Short Grueling Poems

Never Again

reality end
humanity more grueling
hate never again

7/31/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.© 2020...

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Imprisoned by limitations
Delayed by fear
Bound by contracts
In servitude of the dollar
Grueling
Not fair
No acceptance
This is not life...

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GONE



       I so want to scream
       it took me two grueling hours
       poem just vaporized 






               11-19-2020...

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the leeway of cosmos stand perplexing 
grueling strained in this way
enlightenment darkened

Written: March 25, 2022...

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A chandelier hung frozen in time
Locked in a hazy Italian photograph
Memories spark and sizzle
But die out all too soon
In a grueling cycle of remembrance...

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Trump Worst Candidate

Would we really get Trump's claw
When we said he had poor stamina
Would not work if things grueling
Many questions about his schooling
Worst candidate we ever saw.

Jim Horn...

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Here lies Martin Jacob "Sparky" Trent
Service Station Attendant
Smoking while fueling 
Can be quite grueling
A flick of the Bic and away Sparky went. 

Written November 14, 2022...

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A-s you complete the race
I-n life set by the Almighty; 
S-imply reach the finish line, 
I-n spite of the grueling journey.







Topic: Birthday of Aisi Neyamageshi (March 19) 
Form: Acrostic Quatrain...

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open my blind's to new day
 sound is grueling
right off the bat
you should hear be here
 I know your rolling
you filthy creep film man
watch as i start my car my club's in trunk
my step if I see you
 don't think I wont tee one up...

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In the grueling marathon of human race
Those who believe the mantra "everyones a winner"
Will neither finish or see the end of days
Confidence in one's self, the stamina
And endurance, from what defines it
Will determine victors, losers and how we place...

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After grueling sessions of
 
Guitar Hero 3,
 
I would often look to the mirror
 
to my right
 
and marvel at how
 
my vision was affected by the game,
 
with the mirror becoming twisted
 
and augmented,
 
slithering across the wall in my living room....

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grueling marathon
gumption and guts required
grit is that virtue which
gifts graceful females with
greatness despite the groans
girls give all they’ve got for
glory that comes with gold


a pleaides on the letter G
for Kim's contest
written December 1, 2016...

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God and Grueling

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poets/top_100_poets_most_poems_all_time.aspx

God prevents things that are grueling
Me for a great day up started tooling
Sitting me down making me still
And showing me a new found skill
So much to learn in His schooling.

Jim Horn...

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Somewhere in a rugged sunny terrain
a bushy-maned pony kicks up his heels
amid biting flies in a grueling summer heat.
An elegant cattle egret hitches a ride.
Devouring grassland insects, his daily diet,
the egret helps his buddy in his plight
keeping the flies at bay while loping along
together through brush and grass and sage.
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Neglection: An Acrostic Poetry

Neither of whether hope nor cries,
empowered by a companion.
Grueling moments of surprise
languish as felt dereliction.
Empathy, why can’t just be nice?
Care has no intention.
Tender felt in pure disguise,
impeded to submission.
Only to mark in bold precise:
Novelty in aggression.


Pajo, John Christoper I.
12-08-21...

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winter early morning
 new day dawn 
clouds over cast
 covering above my crown
 on the front of my face
 the space brisk cool 
grueling air blowing 
to and through me 
so chilling biting cold
 brisk is the new day winter borne
harvest times past here
This be new season winter 


12/23/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023...

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Forlorn tinged faces reminiscing old times
Where smiles did not enshroud an ache,
And the grueling effort it had to take,
Cries of help in their throat they were caught
Feeling a shimmer of serenity not a bit distraught, 
But that's the thing about pain,
It might leave for brief moments, 
But comes back like an unavowed promise from grey clouds to carry the rain....

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We often strangle ourselves within,
Quietly, choked and suffocated within. 
Dare no one can read it,
Not even a close one dared to feel it.
The load that has been weighing heavy,
The grueling and strenuous task to carry. 
We ignore the pain and soreness to feel less petrified. 
No one sees how much we have sacrificed. 
To bridle the feeling and win the fight within....

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i'm so addicted
there's no support group for what i want
grueling hunger
burning desire
such a cliche
heart pounding 
my addiction
why can't i get away?
consuming my thoughts
my wishes, my dreams
taking over my life
im so obsessed
you're so wrong for me
why are you constantly in my head???
i'm sick!
so screwed up
like a crack addict
groveling at your feet
i want you
she has you
but i need you...

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As children
a snow angel was
a lovely
shape made by
joyful, flapping jumping jacks
on your back in snow

As adults
a snow angel is
someone who
rescues you
from grueling grunt work of snow
mountains blown aside

___

This Shadorma form poem was written in heartfelt appreciation of a kind neighbor who saw my snow shoveling misery and rescued me with their snowblower (before this wicked Midwest Winter totally finished me off)!...

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A barrage of raw emotion
The onset proves, acute
It’s a radiating motion 
Abstract at the root

Shrouded by unyielding fog
Challenging a fleeting breath
Held hostage by my grueling thoughts
 Pale skin resembles death

I splash my face and wring my hands
Committed to disposal
My demons are denied a chance
No treaty or proposal

But, as with grief and mourning
Sacrifice must precede
The journey proves forlorning
Precious time, I’ll surly bleed...

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Where love reigns on the homestead,
everything purrs as it should.

Topaze sunlight pouring over emerald fields -
grueling days followed by serene nights.

In the absence of complication,
trials and tribulations become distant memories.

Above sapphire skies delight sanguine eyes -
inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind.



Submitted on November 15, 2019 for contest COMPLETE THE POEM – IN THE ABSENCE OF COMPLICATION sponsored by SILENT ONE  -  RANKED 3RD...

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I became death's victim by age two,
Daddy was gone by morning dew.
No hug of strong might,
No note did he write.

My mother heard the shot,
She prayed it was not! 
Her worst fears were conveyed,
His heart was bullet blazed.

Two heart grueling did fly,
Till chance truly stopped by.
A man who would not leave at dew,
He was known by many and some few.

This man I now claim,
He has given me name.
Dad has proven death has no sting,
If we do not give its ring....

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Anchor down, wind at ease all the sailors out to please, one by one they step off deck and into the arms of who knows heck.
For a night of drinking, a fist full of titty, and a bottle of good ole smitty, to drowned out their long and grueling lives and sink in pity by those beer goggled cuties who in the end get their share of good ole boys that breathe the sea as if it where air, waiting for someone who's never there, just to care. 
By Leah Munoz 
Pen name (Leloo Pair)...

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It was a searing moment in grueling
heat of your flesh, the racist attack had come
to surface, the blue eyes,

edible gold, in nights
the pink veil of the moon,
I will cut my wrist to pour out the pure vermillion;

a huge umbrella of hot kisses
dissolving the contaminated beads
of musk, like fever;

the smoke rolls down the hills
of collective guilt,
an anonymous warning;

the frozen voice opens
like a black tulip on baby ice,
down under goes the sun.



SATISH VERMA...

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