"grouchy" poems
I sweat deep warmth
In the grouchy storm
Because my body’s worn
In a cold dress
Captured
In a melting mess
Sized from ignorance
I peel labels
Torn through significance
I reveal the stress
But given this test
All the cut feathers
And opened chests
My instabilities
Cause me to digress
Feb 10, 2010
Feb 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM UTC
With a steaming mug of coffee in hand I watched:
the sun fall, the wind shiver, the leaves stand and land roll,
the birds swing, yellow beams dance,
and people stride in woollen warmers.
She plucked a flower in fool bloom,
then ambled away with a bamboo basket.
The clink of steel whistled through the air,
rousing sleep in the grouchy ones
saddled with books and a play toy in hand
walking in step with a grown man.
I walked there once, trying to keep pace
clasping a finger as large as my fist.
His snores now fall softly, circling the room
while I stand by the window,
wearing his shoes.
Nov 7, 2012
Nov 7, 2012 at 11:36 PM UTC
You said you don't even know me anymore
my moods, my personality, my characters
keep on changing like the weather
Morning when it rains
I am sweet , gentle and romantic
afternoon, when its hot and humid
I am mean, I am harsh and I snap at you
...a little grouchy
Well, I really dont know...
but here is the story...
On one sunny sky bright day
Our love story started to bloom
and the whole world cheered and clapped
to celebrate this greatest love story
When all of a sudden a dark cloud appeared
and stole the sunshine smile away
love went into coma... for a year or two
The monsoon rains and again we missed
the gentle love on wet cold nights
Inseparable in the love nest we built
Glued together the whole rainy days
It was midnight when we had a storm
Ugly weather
We were forced to build this wall
and kept our distance again
A whole year in complete vacuum
missed the love nest
but preferred the cocoon better
Today is a warmer day
The sun is coming out lazily
a little bit of warmth in the atmosphere
I tried to smile a little
and I said Hello
You grabbed my hand and told me
Never to change the weather again
I smile with tears in my eyes
reminiscing all the weathers
when we used to love and hate
How much time have we wasted?
This is me... This is you...
We are so much in love
Why must we change with the weather?
I might be Tornado in some days
or hurricane in another
but my heart beats still the same
despite the weather changes
Trust me
My love I never changed
Jun 19, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 at 2:21 PM UTC
*veins of my fingers in riots of blossomed colours
like threads made of lilac, lavender, blues and leafs.
for the blues are essences of the Elysian skies,
while lilacs, lavenders and leafs were stolen from an old man's farm
every dawn the sunlit blue wept for the docile stars' hide
I knock my knuckles red and wild, like the raspberries from the monsieur's farm
my chin against the beige, I gaze to where the magpies talk too loudly on the garden moist
swollen and offended by the loud chirps of boisterous dins, the grouchy neighbour cry.
I fill my baskets with wild things and papers,
I have cheese and juices, fruits and sweet carrots.
I have peach trees on my nails for jam
I have cherries in my toes for pie
I have snows in my lapin's soul for some ice creams
I have poppies in my worn pants for a good sight
And there's even vineyards of all Verona in my mind
the ribbons on the hat loom into the gardens' tunnel;
I have herb gardens, I have secret gardens
And I have my old books and pens in there.
when my laces are riven, the embroidered flowers are not.
the canvas shoes is painted in petrichors and soil
my dresses go tattered, sewn with patches
into the vines, thorns and russet throats I lilt and leap
against smells of rustic wood pencils and redolent flowers
There, under a green willow is where to sit and devour wisdom
and to drink some saccharine wine with mon lapin and maybe some picnic pies.
The abominable tremors will be gone,
My morn soul diving into fairy pools of sensuous europhias.*
Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 10:09 AM UTC
The cool winter air makes the grass sway like the ocean's waves.
Makes the limbs of trees, both young and old, dance fancifully without care of who's watching.
The brilliant sun, bold as it is, is shy this morn
Only peaking over the icy mountain tops.
The sky is as clear and beautiful as a newly forged glass sculpture.
As I turn around, I see my home,
The furnace still warm from yesterday's work
sits quietly in the center
The bellow, old with use
waits impatiently for it's next push
The anvil, stubborn with age
tightens it's muscles, prepared for the torment of the day
The mallet and hammer, young with ambition
remember the creations so recently forged with creativity
The ground is riddled with steel and coal
The grass here is burnt and covered with the now stagnant embers of the furnace
The walls are filled with the tools of my trade,
all made in this very place.
The day has begun.
I act with repetition as I have so many days and nights prior.
I lay fresh coals upon the furnace
I push the bellow with all my strength
The furnace begins to roar with vigor like a newly awoken bear
I pull new, unworked steel from the bin
Laying the steel upon the fire,
I can see the color change and shift rapidly
I prepare the hammer and mallet for use, and hear their excitement fill this place
Pulling the steel from the fire, I lay it upon the grouchy anvil.
Then I begin my work of creation.
Hammer meets steel,
sparks and embers fly,
steel morphs it's shape,
the day is now warm in this place.
For hours, this process continues
The furnace only grows warmer,
The bellow only grows more worn,
The anvil only tires with work,
The mallet and hammer only become more ecstatic.
Until the creation is complete.
The day is complete.
The wind has all but ceased.
The grass now as still as all the sleeping creatures.
The trees' festival is complete.
The air is now freezing.
The furnace is cooling again,
The bellow is at peace again,
The anvil is relaxed again,
The mallet and hammer are quiet again.
I sit here now, watching the sun retreat behind the lake.
It's setting as colorful as a painting.
My work today is done,
My tools are silent,
My creation is complete.
I too, can now bask in the serenity of the night.
Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013 at 11:15 PM UTC
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Jan 28, 2015
Jan 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM UTC
What do you see, people, what do you see?
What are you thinking, when you look at me?
Do you see a grouchy old man, reading my book?
Lonely on the doorstep, drinking my beer.
Is that what you're thinking, is that what you see?
Then open your eyes; you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still!
At 20 I have wings for feet and fly like a bird
At 30 my dreams of love,
Bound to each other with ties that should last.
At 50 I contemplate the future alone.
At 60 I think of the years, the loves I have known,
A life that passed me by.
What do you see when
I struggle on my zimmer frame
To buy my Bulmers ?
So you see a body broken,
A man of poor character.
Well let me tell you this,
Inside this lumbered body, lives a young mans heart,
And now and again my battered heart swells.
I remember the pleasure and the pain,
I think of the years all too few – gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people, open and see,
Not a sad old man, LOOK CLOSER, SEE ME
A man of memories and dreams,
A Life story to tell.
Feb 11, 2014
Feb 11, 2014 at 2:41 PM UTC
*mummy, mummy,
who invented school?*
oh, sweetheart,
what a clever girl you are;
why don't you tell me first
who you think invented school?
*I think, mummy,
school must have been invented
it must be by people
like old grumpy Uncle Grim
next door;
and the grouchy Aunty Scowl
who lives behind our house*
oh no, darling,
oh no, not at all:
O darling,
wise men and women
of the past
they invented school
*oh, mummy,
they couldn't
have been wise
not if you went to school
and see what happens in class;
surely those men and women
of the past
couldn't have been wise
if they created places
where little kids are tested
every three days;
and little John thinks he's stupid
and little Sue says she'd rather
stay at home and sleep;
and Tua and Helen are always
tense and nervous
and Chandra snores while the teacher talks*
oh no -
oh, no darling,
oh no,
it's not like that at all:
O darling,
they were wise and all-knowing
those
sage men and women
of the past
who invented school
so little children like you and your friends
can go and learn all you need to know
*but why mummy,
why a school?
is it because daddy and you
and grandma and grandpa
you know nothing and
you can't teach me
what I need to know?*
oh, no darling,
oh no not at all;
O darling,
you must listen to mummy -
wise men and women
of the past
most certainly
they invented school
Oct 19, 2010
Oct 19, 2010 at 10:31 AM UTC
Please handle with care the man sat in the chair
he's not a millionaire, but priceless to me.
He's not a Saint, he's made mistakes,
he's as stubborn as they come, cantankerous and moody,
but while he's there in your care, please bear in mind,
though, grouchy, argumentative and he's driving you to despair,
he's mine and my siblings dad, he's a husband, a grandfather, brother,
uncle, nephew and once himself a son.
Yes, he's been bad.
Yes, we've made him sad.
Yes, he's a flirt (that's for Mam).
Yes, we're aware of his faults, that makes him human, but, he's ours, and we'd like to be selfish and keep the moody, grouchy,
cantankerous old man a little longer.
So, please just handle him with care.
Aug 4, 2014
Aug 4, 2014 at 7:43 AM UTC
All I ask is an antidote allowing all adults around the atmospher an appointment about arguing.
Because brother basic bodies are bound to believe bragging & bribing basically being broad brings about the best. But be
Cautious, cause carpets can't carry couches alone, concrete creeps. Causing careless catholic christians to create children.
Don't **** the deranged, dedicate the distaste to the drugs. drinking, and dumb deeds that did it.
Even Eminem explains enternal emotions excellently.
For fear feeds frusttration, though frustration can find fun in fornitcation. Foul. Focus on friends and family.
Getting grouchy gonorrhea grants graves too gorgeous gilrs. Game over.
However, having ****** hardly helps handsome happy hands.
Indicating interesting intakes, involving inception in indecive individuals.
Just joking, jealousy just justifies Jose Cuervo.
Kinddling kindness kidnaps king kong's kingdom.
Learn like lovers, loathing little, liking largely, letting laughs live loudly.
Maning mold mountains out of mud, make missery monogamous with merry.
Never neglect the notion of nice.
Optimism overcomes others opinions.
Personally, persisting perfection probably puts pessimistic patterns in people's personalities.
Quietly questioning their quality.
Rest assured reading random reactions really is redundant.
Searching someones soul secretely sends self salvation.
Take turns, tell truths, talk, these things take time, they are talents to be treasured.
Understanding ultimatums unlocks unlimited unison.
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011 at 1:50 AM UTC
sun rising fast
orange light gives public transportation a peculiar look
pink sky is my favorite
my short skirt
and black lipstick
his long unkept hair
and Iron Maiden tee
its nice to see another misfit on the bus
mr. metal flashes me a smile
I pretend to be occupied with my cell phone
I got a boyfriend
besides
i'm not used to flattery
mr. metal is silly
he's drumming the seats with his fingers
I pinch a black smile
don't laugh, be sensible
putting on my librarian face
glasses on the edge of my nose
sweep back stray hairs against my sensible bun
mr. metal is staring holes into me
he is amused
now I'm sulky
go back into Gatsby and Daisy
this is a bit coincidental
we are way too funny
breaks
bells
next stop
mr.metal clashes into my world
books fly
headphones are yanked
automatic door
next thing I know
i'm flailing off a bus
wonderful.
mr. metal is sorry
I dont know I'm laughing
til my sides start to hurt
grouchy morning bystanders are looking with interest
and the bus driver is surpressing a deep belly laugh
I remind him of his clumsy wife, sister, girlfriend, or daughter.
mr. metal is headbanging to my black sabbath
and picking up my books
suddenly I know
he has a very tired understanding mother
he helps me up
we're both wearing black nail polish
dont ask me why this is so hilarious
i'm stood up, brushed off, and looked at
he looks at me like an ex
he smells good
I blush far too easily
thanks are muttered
and we turn around to walk off
like a graceful plot
of some movie I've never seen
I get a text from baby
he takes such good care of me.
mr. metal will meet a cute girl he can pit with
at some heavy concert
and maybe when she's cold
he'll give her that leather jacket
and he'll ride the bus with her
all night long
thats what i'd like to think
either way
life is good.
Jan 9, 2011
Jan 9, 2011 at 1:05 PM UTC
The man who wants
To be left alone,
Bringing the hatred to
The forefront
The man grumpy and
Grouchy in a beer soaked
T-shirt
Waiting on the next
Delivery of angst
Writing his bad words
Pretentious in his outlook
Driven in his petulance
Greedy and needy
The man, ancient and aging
Fattening on the high fructose
Diet of beer and pastries
Keeping it all in and sharing nothing
But the fabrication
Never lives up to the hype
So the man crawls into his sack
Sleeping the day away,
Awaiting another night of tv,
Jerking off and sugary treats
Nov 9, 2011
Nov 9, 2011 at 12:43 AM UTC
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Laundry detergent
and love, broken hearted
Dark nights and witches
and dearly departed
Death in the front yard
with bright flowers blooming
Winter and summer,
all seasons are looming
Fireflies, evergreens,
balloons colored yellow
A beautiful woman,
an old grouchy fellow
The sun and the moon
and the stars that are shining
Laughter and teardrops,
occasional whining
Sunrises, sunsets,
the beach and the ocean
A walk in the park
or a magical potion
A bird on a fence
or a babe in a cradle
The dish and the spoon
ran away with a ladle?
*** that is sensual,
pain that is hurting
Humor and drama,
some things I am blurting
Long ones and shorts ones
and some in between
A king in a castle
defending his queen
Rhyming and free verse,
it’s endless and mounting
Ten words or haiku
and syllable counting
Written out stanzas
of how we are feeling
Even an orange
that someone is peeling
Riding a horse
or just crossing a river
Feathers and leaves
and all things that do quiver
So many thoughts
I have found that are waiting
Here on this site
there is no hesitating
To all the poets
with pens always bleeding
Thank you so much
for the poems I’m reading
For all of you
that I get to call friend
Here is a poem for you
I have penned
May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016 at 10:42 AM UTC
My words become boulders, impossible to move
sometimes i get that way
I look at only the things, I want to improve
sometimes i get that way
I'd rather spend my time, in solitude
sometimes i get that way
I don't always show my gratitude
sometimes i get that way
I'm productive and helpful
sometimes i get that way
I'm cautious and careful
sometimes i get that way
I'm lazy and useless
sometimes i get that way
I'm careless and clueless
sometimes i get that way
I'm happy and outgoing
sometimes i get that way
I'm closed off and grouchy
sometimes i get that way
I'm calm and collective
sometimes i get that way
I'm ill and aggressive
sometimes i get that way
I like to express my self, say what i need to say
I guess, sometimes i get that way!
Nov 7, 2011
Nov 7, 2011 at 12:31 AM UTC
I'm the grouchy bear
Waking isn't my style
One eye
Two eye,
Open
Closed,
Hear me roar,
"AAAAHhhhrrrrr"
My lips do smack together,
My morning breath peals the
Wallpaper from the walls,
I cuddle up again all is as before,
One eye
Two eye,
Closed,
Open
Then locked tight once more,
I nod off, nice and warm,
Till my ears pick up noise,
Coming within the door
"Cold fingers"
1,
2,
3,
4,
Planted on my back, as I jump
With a chill,
Giggles all around
Except the rudely awoken
"ME"
I roar once again, as little feet
Swiftly leave the room,
Feet upon the floor
Arms
Palms
Fingers
Reach up connecting as I let out a
"AAAHHHhhrrrrr"
"Yawn"
Under arm scratch
Head scratch some more,
"I am the Grouchy bear"
"I like hibernating in my bed"
Dare to wake me and hear my
Growl, AHHHHhhrrrrr...
"Ten more minutes cubs"
As they giggle out the door...
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014 at 7:10 PM UTC
Yesterday, white and cold was the weather
It’s now gone old winter
It’s like turning a light switch on
Today is the birth of the spring season
Let me wish you: Happy Anniversary, Ms. Spring
Happy Birthday, my love! Again, the birds are chirping
After a long séjour flying in a warmer climate
They look like lovers coming off a lavish date
Tonight is our turn to go to dinner
To a fine dining restaurant and then to the theater
Where we can unwind, relax and have fun
The tropical wind is back, the warmth of the sun
Is back and the moon is dancing among the stars
And of course, the beauty of the magnificent flowers
Cannot be ignored. Old and grouchy winter is gone
All the lights and glitters are on, a new season is born.
Copyright © March 2025, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
Mar 26, 2025
Mar 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM UTC
Annoying shmoo rats,
Squeaking noisily out in the yard,
Wish I'd a tom to stand guard,
But I hear they're fearless, even of old, and grouchy cats.
Mar 14, 2013
Mar 14, 2013 at 7:55 AM UTC
All those books they made us read,
The smelly yellow-pagers
That weighed as heavy as the guilt
We felt as "zombie teenagers";
Do we remember anything?
The names of the main characters,
Or maybe, who died in the end--
Or the ones who were in pictures?
It wasn't that we hated books--
We didn't understand them;
Before the teacher's spiritless voice
Made us slowly condemn them.
"Memorize the vocab words,
And don't forget the spelling!"
Was that the point of literature?
But definitions aren't compelling.
So all those hours in English Lit,
The days spent reading Steinbeck,
Were soured by the grouchy face
Always looming over my desk.
I always wished someone would say,
"This isn't boring, here's why:"
But I was told to shut up and read
When sometimes I wanted to cry:
"I hate this story! Nobody's happy!
And everyone's messed up!
It doesn't make sense to force it on us
When we're already stressed out."
But we had to read it, because they had to read it
When they were young in school.
This book had an impact in history:
So now, reading it is a rule.
So if it's a must, that's fine, then.
But...why don't we make it fun?
Or talk about the psychology
And learn something when we're done?
A book can't be everyone's favorite.
We're all different people inside.
But please try to make us all interested
With wisdom only you can provide.
Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 at 11:41 AM UTC
That time,
When the morning shook me awake with a new set of senses
Every pore opened leaving my old body obsolete and breathless
It was a great day, filled with glory and dried sweat
The sky would tell me tales of gore and criminal's scores
The trees sung of warriors that could handle any pest that crept
Sun and Moon would prance, ignorant of envious bores
It was a great day, rattled with sounds and prattles
Even gravel, had its mysteries of wondrous wandering
Waters simply grew a face, to smile of silent pondering
Grouchy and coarse the soils were, always whining of past battles
It was a great day, whistling secrets and flaunting immortality
At least that was how the wind would laugh, free and kooky
Fires did more whistling, between their cackles and endless dances
Then science was rinsed off the creatures to show the paths in their glances
Who was I to judge?
Woes of consuming spectra
Under despot rhyme
Then night had fell +
My eyes would dwell /
My hearts next swell =
Still a space to figure,
A time to measure:
The center of levers::
A fate for lovers:
A void...to test
Jan 16, 2013
Jan 16, 2013 at 12:25 AM UTC
I’M A GIRL,
Adventurous and awesome,
but not artificial.
I'M A GIRL,
Beautiful and brave,
but not a ballet doll.
I’M A GIRL,
Charming and capable,
but not careless.
I’M A GIRL,
Dramatic and deep,
but not dreary.
I'M A GIRL,
Emotional and efficient,
but not egotistical.
I’M A GIRL,
Frank and fabulous,
but not fussy.
I’M A GIRL,
Gentle and generous,
but not grouchy.
I'M A GIRL,
Hesitant and hot-headed,
but not hateful.
I'M A GIRL,
Interesting and inexperienced,
but not immature.
I'M A GIRL,
Jocular and joyous,
but not judgemental.
I'M A GIRL,
Lame and lovely,
but not mean.
I'M A GIRL,
Naughty and noisy,
but not nosy.
I'M A GIRL,
Polite and passionate,
but not picky.
I'M A GIRL,
Sentimental and sweet,
but not selfish.
I'M A GIRL,
Warm and wonderful,
but not dependent.
I'M A GIRL,
Strong and supportive,
To my lovely Daddy.
Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 at 8:06 AM UTC
I try to help, but cant.
I try making her happy, useless.
I think about long walks down the road, endless talks, giggling and goofing but its too late.
I think about just making her smile like I used to, but cant, nothing to smile about any more.
Im worried because she is worried.
Im sad and depressed, because she is sad and depressed.
But...
she doesn't notice the good times like I do.
The smiles I get from her,
The love I embrace from her,
The joy I get from her,
The life I live... Because of her.
I know im a disappointment
That im broken
In debt
Joy *******
Lazy
Arrogant
Stubborn
Grouchy
Selfish
....boyfriend that only really asks to have you sleep next to me in the bed because having your beautiful smile to wake up to, makes it all worth it.
I love you, and all that you do for me. Im sorry im this way, but believe me when I say I try baby, im still trying and ill never give up, im sorry you fell in love with...
A broken man.
Jun 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015 at 2:58 PM UTC
Life can be rough and sad.
But it can also be happy and moving for people.
To and well there can be a long period of time and it can be a short period of time.
Mine has been a 7 year period and I'm glad that it is all over and done.
With and all that what I'm talking about is 10 years ago.
My mom met this guy and for the last 7 years he treated us like crap.
He would not let us do any thing and he was always mad and grouchy.
So 7 months ago my mom left him took my brothers and just left and I was really happy so yeah!!!!!!!
Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 10:19 AM UTC
“CONFUSED” “BOSSY”
“FAKE”
“CREATIVE”
“INDEPENDENT”
“ANGRY” “POETIC”
“UNIQUE”
“RUDE” “DEPENDANT” “MEAN”
“ANNOYING”
“UGLY” “GROUCHY” ****
“IRRESPONSIBLE”
“GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS.”
Sep 17, 2014
Sep 17, 2014 at 9:36 AM UTC
im not going to let
this go to "yesterday" status
though ill probably write this tomorrow
why would you do that
cut me off of all the terribly wonderful things i have to tell you
this stopped being a poem a stanza ago
i have been working for this
a chatter
failing all the while
with a blessing
never been mine
or yours
ill meet you in the morning
when you are grouchy
bitter
and i
and i am hung WAY the **** over
in fact
i woke up
waiting for you
to be moody
to chance what im getting now
i woke up to
harass you
to make you hate the whole thing
ill stick that badge on my skin
pierced for the first time
ill do it
take me
soon then right?
ill take you with me
again,
where are we going?
Apr 21, 2013
Apr 21, 2013 at 4:02 AM UTC