Short Clung Poems

coal clung crocodiles
hide and seek of crows and coots ---
blind butterfly bats


05 April 2023...

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She clung to love, and senseless friends
She compliments man with sanctuary
He promised her always....

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Intended upended
suspended 
upside-down
on trapeze by knees,
is caught, 
catcher-clung
flung over
and righted,
as it is to be...

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in the dimness of the tea lounge
i stared into the dark depths
that were your pupils
and
clung to every word that escaped
the curve of your lips...

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You've given 
me food and 
shelter
I'll follow you 
wheree'er you 
go,
I'll play with 
your sweet 
kids
And keep me 
clung to your 
toe....

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When you were passing by my heart your smell clung to my heart's flowers. You sticked blossoms to it's dead trees. You hanged the sun on it's nights....

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After their patriarch died,
sea witches circled the night.
Those left behind clung to hope 
on a raft made of his bones,
until sharkness devoured the light....

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Yeti came down and stuck out his tongue
Ugly, black and spotted, it looked like dung.
I had bad nightmares
My formative years
For this awful memory forever clung...

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I clung to you
I cried, scared
You're so small
You put your trust in me
I felt failure, fatigue
Held hands, one finger
I wept while you flew
Tiny arms strapped down...

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Once upon a serene moony night
A lady glowing with inner pride
She clung to a strong assumption
She had to conceal her infatuation
While asleep she dreamt of her Knight....

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the dirt clung to them
creased by life’s endless struggles
broken fingernails


a scarred litany
of bruised, gnarled and calloused hands
the poor man’s mantra


©6/2/2023...

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Sailed away on a ship called hope,
then life was full of fun.
Hurricane Regret capsized us,
clouds covered the sun.  
I clung to hope.                 


Penned. March 23 2015...

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Jack Jack found a limpet in his smörgåsbord
Which clung to his nose a real odd-bod
He rolled over the payment
And scratched up his fine raiment 
Cursing that damn spicy gastropod....

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Her soul still clung after she exhaled her last breath.
Her body still feels warm even in death.
Her voice still echoes in my head.
Her memory still lives on even though she is dead....

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Exposed,
the true me,
no disguise,
not trying to hide,
took away the security blanket,
i've clung to for so long,
now showing the world,
who i really am,
and trying to be strong....

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I clung, yes, clung
To that alien stupor
Sapped that suave subastral quintessence
That makes us 
Cry…
And seldom 
Laugh.
And I woke up
Rabid
As familiars quirked:
“He will bite them,
these racists!”...

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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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A fine tailored suit
Hand and glove 
A perfect fit
We were in love.

A favorite dress 
Now threadbare
It fell apart
We didn’t care.

We clung to a thread
Now undone
We wasted it
And now it’s gone....

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Night Crawlers

As the bartender shouted last call
they clung to the bar lest they fall
then said “let’s continue”
“what’s next on the venue”
let go and completed the crawl.


John G. Lawless
10/12/2016...

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Ashes came to visit on Halloween
Her hazel eyes in moonlight had a sheen
She clung onto my window pane
Meowing, turned into a Great Dane
And barked at me through the window screen.

14.10.2020
Halloween Meow....

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Lonely lies to myself 
A string of hope 
Clung to, hung to 
Like the rope I'll use 
When the time it comes 
A soaring, sweet release 
But for now, 
My only release 
Is this pen. 
Until it comes, 
The wren.

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Overcome by sorrow 
confusion 
as i walk through the valley of the shadow of death 
you follow me
clung to me like a boy who needs his mother
desperation in your eyes 
fire in your core
like a flame engulfing life...

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moonlight was shining
radiance was in her hair
golden stars twinkled

birds were still singing
blooms clung to the garden wall
silvery colors

breathtaking tango
past edges of plum twilight
red mars was watching...

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Knee deep in surf
The water clung to her
Changing silk gown
To wrinkled shiny  skin
Never had I envied ocean water so
But then t'was I who'd let her go
Drowning in green eyes
With fear of clinging ties
Holding me back...

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Jesus scooped the child up into his arms
she put her arms around Him
they clung to each other
for they were whole only when together
her mother sighed with relief
dreaming that her daughter was finally safe
and had her hair back...

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