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Sludge Poems - Poems about Sludge


Premium Member Sweet Sludge Serenade
Written: April 09, 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand ********************* sometimes there's soft sludge a harsh grip that creeps in secretly and veiled — at times, it feels as a tight jab— warm, holistic, and candid but it may sting...

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Categories: sludge, appreciation, character,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member On The Wrong Side Of History
You may be very wealthy and powerful, Yet you're doomed to fail like a fool, If you are on the wrong side of history, Where a deep sludgy hole is your final destiny. Hitler at one point found himself on the slippery slope Where he crashed and his neck ended in a rope. He eventually vanished, disappeared and gone Like a flash...

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Categories: sludge, anti bullying, betrayal, bullying,
Form: Rhyme



Sludge Behind the Dishwasher
As the weather chooses its flavour for the hour, Stubble-ended wood shaves itself on the layers of unseen ground. Synthetic puke seeps through pores seeking to devour Every tiny, curled hair floating in the murk around and around. Pool party skies reside a millimeter higher than the tallest fingertip: Leftovers infect this mass of last meals passed on. A spindle of...

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Categories: sludge, beauty, drink, identity, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sludge Spill Life-
I turn on the water spicken nothing comes out but rust and sludge such as life inside~ 9/4/20 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Categories: sludge, allusion, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Sludge: An Update To Glitter
He looks down on me in his condescending way Without words, he pities me, And without words, I accept ...

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Categories: sludge, love,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Black Sludge
Deep in ocean near the coast, slicks black-oil-slime’s terminal ghost. Man’s ultimate deadly mistake, razes abundant life in its wake. Grim offing visions fiercely hold, dismal lust for this liquid gold. Thick black muck that stifles breath, drags live water’s eventual death. Black sludge a cloak of despair, choking its vein to complete repair. Time will tell of the spoils done, before mankind,...

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Categories: sludge, life, loss
Form: Rhyme
Sludge
Thick sludge upon my wings; sad eyes in need of help Hopeless eyes searching For Raul's contest (Photo of an oil coated duck and beach)...

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Categories: sludge, animals
Form: Haiku
Slither Slider Sludge
Slither Slider Sludge from the quagmire to the dust we stand to face the mountain with the rage of shadows past I am anger I am pain I heard the shadows felt the rain caste the feelings out in vain Listen to the words I say feel the warmth of summers day we fight again a waste of time why should it be this...

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Categories: sludge, child, childhood, education, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Harbor Sludge Queen
Out of the bowels of Harrisburg Comes a new woman on the scene She's head of environmental pollution She's known as the Harbor Sludge Queen She's in charge of polluting our county And putting the environment in a rut While her boss, the infamous Mr. Ed Has his nose buried in athlete's butt It doesn't do any good to scream and holler And our...

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Categories: sludge, social, child,
Form: Rhyme

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