Short Grumbled Poems

There was a young woman named Alice.
Who lived in a very grand Palace.
She grumbled and pouted.
Was rude and shouted,
Alice was a Malice...

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A priest from a bare dusty road
picked up a stone 
to install as God in his  home
while other stones stared.

They murmured and grumbled
"He is just like an ordinary stone like us."...

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June rainfall comes, jaybirds alight
waking the slumber of the night 
treetops tremble; almost a fall
and windows creak like shadow's bite 
ringing on walls-- a grumbled fight
while long prayers silence my call....

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in the good
old days
when

audiences
would
throw

such things 
as tomatoes 
and eggs

at the stage
at the per
son pre

forming
a proper
starving artist

would 
give his
worst when

his
belly
grumbled...

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My tail feathers are uncovered and bare, the rooster man said.
The nurses laughed their petootsies off; he was touched in the head.
That’s how all of the gowns do, they told him, but he was not happy.
He groused and grumbled all the way down the hall next to my pappy....

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Blaine ran out of tissue, so did the stores
      He had to “go” while he did some yard chores 
                       His stomach grumbled
                        He ran and stumbled
       Got up and “went” behind a bush outdoors 







Alexis Y.
04-4-2020...

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Money licks its lips 
A fervour without bound it rips
Feeding on the rich with etiquette and poise
The middle classes swallowed with grumbled noise
And screaming poor not even savoured
From a beast thats never laboured
The earth lays daily a new tablecloth
For the feast where all humanity is lost...

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He wriggled and squirmed,
Like a demented worm.
Fidgeted and fumbled,
Grimaced and grumbled,
He jiggled and jived,
Contorted and writhed,
Kept saying Arrr,
Like a wasp in a jar.
He was out of control,
This poor wretched soul,
As he reached fever pitch,
He found the itch,
Which he scratched until,
His body stayed still....

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The piano grumbled at his touch,
Playing fortissimo on command...
Nerves of steel snapping a string.

Ambitious to a fault, practicing the night into alarm,
Lizst spilled from the printed page
Like sour milk for a feral cat.

As he rose from the bench, music in hand,
An audible whispered relief rustled the curtains
And silence cradled the grateful room....

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Grumbled at Noah's clarion call
Of the gloomy existence fall.

Started the journey quiet early
Among others so many.

Speed mocked at your gait
As swift animals to the Ark's gate

Creepy slow shelly animal
Bent to the Ark's aisle

Must have been the last
As others animal, you, passed.

Helped by Noah's hands
For heavens ready to purge the 
lands....

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Storm clouds blew in tempestuous winds
May's blue skies turned gray
Raindrops  pranced into dance ,
And fell to quench dry earth
Flying leaves ,branches sway
Empowered by her wind 
Stripping ,shredding 
week and rotted limbs 
A calming lullaby breeze
Tender and meek blew by
And bolts of lightning,and 
Bouts of grumbled thunder ceased
Only stillness and calm remained 
Too quickly thunderstorm was gone ......

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Greenery

We drove for hours, 
and…
lost our way twice. 
Dad grumbled beneath
his breath, quietly, 
or was he praying? 

No one dared to ask, 
Where…
Where we may end… 
(quietly, gazing out of the car)
our grand quest, 
our merry adventure?

Tree hunting, 
garland strings of pine, 
and the smell of 
all things holiday…
Mix the same exactly,
as they did then, 
to make a memory, 
I now,
miss my whole life....

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It was two A. M., and I’d not slept.
I had grumbled and groaned, almost wept.
What was torturing me?
Then the truth I did see.
I yelled, “Whoopee” and from my bed leapt.

My old arthritic knees worked just fine;
to the kitchen I made a beeline.
There was one piece of cake,
which for my sweet tooth’s sake
I devoured. Then I slumbered till nine.


June 12, 2020
entered in Carolyn Devonshire's Sleepless Contest    placed 2nd...

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muttering mist moaned
consoling callous clone
bruised odds birthed:
lanky lust cremated
eerie contractions crumbled
gaunt contraptions grumbled

wanky wind wept
ferocious fills fetched
licking fir's flesh

nocturnal nature nimble
felon fostering fumbled
hoisted end hurdled

bewitched vision feeds
drooling dark dream.
     '20:04:16:15:02

Note: Of perforated picture. Inspired by a picture I saved from a Facebook writing group....

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As security officers loiter around,
Hordes of audience troop into the hall,
The intimidating presence of these men
Shackled many as if they were prisoners,
The cartridge of one of them makes me
trifle anxious with fear,
A wizened reporter couldn’t elicit any response 
from the senator as he makes a mordacious 
comment on the scandal ;
which pissed him off, and the crowd grumbled..



CONTEST:8 words challenge by John Hamilton
4-4-2017...

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bounty braces grumbled
humming hoisted hurdle
sassy syllables strained
cremating crumbling crane
rusty rebirth bewitched
rumbling reincarnation enriched

callous colour bruised
blueish orange blooms
dark dual drool

mystic moaning etched'n
punctured pruning crest
smiting succulent breast

voluptuous ordeals vying
taunt smothered smooches.
     '20:04:20:19:38

Note: Of nocturnal nature. Inspired by a picture of the cloud I took this evening....

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I asked.
She said No.

Talked to her on Facebook,
She said No.

Shook hands with her buddies,
Befriended her mamma,
But from her it was still a No.

She grumbled,
And said No.

She thanked me for the bouquet,
But still said No.

Called her day and night
Mailed her every fortnight,
But from her it was still a big No. 

Then she writes back to apologize,
But it is still a No!

Ah well, I should have gotten the message,
That was loud and clear,
When Michelle had said No!
...

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