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Ball And Chain Poems - Poems about Ball And Chain

Ball And Chain Poems - Examples of all types of poems about ball and chain to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for ball and chain.
Premium Member Ponderings
...Does a broken mirror reflect again? Are we shadowed by our past and sins? Can fallen flowers return to branches? Are our traumas rippling avalanches? Is fate a tightrope we must follow? Can we ......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, perspective, psychological, religion,
Form: Rhyme



poor you
...anywhere without you aint that pretty but i keep my peel on you cold and wet in new york the wind like a proverbial knife crowded train queues at the bus stop pulling down the ball and chain ......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, allegory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wounded Sigh
...A crumbling cabin, a jungle deep, An old soldier trudging by, Imagining he heard, in the breeze, A ghostly, wounded sigh. This elder sat 'neath a mangrove To ease his creaking bones, His une......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, death, dream, loneliness, war,
Form: Rhyme
Driven Into Madness-Trucker's life
...DRIVEN INTO MADNESS—The ELD (Psychological impact of the Electronic logging Device) Here I sit, feeling like I will go insane – Time has become a prison, the clock is a ball and chai......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mary Sue Hank Next Door My Hog And Houndog
...Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night In my ramshackle torn straw old bed The mice are chewing my toes And the bedbugs bite Elephants dancing in my head I think to myself "It's not ......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, angst, cat, dog, longing,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member When The Gift Of Life Becomes A Curse
...I know I should be extremely grateful For God's gift of life But I have no life at all Trapped like a rat Behind four foreboding walls No one rings And no one calls Trapped on an isolated......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, baseball, destiny, dream, health,
Form: Free verse
Quiet Now
...You sit there rocking, no more people talking, drifting with the wind across the grain. It’s peaceful like you planned it. No one make’s demands it’s quiet now and every day’s the same. It’s ......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Through the Ears of an Eye Witness
...So take your rose colored glasses off And see this battle for the withered tulip it really is There is no leaving this town, It's got the best heights to fall from And the best milestones to los......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, analogy, conflict, health, imagery,
Form: Free verse
'Down On Me'
...In West Port Arthur the winds blew hard to carry her away The times were ripe Big Brother raw that crossroads by the bay Her dive was deep through Kozmic Blues a legend to unfurl But not esc......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, music, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Can Someone Please Light the Fuse
...My trauma cost me everything My trauma cast them away My trauma haunts my days Steals my nights Takes control of all my thoughts Takes the angels let's the demons stand tall My trauma is the ca......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, conflict, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reign of the Shrew
...I sneaked in the house late last night Couldn't risk turning on the light Tripped over a chair and took flight I felt the smite I felt the smite A bruise appeared upon my thigh A......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, anger, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ball and Chain
...I'm just sitting by my window, staring out at the rain. Just sitting at my window, escaping my pain, but then love got a hold of me, and it felt just like a ball and chain. That's exactly what it......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member For the Birds
...dim drab icy cold song-less pop open an eye see my breath like band-aides rip these covers off desperate stumbling forced march to Coffee shivering mission complete retreat back to......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, bird, lonely, morning,
Form: Free verse
Reconciled
...Attentively you watch me for an actual concrete sign That hope against hope it won't With your new fear align Is it truly over has she given up the fight You show up where I say I will be......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, for him,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Little Rain
...I’ve been feeling kind of dry The sun is burning in the sky I’ve been walking through the pain I’d love to feel a little rain I’ve been trudging many a mile Trying to hold on to my smile ......Read the rest...
Categories: ball and chain, endurance, faith, hope, inspiration,
Form: Free verse

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