Short Hunched Poems

sitting
hunched over in cold
homeless...

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It's complicated
Pretty ugly jumbo shrimp
All hunched up like blah...

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Hunched over so far that you walk on all fours,
you say you are human yet look like a horse...

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winter breaks my back 
with her taunting knack of snow 
hunched up, I shovel

December 22, 2020 ...

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Willow tree leaning, hunched
Weeping leaves into steams skipping
Over stones and decaying twigs.

Ships that pass unseeing
In the shade....

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In this poor life we’ve been condemned to die,
Forever stuck in our unwanted caste;
Pawns, broken by society,
Hunched at the pyramid's base we lie;
We are the untouchables of mankind.


23/2/16...

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…for man nor beast

Cold rain on opaque darkness
swirls around the outline of a man
hunched against the biting wind
led on by tug of agitated dog.


1/3/2017

submitted to – Contest 261 – any form – max 5 lines...

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*Image of/by Excited Cats.

reflections 

the sly black cat crept
aisle mirror caroms pierced eyes~~
arrest hunched hissing

2022 April 06
*1st Place*
Black Cat Haiku
~~Robert James Liguori: Judged 2022 April 07...

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Brave little turtle,
Crossing the road.
Dodging traffic,
Shelling the load.

Slow and steady,
Forever hunched.
Always praying,
Never crunched.

The price of life,
Yes, you've paid it.
Now safe across,
Hurray! You made it....

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One leaf curled and hunched 
hesitatingly crawls up the centre 
of the sun lit country road. 
The rest cling to the tarmac 
watching. 

I look at this world as it is 
and see what could be 
and once again utter 
words uselessly. 
conscience 
....... driven...

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An old manual typewriter
sits on a hill of dust.

Is that hunched ghost
your wordless self?

Does that self
with its thick fingers
still hammer out a silence,
upon a borderless page,

one that you now interpret,
adding thin strips of madness
on a skin of light?...

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distant clouds of gray --
smooth brush strokes illuminate
effervescent waves

golden sands reflect
sparkling shades of jewel-kissed sky --
high tide sprays solar flares

old woman stands hunched
upon the drifting shoreline --
gray eyes search the sun...

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Across the Heath the chill'ed land’s in sleep
The Bushes hunched, the bare trees holding still
In cyclic pattern: seasons’ lives bespeak
Not grip of death but life's farseeing will
That shall revive and Nature’s wish fulfil

26 December 2021

Bite Size Poem #31 Poetry Contest...

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blowing frost on a star and gravestone 
quickening our steps like Charlie Chaplain
turning maple leaf into rubies and gold
churning flocks into wind splashed shoals
now we're hunched over like Quasimodo
the homeless sinking deeper into their hole
November struts about and barks like a crow....

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bowed before you once again
i’m worshipping you 
when i said i wouldn’t 

bent in half
i’m surrendering both my dinner 
and my fears

knelt down before you
my legs tremble 
my hands and chin drip

hunched over you
i am obedient
under your tyrannical rules 

there will be no revolution today...

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TOXIC STATE

hunched, amidst creative ash:

H.D.’s sulphuric shell -

pieces of a deranged puzzle.

all           the president’s men

scratch their hairless heads.

they had thought to build a wall -

but no one in town owns a brick.

12/1/2016
Contest – Toxic State
*H.D. – Humpty Dumpty...

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A cold wind challenged Spring
Watering my eyes as I hunched against it
Hawks circle beneath white puff clouds
A squirrel weighs its options
Robins wrestle chilled worm sushi
Nervous Mallards pace awaiting delivery
Jonquils boldly strut their stuff
I shiver knowing that spring will devour the wind.
...

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He loved the black tree shadows of the black forest
Smell of decaying leaves and burning campfires guided him.
Autumn fire showing prevalent blue orange contrast
He hunched down, watching the humans until he slept
His mate’s howls were enthusiastic and appreciative
He incorporated them into his dream state....

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Nookie
Bookie

Cookie
Shnookie

Staring 
Daring

Her smile
Beguile

She winked
I blinked

Staring
Erring

Undressed
I’m blessed

Amazed
I gazed

Caressed
Her breast

She punched
I hunched

Gambles
Shambles

June 9, 2015

A Gambler Tries His Hand(and eye) at a Strip Staring Contest...

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I sit upon a slickly red covered seat, 
Across; closed eyes, computer gazing, blank faces.
Red squared environmental bags, 
back packs on hunched-back backs.

A distance traveled on my cushions, 
has come to a halt, 
doors mouths opening, 
waiting for my entrance ---
I stand sneaking quick peaks at absent faces.......

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6:23 PM
Clock ticks ticks ticking 
Hunched back and sprawled all over
I get this feeling
Fingers taps taps clicking
Pen taps in repetition 
I hate this feeling
I stared at the calendar
And scorned at the squeaking birds outside
As well as the date presented
Circled in bold red 
With the words
"Time's up!"...

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I’m sick.
I’ve been sick.
Sick for days,
For months,
For years.

I’m tired, 
And lethargic.
My eyes are weary.
I have a permanently hunched back, now.

The aching,
The spasming.
The fevers,
The shivers.
It’s a never-ending cycle.

And it’s all self-imposed.
Because,
I perform best
When I’m stressed....

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The cats
were so used to
looking up. They
hunched on their bellies
.
like hairy doormats 
and their eyes turned
like those of animated
bedrom slippers.
.
So high I stood,
all of my 5 foot 3.
Feeling the pain
of back cramps, I
.
bend to feed them,
wild animals
somehow brought servile
into my tenderness....

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Standing in place
Working to wean
Eyes playing tricks
Seeing unseen

Shoulders hunched
Head in the lead
Moving the pieces
To serve a bleed

Toys to others
Pawns to Kings
Benefiting widely
Authority brings

Final trump
Blown and heard
TRUTH applied
Lesson learned

Written by Trudy Schrader on 06-27-2022...

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He prowls on quiet paws
in the cold – dark night.
His nose bent low to sniff
the scent of the prey.
Hunched crunched to the ground,
ready to pounce at the slightest sound,  
his beady fathomless eyes
glitter in the thick darkness;
searching—always searching!
First a low groan deep in his throat,
then a feeble moan…
the prey is held....

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