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Best Hang By A Thread Poems


Premium Member Kitten On a Doctor's Hook
The neurologist hung me out to dry
“No cure,” says he as I hang by a thread
All dressed up and wanting to fly
Took torturous tests that I did dread
What?  No means of comfort? Have I misread?

Like a kitten on a hook, I hang and wait
Please...

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Categories: hang by a thread, angst, health, me, me,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member If Only I Could
If only I could shake off long rigorous winter;
and embrace secret hidden in the cool of spring.

Enlivened by nature; the twitter sound of the Scarlet Tanager,
its red-orange and black feathers, the flame of spring.

As the natural oak loses its yellowish-beige,
worm-like male catkins dress everything in...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hang by a thread, nature, spring,
Form: Free verse
A Time and a Place
Eyes wide open, they tear as the wind strikes my face.
The sun is golden, hiding behind the lies, crying out to all of us.
I turn the corner and press against the gravel that has found
Its place for many years. It has been years past and...

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Categories: hang by a thread, lifelost, change, journey, lost,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Propheting Trump
Some people would rather be dead
Than see N.A.T.O. hang by a thread
They don't understand
That Trump thinks its grand
To sell off their assets instead!...

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Categories: hang by a thread, betrayal, golf, international, leadership,
Form: Limerick
Very Bad News
Anna left early from Soho
But still she got caught in the storm
Due at 5:30, it’s quarter to ten
She should never have driven alone

Maybe she’s parked at a rest stop
Or maybe some roadside motel
Or maybe we never will see her again
You know sometimes it’s too close...

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© Rob Gable  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hang by a thread, angst, death, song-day, hate,
Form: Lyric
We Will Be Landing Shortly
We Will Be Landing Shortly

By Elton Camp

People who fly might have a nervous fit
If they take a little peek inside the cockpit

Dials, knobs, switches and gadgets galore
No pilot can know what they are all for

The lives of those on board hang by a thread
Any serious...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hang by a thread, angst,
Form: Rhyme



Leaves and Shields
Oft'times I see my friends all 'round
Lke leaves of Autumn, floating down
And softly drifting, side-to-side
A passive dance, on zephryn tide

Then when the ground is covered o'er
A million leaves! A billion! More!
Each leaf contributes its full size
Then, on a stormy gust, they rise

'Til once again back...

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Categories: hang by a thread, death, faith, friendship, day,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Bones of the Mind
the hardest substances in life are 
stubborn- beautiful 
and slice to the soul
hang by a thread 
ride you like the wind
then leave you to your alone

then fires draw near and grow brighter
the breakers start to bite
the fist becomes tighter,
wildly swinging at ghosts-

like a snowman
the eyes...

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Categories: hang by a thread, allegory,
Form: Free verse
See Through
The treasure I have is buried again,
He will never find it, for he abused what he had,
Taken advantage of a heart so willing to give,
His own selfish reasons so egos agenda can live,
His tactics and manipulation scream hidden fears,
Not knowing what real love is for...

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Categories: hang by a thread, forgiveness, freedom, sad love,
Form: Light Verse
Unprepared
So many pages of scribbled rhymes
So many books I've read
Encased by my costume of indifference
While inside I hang by a thread
None of my teachers have prepared me for this
Yet no textbook could help me now
Each of my rhymes that fancied love
Showed no trace of the...

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© J. Dover  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hang by a thread, fantasy, fear, girlfriend-boyfriend, love,
Form: Rhyme
Solo Singer
Through the street, bellows spill its music
      accompanied with voice.
    Brooks heart enjoying the beauty,
      when the full moon comes.
    Mother rain donate her love-blood,
    ...

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Categories: hang by a thread, life, sad, sympathy,
Form: Verse
Forgotten Dolls
A hair crack runs down her porcelain face.
She’s framed in a moth eaten tattered dress
that is trimmed in satin and yellowed lace.
Her skin powdered, with a look of duress.

In her blank eyes she trys to hide the pain
and her faded lips once were ruby red.
Her...

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Categories: hang by a thread, loss, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Time Is Everything
Time is Everything
Written: by Miracle Man
11/30/2017

Affairs of the heart oft leave spirits broken,
But time mends lesions, even those severe.
From oral disagreements to words unspoken,
It’s seldom as bad as it might first appear.

At times our emotions may hang by a thread,
But time works its magic as...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hang by a thread, time,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Dark Days Ahead
Will be going through some dark days ahead
Self-isolation has caused negativity to spread
Something to think about
Tensions rise without doubt
Endurance is the answer as we hang by a thread...

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Categories: hang by a thread, sad,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Numbered Days
Numbered Days
Written: by Miracle Man
May 27, 2021

The world it seems, is in dire straits today,
It seems many, are neglecting to pray.
On very little does mankind agree,
it’s always the other guy, never me.

Instead of counting blessings, it's defeats,
violence and mayhem command our streets.
Shattered lives, are being...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hang by a thread, blessing, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things