Short Slouch Poems

eyes 
dropping
body yearns
soft cuddly bed
slouch!...

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Cigarette-stenched couch,
How he lays there with a slouch.
His blue-striped sweater
So warm and comfortable,
Any weather, good or bad....

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BANDIT, THE CAT

I know a cat named Bandit
He's so cute you can hardly stand it
He sits on the couch
In a nonchalant slouch
Which says, it's mine, I command it...

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THE PENGUIN

The penguin’s no slouch, he’s a winner
By sartorial standards no sinner
He’ll emerge in a trice 
From the Antarctic ice
Already dressed for dinner...

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Brat cat scat pet 
look at black rat 
Muskrat packrat 
Cool cat placemat 
Coon cat d'etat
Does that true cat
... slouch hat snaw at

11/10/19
Written by James Edward Lee Sr...

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Charlie horse in my leg
ouch ouch ouch!
stand up straight
don’t slouch, slouch, slouch

arthritis in both ankles
feels like they are broke
every step is painful
sad to finally be old folk...

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Today mice have nothing to fear
I'm quite comfortable sitting here
for it's my turn to slouch
and chill out on the couch
so pass the popcorn and the beer!


For picture prompt contest, sponsor Julie Leigh Rodeheaver...

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              Cat hanging off couch.
              I, sitting here and do slouch.
              Stomach, a fat pouch.


                      4/17/2021


                   Rhymed Senryu

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Perfect posture 
Your back is straight 
Elegant gait 
Beauty will shine 

Don’t ever slouch 
Align your spine 
God’s own design 
Classy chassis 

Jan Allison
4th August 2014

Written for RIDE ON A PATHYA VA Contest Sponsored by Nette Onclaud
~Awarded 1st place~...

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Moody clouds gather
as ripe fruit drops from shivering branches 
onto pillows of gold. 
The last of the lustrous flowers,
weary from the summer show,
slouch beside the wasted seed pods of their sisters,
whilst workers head back to hives unsated.

Yet still there’s a butterfly....

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They steam,
They glare,
They fume and frown,
My ideas snarl and knot.

They slouch, 
Resentful to be asked.

They stare and duel,
And pout.

Then suddenly - 
A random thing
Flies through the traffic jam,
A buzz of green cicada wings -
 
The tune splats guts
Across my screen.
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on a tropical Isle
    sunshine and sand with cool waters aquamarine
    makes me smile

    while in the sea
    a crustacean that was unseen
    nipped me

    no slouch
    I fled the scene
    ouch

    on a tropical Isle
    a crustacean that was unseen
    ouch

    Sponsor Mohan Chutani.

    1 / 27 / 2021.
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Leroy
Cowboy

Rode horse
Of course

His hoss
Named Ross

Ropes steers
Slurps beers

Slouch hat
Flaunts gat

Wears boots
No suits

Eats beans
Wears jeans

Raised hell
Pell-mell

What's more
He swore

Has gal
Named Sal

To pub
For grub

They dance
Romance

They kiss
Pure bliss

Gets slopped
Fun stopped

Big brawl
(That's all)...

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Peeking, purple, petals, poking through the grass,
             Snowdrops dangling, creamy white through an ivy mass.
             Time worn stairs, foot prints with a face,
             Leading to a wooden porch;
             A slouch, a tilt, a timeless grace.









Date: 3/3/22
For: Bite-size Poem No. 38 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier...

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a tip of the hat 
a polite nod
a hail caesar
a handshake
a slouch
a tugging of the forelock
a proposing of a toast
a salutation sandwich
a salaam
a bow
a cheek-to-cheek contact
a kiss on the bugle
a kowtow 
a wave
a voicemail
a whatsapp 
a geachte heer followed by a comma
a prayer 

it's all very gracious and well mannered
but for god's sake get the swatter...

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A dusty quiver lay on my back
Its arrows clean and sharp

I wade with purpose through itchy reeds
My boots dragging in the muck

I hear you before I see you
Your laugh collapsing the virgin marsh between us

A fistful of whites and yellows
My dear whites and yellows

Ready, steady
It’s no use!

For if I lose an arrow
My quiver will lighten 
And my shoulders will slouch...

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a whiff of the most
extraordinary
elusive fragrance,
a titillating
and yet, subtle smell

Sol’s caresses
linger longer,
His tactile touch
tender and warm

songbirds sing
snowmen slouch,
snowdrops sprout.

all signs
point to

spring


(Diminished Hexaverse)


03,30,2019
Diminished Hexaverse Contest About Spring Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger...

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Climbing trees is not for Bandit
On the couch he prefers to sit
With his bowl of cap nip
And sweet cola to sip 
He looks cute, you have to admit

Bandit loves to watch the TV
Sometimes he sits on Julie’s knee
Bandit just loves to slouch
On the cream comfy couch
He’s such a contented pussy

Picture prompt Contest
Sponsored by Julie Leigh Rodeheaver

10-21-17...

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Potatoes
drink beer after beer
slouch on couches
formulating bad breath opinions
second guessing
deriding
insinuating
opinionating
whining
baby crying
except for Trump
and variable other
con artists
most
bankrupt
or poor
yet
they know what's best
do this
and don't do that
you are a fool
can you not spell they say
dyslexic millionaires
don't really care
sending poetry into space...

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almost died of scurvy
had psoriasis ever since
safeguarding my mind
step mother made the worst meals
i blamed her but now my taste buds 
have changed and i realise
worked my mind
she really could cook
found my soul
devil's massage
got sick and began eating veggies
another sleight of hand 
of the spine to live with
and took vitamins
lost to myself
and an exercise routine to see if i could beat it
lazy bones...

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The mango grove hums,
insects sing in the scratchy thrum,
the wet-lead air.

Knee-deep, the water sweats
a dark smudging fear.

We are a party of four,
four machetes,
four slouch hats,
four men looking for
reasons.

Trailing tendrils snatch at us,
lacerate skin and courage.

After a few hours
we are drained,
barely speaking
just wading our way
inwards,

all four
longing for

that tropical beach bar
and the girl
we left behind it....

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Daylight is wide-eyed, it glares
like an angry samurai.
We are pinned down
naked to the piecing sun.
It's all too exposing -
the heat flays and burns.
A violent light fries sunscreens,
drills through sunhats
while we blink under gritty lids.
The humidity drains,
we slouch, crouch,
strain out our words.
Its’ a dry dog time
where doggedly nothing wags.
We dream of cooling winds,
of those days
when a salty sweat did not
dry-out our lolling tongues....

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A facility he had not used
But about it already enthused:
A not funny challenging toilet,
Water needing like Pontus Pilate:
Just to climb it effusive pride bruised 
And when one was through with it still mused

Twelve litres of water when not late:
What one might be right to tag Plain Fate
The wildest cats would towards its slouch,
The wildest man on it limply crouch; 
Not a convenience you'd for it vouch,
Found faults in the nastiest language crouch....

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Ding Dong!! Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Here’s our time to party in our shells!
Mr. Rudolph the red nose reindeer,
Please wear a mask this upcoming year!
I don’t want my house spreading with germs,
Your mouth and my nose are not on good terms!
Oh Silent night, oh holy night,
All is calm while all is bright
As I’m lying on my sweet couch
While forgetting that dreadful slouch!!
 My son. Sleep in heavenly peace
After washing your hands filled with grease!!...

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What a grouch
As he sits on his couch
Sloppy with a slouch
Always in doubt
Of what he’s about
He gives out a shout
That lazy big lout
Who runs his mouth
Booming and loud
And frightens his spouse
And woke up the mouse
Who was napping in house
And was suddenly aroused
And was on the prowl
Bit him hard down south
He let out a loud howl
The bite was nasty and fowl
As he wore a scowl 
He let out a meek growl
Wanting to lay back somehow!


23.9.2021...

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