Short Growled Poems

The sky it growled and
Sucked the ocean into the 
Air, throwing tantrum.
...

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Dull
as a
board meeting
until he growled
“Who ripped out the fart?”
and then the room
exploded
in zany
laughs...

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Alexander Graham Bell
Phoned the farmer in the dell.
The farmer, wakened from his slumber
Yelled at him and growled, "Wrong number".

won 6th place...

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Nuisance Superb was always a pest
Her foul-mouth tongue spared no one at best
Her teachers growled
The preachers howled
'til God - himself - said, "This is a test!"...

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May I please take a photo of your dog?
The man nodded
The wife said “that is up to him”
The dog gave him the eye
“perfect!” the photographer said
He snapped the photo and the dog growled....

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In the middle of the new surgeon's lunch
     OR experienced a patient crunch --
        Doc set aside his meal
        Growled, What a lousy deal --
     Removed a liver from which he could munch...

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Bob’s rival growled, “Shoot out—high noon!
You’re gonna be dead very soon.”
Then Bob showed up high
at noon fit to fly
and slurred “Wh-which way’s the saloon?”


May 4, 2022
entered in Joseph May's High Noon Poetry Contest...

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Wife has picked a fight.
            No holds barred! Man, she's a sight,
            screaming through the night.
            

            Warlike wife's wild words:
            "You vile, vicious, cranky cur!"
            He growled and bit her!



Janice Canerdy...

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It bared its teeth
and growled its growl 
and knocked over the vase.

I saw it!
I saw it!
It also pushed over the lamp!

Down crashed all 
the plates!
It was a huge disgrace!
I saw it!
Yes, I saw it
smash all of the plates!

Then it trashed my room,
broke the vacuum,
and left without a trace....

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i knelt for his scythe
much to his surprise
bowed my head
nothing said
why don't you beg
his boney teeth sprayed
all fear
when i am near
answer me
i was made to die
now tell me that i lie
raise your eyes to mine
he chimed
head still bowed
just do it i growled
but don't miss
or your name
will make my list...

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Meeni slept in bed with a big brown cockroach
                                  “It’s an adulatory, ", I went to broach
                                           She growled like panther
                                              "I love Mr. Gunther”
                            "Dad,go and  bum around Miss Apricot Poach”...

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A bunny and his honey went to shop
Then danced all night doing the bunny hop
With so much fun
A contest was won
Then tired to bed the bunnies had to flop!

That night two wolves were in a ballyhoo
They howled and fought and growled till they were blue
Both tired and so hurt
They slept in the dirt
I'd rather be a bunny wouldn't you?...

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Go to bed, Joe growled at me
Joe, I said why can’t you see
Dough like lead,  need urgently -
No brown bread for today’s tea!

Bro called Fred runs bakery
Snow wide spread, he’ll close at three
Toe goes dead  when it’s icy
So I’ll tread quite carefully!

Triple Rhyme Poetry Contest

Sponsored by Beth Evans

07/01/20...

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Tom Waits encountered the devil at a crossroads. "Well hello Tom, what do you want most in this world?" And Tom said, "A shot of whiskey." The devil said, "Don't you want to be a great singer? And join me in a singing contest?" "Whiskey," Tom reiterated. "But I can give you anything, anything you want." "F**k you, I'll get my own whiskey," growled Tom, and continued on his way....

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Their daughter was not nice
She was a mean girl
They had mis-parented her
By allowing her to be in charge

It was too much for her
She was spoiled, disappointed and angry.
She growled and snarled at them
They were the enemy – her parents.

So they built a robot.
This daughter will be perfect they said.
But they spoiled their daughter robot too
She poisoned their food...

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He grabbed and tore my jeans as I came in
Then raced over, pretty much, everything
Then showed me his teeth as I sat down
And growled hard, I wouldn’t even frown.
So he placed his toys on my feet
Brought his bowl and pretended to eat
Then jumped to my side
Placed his head on my thigh
Closing his eyes with a sigh
After a long attempt to bite his tail,
And since everything else had failed....

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I bet they laughed, I bet they howled 
I bet Winston Churchill growled
Where’d you get this loony from
He’s talking ’bout a bouncing bomb

All the drawings all the plans
All the notes and telegrams 
Tell what happens when one slams
Barrels into concrete dams

Laden heavy for the flight
Nineteen bombers in the night
A secret plan too mad to warrant?

First a trickle then a torrent...

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I put my hands together
And make for me a cup,
And when it's cloudy weather
I go to fill it up.

"Oh big big clouds,
Won't you fill it for me?
I love to drink raindrops
And they love to kiss me."

And sometimes they hear me,
And sometimes they don't,
And once they were near me,
But growled out, 'We won't'.

But if my cup is empty,
And nothing they will give,
I still will love raindrops
As long as I live....

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Peeked over the edge of Monday
Weary…eyes blinking, birds chirping
Spoke to the Keurig: “black, no sugar”
It growled back, slowly.
It seemed to be saying:
“Never go jogging with a 2 year old”
How can someone with legs that short
Be that quick….and curious…
Every stone a mystery
Every flower an invitation
Every moment an inspiration.
When he shouts: “PAPA!!”
The kid inside me starts dancing.

John G. Lawless
©5/8/2023...

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I pissed my dog off today
He wouldn't listen to what I had to say
He didn't have to be such a grouch
I just wanted him off my couch

Why is he so mad, I didn't even holler 
I just pulled on his collar
He was being such a jerk and wanted to fight
Snarled and growled and gave me a bite

We had one hell of a brawl
Across the floor and half way up the wall
I don't think I can take it anymore
He's on my couch while I'm sleeping on the floor!...

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(World War II)

"Bloody Yanks," he said.
"Crawling in like cockroaches,   
                       gobbling up our women."
His words hung heavy 
                       in the thick smoke.

"Aye," said the bartender.
"Overpaid, overfed, oversexed."

"And over here!" the old man growled.

The young couple danced snug,
barely noticing 
as he slammed his glass down 
                       on the counter,
slid off his stool, 
and stomped out the door....

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That Kind of Day


The cat just hissed and slunk away
the dog low growled and hid,
squirrels sat teary eyed in tails,
sparrows still on ‘lectric rails.
Oil skin clouds sailing past
billowing dark pirates bones
sun, as hostage, tied to mast
moon in slivered shiver tones.
Cold steel shrapnel’s stinging touch
reddened cheeks unwanted blush.
The cat just hissed and slunk away,
it was just that kind of day.

for SKAT A Any Old Poem Will Do #3 contest
John G. Lawless
2009...

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Geez, that’s not fair!  
Stop growling so viciously you monster; whoa! 
I’ve got to get out of here…it’s got Mom’s arm!  
I jump and run for dear life and shout, 
“Go pick on somebody else’s cat!”  
It growled, ate part of the carpet 
and died instantly.

Mom calls it a, “Cheap vacuum”, 
as she pulls her hand from its’ mouth.  
I’m terrified and relieved; 
it didn’t chew her hand off but, 
it obviously tried to swallow her whole…
it got what it deserved!

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