Short Thuds Poems

Doors creak
Floors squeak
The heartbeat thuds again

Fingers itch
Mouths twitch
The door swings in the rain

Open gaping
All men calling
Come the judgements passed

One last step
Towards the brink
There is but one last chance...

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The ghost with the cloak
stares coldly with no eyes
causing lids to shut
life thuds on land
his scythe steals souls and vitality
by the millions
creating profit for his red wine cellar
and in the end
he will stand on top...

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Listen to the beat of my heart,
How the motions and vibrations start,
How it thuds through my ribs
And this is how I live.

More than a thousand times a days,
And I have a thousand words for you to says,
That’ll worship pray to you till my voice is sore,
Till my loving hearts beats no more....

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amidst the thunder and the thuds
of boilers and blocks panting evermore
in a halcyon sea, the territorial gulls
shriek their high-pitched sadness as they soar.

and all throughout the gray outline
the groaning of the waves are heard,
as steel slices through the blackish brine
and lonely hearts are stirred....

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The clock thuds.
My mind floods.
Throw this poem in the bin.
Baby, we can win.
I don't want to lose you.
What if I do?
Will you be here for me?
My heart sings.
Our arms swing.
I love you so much
I don't know what to do.
I just want to
Be with you.
I'm just waiting.
Time is fading.
I want to see you.
I love this view....

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Gold-baked leaves shake at winter's cool call!
Snow-flakes within hearts of blooms crawl!
Is, midst branches, a rough brawl?
Fruits at thuds of storms fall!
Through skinny fog shawl, 
Slow sun does sprawl!
Weather-thrall!
Snow-ball!
LOL...!


10 November 2022
A November Nonet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich...

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The Fourth of July that comes
after the last child
has grown beyond fireworks
is a painful time,
as you pace the driveway
looking at the faint marks left
of last years snakes and rockets,
and watch the neighborhood light up.
You hush the dogs and
watch a little TV, while aware 
of the thuds, cracks and explosions
outside, 
and hope
for grandchildren....

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She saw him walk on their hats,
a bold rat swallowed by the fat man.
His screams bounce back as their windows
close with thuds that echo.
Who turns their back a child cries
zigzagging down the steet into oblivion. 
Sally Martin sits on her beggar's seat 
and listens to the bleating sheep.
Sally Martin bites her coins smiling when
they crack her teeth....

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*Tainted Tongue*

turbulent torrent puking
rustic waves, feigning
passion gulping gaunt
horizon; hoisted bow
receding thuds pounding
punctured mists mumbling

thirty one years
creature in tier;
human, ape, bear

bounty beards blushing
farcical feets' felony
trudged earth moaning

sans tamed language
yet Island's sage.
     19:11:26:15:00...

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Raindrops tap the window seals 
Leaving their imprint concealed within its transparency 
Small in stature, but large in impact 
Creating thuds and clangs of large proportions
Immediately, the woman is affected by rainflow
The sounds of flowing water causes her to produce her own waterfall
On this very day, she learned the true meaning of precipitation...

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My mouth is dry,
my heart seams to beat
out of rhythm
in sick thuds.

I have the sensation
the sky is about to fall,
secrets crackle
like static electricity.

I am secure in my sanity
the truth has set me free,
of course, I had doubts;
who, in my position,
would not ? .


(maybe I should drink less coffee)


Elizabeth alexander                             7/1/2016...

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April's showers brings May's flowers,
Rain thudding down the window.

The storm will bring colour and joy,
Rain pattering on the ceiling.

When the rain thuds down the window,
Its hard to belive it's spring.

When the rain patters on the ceiling,
It's hard to remember colour.

When storms come and go,
Spring seems to die.

April is a spring month,
But all seems like winter....

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Run !

         Thuds!    Thuds!  THUDS!
Bellowing thunder at the carpet display of lightening
There, are wars and guns…

Wails and  the terrors of an enraged whales
BLOOD SHEDS… THE COLOUR IS RED… THIS IS BLOOD

Run! Help me , Help my mother, my sister, OH! my Child
Flakes of fire…
Clots spreads .. A SHOCKING SPLASH AND BOOM!

WAILS… DEBRIS… DREAMS BURIED IN BLOODS

I have seen the MOVIE....

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brakka-brakka-brak
Captain America is holding them back!

With a zap, wap, whapp and zappp
He's trying his best not to snap

His shield will clang, kapanng and taaanng
while his body boangs, kapanngs and bwangs

Watch out for the sleeper who walks with a thoom
he'll get Cap with a boom, thwoom and bar-ooom

But our man can outlast the thuds, woofs and crunches
he'll wham them and give them whummpes...

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The books are off the shelf 
Teachers are heading to the nearest coffee machine 
Noises echo the elongated hallways 
Time has betrayed you 
Loud thuds of lockers slamming abruptly
Could it be?
School is currently back in session
The dreadful feeling of the first day 
Routine is once again included into your lexicon
As sure as the moon smiles, 
The sun shines onto your supply list 
The beginning of a tragic ending...

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The sun is bright.
It leaks through the closed window.
I wish it would go away.
At this moment I want no part of light.
My heart beats.
Slowly.
So slowly.
It thuds in my ears.
Telling me what I already know.
A heart Can only break so many times,
and mine has reached it's limit.
I have always had my part.
And now it is my fault.
As from inside out the pain begins to devour.
Me as I lay here,
In my darkest hour....

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I'm not scared anymore,
to show you my scars,
cos they are old now,
and they don't hurt anymore.

take the bandages off, 
I'll let you,
I'm not scared anymore,
can't you feel it?
my heart thuds with yours.


It's dark I know
but you can handle the flaws,
can't you hold it?
The hate?
 

I spoke too soon
you did the very worst
you took a knife
and cut the darkened flesh
and let fresh blood sip.

old scars cut new can hurt.



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Listen!  Do you hear?
The trampoline springs when you jump
creak like a baby crying softly.
Do you hear?
The bars are silent when you do a skill;
but if you miss,
the bar rings like a telephone.
Do you hear?
The beam when you land a trick
thuds like a book being dropped.
Do you hear?
the floor when you dance
croaks like frogs.
Do you hear?
The vault runway when you sprint
sounds like pitter-patter, pitter-patter.


Aunika Alch
Age 11

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Dull 
Thuds 
Smack 
Pow 

Always wanted to be second 
But I want the gold now 

Hiss 
Splash 
Gasp 
Crunch 

Found a power in submission 
But gold packs a better punch 

Glory's reckless, glory's dumb 
But good God, now I want some 

Glory's Greek and weak and greedy 
And it's got me so damn needy 
Always thought ambition seedy
 
Bite. Gold.  
Earn. Gold. 
Take. Gold.  

Leave them in a guiltless dust 
For the first time I just must 

Win....

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Kitty Katy, bigger than holsteins
Killed a St. Bernard
Pretty Kitty scratched up my blue jeans
Left my legs all scarred.

My big kitty scares the bejabbers
Out of my sorry hide
Such loud thuds of her pitter-patters
The blood-prints of her stride.

What did she kill tonight?
Who did she rend and bite?
What did she eat?
What kind of meat?
When must I stand and fight?

Kitty wrestled an anaconda
Then ate just the head
I took off on my cherry Honda
Scared I'd next be dead....

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"Crocodili" 


I swim in your holy water
basic rules for survival
shed the skin 

like a baptism
immersed in saltwater
the lower vibration

lifted 
removed 
from that prehistoric place

the dermabrasian stings, 
raw, we walk out together
new creatures

into fresh certainty
soft thuds clawed suckling 
on uncertain shores

the feelings
begin
solitary, rapturous

natural selection
resurfacing 
singular in plurality

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
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