Short Gnawed Poems

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Premium Member Dog as Folksinger

I found a bone
By the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream
By the old canal
I gnawed that bone
By the factory wall
Dirty old bone
Dirty old bone.
Form: Lyric


Premium Member OLD TOWER AT SUNSET

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ her gaze pinned on that crumbling silhouette~ ribs of stone gnawed by centuries as violet bleeds through the parapets
Form: Verse

Premium Member I Have Seen Them

I have seen them
Near the distant bush
Shriveled carcasses
Slightly gnawed
Partly “eaten”.
I have not seen - “IT”
And worry
About “IT’s”
Dining habits.

John G. Lawless
©5/23/2023

''Animalistic''

Keen sight,eyes aglow.Moving slight no one knows.Smell of fear,very near.Undeniably
clever.The skill,thrill of the frightful prey.Can't hide from the beast
outside.Gnawed,clawed,taste of food.

Premium Member Strolling on the Beach



A tall fellow strolled on a beach abroad
Along a cream-like sandy shore unflawed,
He tripped on a small shell
And fell with a sharp yell,
Lying on the ground while all his teeth gnawed.
Form: Limerick


Premium Member That Contented Look

she had that contented look
you only see every decade or so

the look of a woman who has gnawed the leg
off of a shrieking tiger

we backed off quickly
and without comment

fearing her next move

Tale of a Tail

My craziest time under water
was diving with Godzilla's daughter -
she spotted a whale
and gnawed at its tail,
and ruined the snorkel I'd bought 'er.

written 26th July for Caren's Craziest Time Under contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

' Wake Up '

apathy benumbed, chaotic deeds embroidered friendships gnawed, hatred indurated jiffy keen loss met, noble outrage preserved queries repudiated, songs tuned unheard vague wisdom exalts, youth zzzzzzzzzzzz.......
Form: ABC

Locusts

Saša Milivojev - LOCUSTS



Black mountains are crumbling

The locusts hiss all around

Suddenly all is gone

The buzzing has harvested it all

Gnawed bones

Float soaked

 

 
Saša Milivojev

www.sasamilivojev.com
Form: Lyric

Premium Member On Fidelity

On fidelity 

The heart, simplistic, gnawed if left exposed
Be covered, shuttered thus pinfold enclosed
Is certain that the fairer, man will draw
And ipso facto balance will restore
With ego’s filled to full capacity
That rip the very fabric; chastity
Form: Couplet

Stupor

"I want my mom back!" She screamed.

It tore my heart out, gnawed on it, tauntingly.

Began to tear it apart at the seams.

Stitch by Stitch.

But I felt my heart burst within,

it's chewing gnaw, when I heard the lie,

"I'll stop drinking, you win."

Premium Member Let's Minichu on Colours of Autumn

beneath the golden hues
lurks the befall of proud expanse of greens of yore
sun they chewed!

colour facade
gnawed warmth, melancholy gore
what fraud!!

In lust
of nature's core
dust!!!

beneath the golden hues
gnawed warmth, melancholy gore
dust!!!
Form: Rhyme

Woman Sues R.J. Reynolds Over Son's Tobacco-Related Death

it started

as fevered

bee sting

on tongue—

then lips

gone

like beaver-gnawed

tree stumps—

then the chin

till like

some ruined

Greek statue

you lay

still

awaiting

a new chance—

the planting

in warm earth

to grow again
© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Mrs Grafftin Wheelchair Designer

Few oldsters or broken-sters travel in their wheelchairs in style.
Mrs. Graffitin is an exception, her uniqueness makes all of us smile.
Her foot was gnawed off sixty years ago by a blubbering crocodile.
She is a wheelchair designer, and her wheelchair is always in style.
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Prey For a Day

At dawn I ran from a bear in the park
At noon time I swam from a great white shark
A vulture gnawed on my head
Thinking me tasty and dead
Now my pug's chewing my toes in the dark

11/5/22
Fourth Place
A Funny Limerick - 
Make Me Laugh Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Form: Limerick

Premium Member FALL INTO THE GAP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
an octopus inks through neural currents— that gap between synapses holds the ocean's depth no illusions dissolved silence stretches till the Ego snaps~ its craving a rusted trap gnawed clean by tides abandoned on sand

The land of Wonky Woo

In the land of Wonky Woo
big tuxi cat meowed a moo.
By crone spells he chewed cud
He rolled about in sloppy mud.
A squeaky mouse feared no flack
and sprang upon his spotted back
to weave a nest of bouncy moss
show moo cat who was boss.
Grey, tiny forms and wood lice
gnawed his ears with tasty spice.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Spring Bounty

I found no berries, no pulpy roots
and the boughs above me
bore no fruit
So I layed on the grass
I gnawed on a blade

I can't be sure...
how long I stayed
I fell asleep...a while, ...I think...

When springtime came, and I awoke
I saw the fruit, and it was good
I gave my thanks, and then I prayed....
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Darla gets her nose pierced

When Darla got a paper cut she went ballistic.
Reacted the way others acted if their arm was gnawed off.
If someone bumped her she complained for years and years.
Every scrape, scratch, and poke was a huge deal.
When she came home with her nose pierced we were incredulous.
It’s a cat, said grandma. I am not surprised.

Wet Blanket

“Wet blankets, give them all”
Captain of flight X
ordered the crew
as he wrapped himself
with warm woolen blanket
When asked he said
“but this is a towel
used in bathrooms
if you want one
I give you time go get
from your homes”
coldness gnawed us
as captain snored
and dreamed
wet dreams
This is Africa airspace

Premium Member My Future Self

Shame is a feeling I do avoid.
Too often, something like it has me, destroyed,
and yet, to be a better man,
I must look at myself as best I can,
and that may entail shame.

I look at myself, not to blame, 
but to grow, to not be the same,
and yet to know I'm ever flawed,
eschewing pangs which on me gnawed,
my best self to reclaim.
Form: Rhyme

Vegetales Five

corn grew up on the cob
got gnawed off by the gob
In a shack
way out back
cob had a job wiping glob

corn got thrown in the can
cob got tossed by the man
then big fat hogs
gobbled cob logs
and turned ‘em into ham   

What the? Wadda ya know.
The labels now read GMO
corn and beans,
and in betweens
all mutate more than they grow
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Stealing From Your Mother

I took ten dollars
From my mothers purse
As a child
To buy lollies
And the like
There was lots
Of money in that purse
A few days later
At the dinner table
My parents discussed
Where that ten 
Might have gone
They had all kinds
Of theories but
Never blamed us kids
That gnawed at my
Conscience
I never owned up
But never stole 
Again.
© Uwe Stroh  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Narrative

Coal

"It’s a dying winter, lad” he would say
crunching his words around
a gnawed pipe stem.
Then one day he went back up
the gravel path
to his small, low cottage,
with its oily cans, coal dust kettles,
its sooty cats
never to be seen again.
This morning, decades later,
I see him from a black grate
where embers and ash
form a remembered warmth.

Gnawing Resentment

He gnawed on his resentment
In public and alone
Like a dog he kept on worrying
The marrow from the bone
Till he gave himself an ulcer
Till his teeth got small and stumpy
Till other dogs said, Hang on, Fang
You’re starting to look grumpy
He wouldn’t leave the thing alone
Just wouldn’t let it lie
Time to put the bone down, Fido
Go on, try

by Gail
Form: Rhyme

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