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{{More citations needed|date=January 2014}}A grook ("gruk" in Danish) is a form of short aphoristic poem or rhyming aphorism, created by the Danish poet, designer, inventor and scientist Piet Hein, who wrote over 7000 of them, mostly in Danish or English. They have been published in 20 volumes. Some say that the name is short for "GRin & sUK" ("laugh & sigh" in Danish), but Piet Hein said he felt that the word had come out of thin air. The contemporary "Hunden Grog" (Grog the Dog) stories by fellow cartoonist Storm P. has, in public opinion, been regarded as an inspiration. Piet Hein's gruks first started to appear in the daily newspaper "Politiken" shortly after the Nazi Occupation in April 1940 under the signature Kumbel Kumbell. The poems were meant as a spirit-building, yet slightly coded form of passive resistance. The grooks are multi-faceted and characterized by irony, paradox, brevity, precise use of language, rhythm and rhyme, and an often satiric nature. The road to wisdom?—Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again, but less and less and less. — Piet Hein Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest Shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest — Piet Hein Problems worthy of attack, prove their worth by hitting back — Piet Hein It may be observed, in a general way, that life would be better, distinctly If more of the people with nothing to say were able to say it succinctly — Piet Hein
References- {{cite journal |last=Hicks |first=Jim |title=A Poet with a Slide Rule: Piet Hein Bestrides Art and Science |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 |journal= Life |volume=51 |issue=16 |date=14 October 1966 |pages=55–66 |issn=0024-3019}}
Similar Works- {{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ninth-Pawn-White-Unwritten-Verses/dp/9811156778/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1548588726&sr=8-4&keywords=fafat|title=The Ninth Pawn of White - A Book of Unwritten Verses|last1=Fafat|first1=Vijay|publisher=Walking Stick Publication|year=2017|isbn=978-9811156779|series=|location=Singapore|pages=256 pp|nopp=y|ref=harv}}
- {{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Quiescence-Musings-Against-Setting-Sun/dp/9811156794/ref=sr_1_6_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1548588726&sr=8-6&keywords=fafat|title=Quiescence - Musings Against a Setting Sun|last1=Fafat|first1=Vijay|publisher=Walking Stick Publication|year=2017|isbn=978-9811156793|series=|location=Singapore|pages=256 pp|nopp=y|ref=harv}}
External links- Grooks – Leptonica
- Grooks
- Grooks in English by Piet Hein
- Poetry Soup- Grook poems
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