching teeth
Singing songs from underneath
The changing features of the clock face
Each hand steadfast in its place
Pendulum swinging, sounds like a knock
Who's there? I ask. Tick-tock-tick-tock....

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Rage, emotions boiling.
Mind, whirling, toiling.
Control slipping.

Hands clenching
Guts wrenching
Voices clipping.

Must run
Must fight
Must not give in.

Face 2Facw
The only way
To tame the rage

Catch the inner voices
Find the cage
Keep the key

Gain control
Prove your mastery
Face 2 Face...

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Blood boiling,
Temperature rising,
Fist tightening,
Teeth clenching,

My body shaken with anger
Evil thoughts going through my head
Wishing I could do something to make things even

But I'm the better person
That doesn't retaliate
I don't follow through with my thoughts
I just simply go on about my day...

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trapped under my own weight
like a horseshoe crab with a broken tail
that’s been flipped upside down;
clenching helplessly, 
unable to right itself.

i’m nailed to the ground,
paining and burning 
under the very sun
that makes this world
a beautiful place.

waiting for the tide
to roll out and sweep me in...

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That's all It may be 
but this has meaning
it's an evil clenching
a feeling: fencing
a battle of body and mind
but you're to decide

Something you read 
and you skim and skim
again and again
and your in pain
your stomach hurts
and you go insane
you hold in a laugh 
but not for long
you blank out...
and you walk away...

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A feeling felt but never spoken
an undeniable burden clenching your soul!
A loss of sense, chaos runs blindly inside you.
A cold chill on your neck, with heat in your belly
You must look knowing it's what you never wanted to see!
Death lingers around you, while tears fill your eyes!
Its a feeling we have all felt...
Fear Takes Hold!...

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The shoulders are shrugging
His mouth is contorting
Ears are glowing
The jaw is snorting.

The legs are stretching.
His eyes are spreading
Big nostrils flaring
The skin is threading.

Mars passing Venus
Oceans are roaring
Mountains are trembling
Salt is pouring.

Fists are clenching into clubs
Books are speaking against the rubs....

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today we teachers got out at three
I jumped for joy
Because we usually get out at four-thirty-five
When the worst craziest drivers think they are contenders
for the Indianapolis 500
Days I have to hang on to my steering wheel
With stiff fingers
Clenching my teeth
Swearing a stream of mean words
Terrified some idiot driver will catch up with me...

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