Short Vitriolic Poems

forces of evil
drop boulders in lake of love
pebbles expand hope

vitriolic words
appeal to lowest nature
rudderless leaders




james marshall goff
two worlds colliding contest...

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Fiery, vicious, ire-filled dispute
Ferocious, savage, shocking fight
Flagrant show of hate so acute
Frightful, vitriolic blight

Forgoes any chances to mend
Forsakes God's command: Let hate end.
Fails to deal with furor's root.



June 4, 2018, entered in Joseph May's Pleiades Contest...

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Downright nasty
    abrasive was she
  Hostile to friends
    vitriolic to enemies

  Raised on the streets
    she learned their dark ways
  Focus on your target
    and set it ablaze

  Who knew underneath
    was a little girl crying
  Scared-to-death of the life
    she devoted to dying...

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Phwoaarh! Anne-Lise really is hot
‘Old woman’ she really is not
With lovely blonde hair
Men ogle and stare
Her husband has hit the jackpot!

Yesterday a vitriolic comment was made and Anne-Lise was called 'old woman' I hope this tribute and picture prove the exact opposite



6/7/19...

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watered down soup has lost its flavor ~ the broth is not one to savor

it's over peppered and there's too much garlic ~ sometimes vitriolic

nothing wrong with a little pinch of salt ~ but don't use words to assault

those who post AI should be put in detention ~ maybe suspension

don't ladle me a bowl of soup ~ if it's been tainted, and that's the scoop
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A lecherous neophyte he preyed
upon their folded hands and closed eyes
bathed in their dolorous mumblings
sated himself on their penitential inhibition

Left them to flounder hopelessly - adrift
drowning in his vitriolic bombast
a hard burning scent of incense
left to smolder in their souls

for Providence had delivered them - to him



©6/16/2019

Eight word free verse challenge Poetry Contest
John Hamilton sponsor...

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No wish to carp or cock a snook
I won't leave you in the lurch
but oh my cod take a look
what a plaice to perch
as just for the halibut
putting seahorses out to paddock
is enough to give one
a severe bad haddock
so no red herring I don't flounder around
take a peeled eel flake of baked hake
plus pinch of pickled pilchard
and an ichthyic sandwich make
but if my words are vitriolic
you may grunt and kiss my bass
it's all a load of pollock(s)
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