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Best Closely Knit Poems

Below are the all-time best Closely Knit poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of closely knit poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member The Birds and the Bees "closely-Knit Trio"
The Birds and the Bees

A “Closely-Knit” Trio

The macho
He-man
Entered the
Bar to
Inspect the local female population
Red-
Dressed,
Sultry “ladies” sat
And sipped wine
Not giving him one glance
Drawing closer
To a trio...

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Categories: closely knit, funny
Form: Acrostic



Premium Member Heavens Blanket
Falling soft and white
tiny crystals closely knit
to cover the earth


Happy New Year and God Bless you all, fellow Soupers!...

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Categories: closely knit, nature, new year,
Form: Haiku
She Does It Like No Other
Calculating my thoughts
down to a minute on
the clock
wondering just how long
before my heart is on 
the chopping block
seeing your face, your lips, 
the way your...

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Categories: closely knit, black african american, body,
Form: Free verse
For a Special Lady
Her love is virtue,
 Closely knit their hearts mend each others broken pieces,
 Like improper fractions,
 God reserved his souvenir pocket watch to form this...

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Categories: closely knit, boyfriend, courage, girlfriend, love,
Form: Free verse
Faithfulness--An Endangered Specie
The new bride yells, "i cant live without john
he's my life, my joy, in him i've found true love
two years later john takes his own...

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Categories: closely knit, depression, me, morning,
Form: Rhyme



Caves
They spend their time in the caves,
keeping themselves warm around
bonfires, while narrating stories
of how the outside world is dangerous.

The bonfires are always existent,
as long as...

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Categories: closely knit, anxiety, change, fear, identity,
Form: Narrative
The Fighting Game
“It’s all your fault!” they both exclaim 

They’re at it once again. 

My mom and dad are fighting mad

Just like they’ve always been.

See, he blames...

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Categories: closely knit, child, family, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Two Pair of Shoes
For decades they have known each other,
touching tears, flowers, gunpowder,
and grass on the same ground,
with their bellies.
So many journeys they have walked together,
scratches and dents...

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Categories: closely knit, history, imagery, life, marriage,
Form: Narrative
Flowers
I do not like flowers in the house

because they remind me of funerals

Of weddings too; a bride's bouquet closely knit

tightly bound with silk ribbons; tighly...

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Categories: closely knit, lifeme,
Form: I do not know?
All Wrong
Where did I go wrong
Maybe we shouldn’t have met
Guess I get off on Russian roulette  

Am I trying too hard
Maybe I just don’t fit
Guess...

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Categories: closely knit, lost loveme,
Form: Free verse
An Old Bachelor
A fast depreciating currency, 
Pity arousing like an emergency 
His low earning not an excuse 
For a now irritating celibacy 
 And choice of a...

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Categories: closely knit, absence, appreciation, change, people,
Form: Rhyme
The Ball
The music starts.
I stand to the side. Unsure. Alone.
I am in a deep green dress, the color of your eyes.
Those eyes, sparkling like emeralds.
Those eyes...

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Categories: closely knit, dance, happy, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
No One Will Remember
saw a recent  photo of you
And thought I can handle this
Thinking you'll no longer faze me;
I'm without your potent sting

I'm in control 
Thoughts pass;...

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Categories: closely knit, angst, blue,
Form: Rhyme
Love Plea
My love, a lost lone sparrow,
Has built its nest in your heart;
This, like bone and the marrow,
Yearns, in you, to be a part!

Like a weak...

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Categories: closely knit, color, conflict, life, love,
Form: Rhyme

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