Short Growly Poems

Gorillas grow growly gruffy grouchy grampas
Giving grateful gremlins grassy growth plates
Glassy glistening glowing glaring glimmers of globes
Groovy grizzly gristleworms gracefully grifting grandmas
Grandiose grimlets grabbing growling gracious grates....

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I am a snarly, growly, angry girl today.
I’ll snap your head off in a rather gruesome way.
My machetes are out, and my guns are blazing.
I’ll be cutting and chopping, and hell-raising.
Why I woke up in this mood is anyone’s guess.
I’ll leave bodies and pieces, a giant mess.
I’m a snarly, growly, angry girl today.
I’m warning you ahead of time, so you will please stay away....

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One cup of coffee.
Do I want breakfast?
Not yet. Second cup of coffee maybe.

I am still not pleasant.
I can feel my growly face. 
I had better have a third cup.

If someone speaks to me 
I might go off the deep end.
I am not ready to be sociable or nice yet.

My husband tiptoes in, 
sees my face, 
and turns back around. 

He knows I am still in the “gnawing your legs off”
frame of mind this morning.
He and the dog both read me well....

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