Best Come In Under The Wire Poems
Below are the all-time best Come In Under The Wire poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of come in under the wire poems written by PoetrySoup members
Wire WalkerThere’s the tightrope for you to walk, wire walker —
defying the gravity of reality and the reality of gravity
you know damn well he won't catch...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, betrayal, conflict, husband, jealousy,
Form:
Free verse
An Epic Love For WomenI know you're not here
but you are in my heart
so
you are always with me
i'll just slip into you
with these words.
I know
there...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, beauty, celebration, dream, heart,
Form:
Epic
A Mother's Envy and PrideLapis lazuli mines with wide blue eyes
bringing to mind precious stones and
caramel scones; innocent and wise -
Wondering, yet without surprise.
Staring down the universe, a challenge
in...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, art, child, love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
ButterfliesThey flutter and hover
And float on the breeze.
They shiver and shimmer
And weaken the knees.
Fickle and fragile,
They tickle and tease.
Fleeting and flimsy,
Deceptively free.
These frivolous...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, loss, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The True Mother
“The True Mother”
What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow
bleed out Life’s...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, betrayal, imagery, love, mother
Form:
Free verse
NeverlandOn the south-western side of the old mission school,
on the corner of 1st, where the blackberries grew
a field claimed by children, was crosshatched with...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, childhood, nostalgia, places, ,
Form:
Narrative
A Game of Thorns - Collaboration With Maurice Yvonne
i heard a...what do they say...a spine chilling scream
...is that the saying?
a spine chilling scream
followed by
'he's dead, my G_d he's dead'
the phrase echoed
inside the...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, addiction, bereavement, body, boyfriend,
Form:
Narrative
Not the BirdI can see myself
Outside my window
I'm not the bird on the wire
But the pole on which the wire is strung
With a hundred other cables cut...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, bird, mental illness, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Dread of BattleShrill whistle blew as we crossed over the wire
Charged at the Germans who opened fire
Those who had run up ahead
Fell first; now lay dead,...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, fear, god, world war
Form:
Rhyme
Narrow Margin - POTDNarrow Margin 2-12-24 This or That Vol. 23 Poetry Contest - Edward Ibeh
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Narrow Margin
Between finite and eternity
A thin sharp wire divides,
Footsteps that often stumble,
Arms...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, conflict, relationship, space,
Form:
Free verse
The Pedicure VirginI don't know what came over me that day - an instant of weakness after years of resistance, I suppose.
My beaming spouse leads me, a...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, humor,
Form:
Prose
The Dart ChalkerHe threw the dart,
it missed the board,
it hit my foot instead.
The next dart flew.
it hit a wire
then ricocheted t'wards my head.
It's a dangerous thing,
the game...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, humorous, sports,
Form:
Rhyme
Jealousy RagesShe storms into the room
there is fire in her eyes
and thunder in her step
rage rumbling reckless
She's livid
a live wire of fire
charged
She's on the move
To punish
Is...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, jealousy,
Form:
Narrative
A Child's SummerA child needs a place where he can run
unhindered by some wooden fence or wire.
He needs a spot beneath the summer sun,
a peaceful breeze to...
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Categories:
come in under the wire, child,
Form:
Sonnet