Best String Poems

So this is the way the moon remembers,...
by reaching into yesterday
I hold her pearls against the light,
and see a strand that tethers time

With envy now, the night is awed
Covetously, it fondles rows
of tiny orbs. Which, one by one,
are miracles, with moons, within

This strand of pearls,...

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Stretched far and wide, sun smoothes the beach, and finds a place to land
It spreads a sheet, then fastens lace to all our summer skies
No day sees a wave so high, without thoughts of you or dreams renewed

Sun slept on the water's surface, rippled like...

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For PD's Collaboration Contest
August 28, 2015

By: Eileen Manassian 

Thank you for this string of pearls 
What a beautiful sight! 
Right?
Yes.....a sheer delight. 
You look surprised! 
You gifted them to me 
Can't you see? 
This beautiful pearl tapestry 
Exquisite jewelry!!! 

One by one.... 
They came to...

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Your bow - my violin we do unite

     on rhythmic notes of ecstasy we fly 

        entwined our heartstrings vibrate through the night -

 emblazoned love songs burn across the sky.


Susan Ashley
September 22, 2020


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A kiss for each cheek,
is what I'm sending to you.
One will last for only a week,
the other should last about two.

I'm sending them both on a string,
so when they land, give the line a tug.
On my end it will cause a bell to ring,
telling me...

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Last winter's resolution gone by spring
So I never did the bikini thing

  The same five pounds
  Still hanging around

I sigh and stare at that suit made of string



Perhaps I should take a different approach
By hiring a personal trainer coach

  Jillian Michaels
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Acoustic guitar
Echoing in my heart's halls
Cries of hollow souls...

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When I sit alone with my memories

My mind drifts back to the early 60s

When folk music was all the rage

The New Christy Minstrels, Peter Paul and Mary

The Brothers Four, The Limelighters, The Kingston Trio

The Canadiana Folksingers... who?????

A six member group called The Canadiana Folksingers

Included myself...

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Heart String Sorrows

Sadness pulls my heart strings
with a bow of rosin’d guilt,
tear drops stain the notes upon the page

Sorrowed cello whispers
of a soundless worry wilt,
harmonies distort beyond the stage

Out of tune concertos
midst excessive cymbals blare,
steady as the beat of gathered pain

Broken mirror rhythms
sit within the...

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[Songs Inspired two line haiku
The first line is the name of a song]
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[Foreigner]
waiting for a girl like you -
the wild flower by the gate
			 
[Phil Collins]
another day...

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When evening’s bass tone whips a refrain
Strummed by an old man  in our country yard; 
A most haunting string--movement  dims the air
Reminiscent of my young, bygone days. 

His fiddle plucks through my  hidden places
Where the touch   wails   speak...

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If all is of mind, then what are we doing?
Physical life, is it worth pursuing?
So discouraging, so immature,
How can mere man, ever endure?

The mind can think in such jubilations,
Creative thoughts giving sensations.
We rush to create, with no time to spare,
No patience displayed; we do not...

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A friend told me that while on vacation she visited the world’s largest ball of string. It inspired me to write this poem. 

A giant ball of string

It sat out in an open field
It was the strangest thing
An orb the size of who knows what
A...

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In one grievous gasp
Slipping through a gaping hole
My heart took to the air
Bruised yet numb
With weightlessness
Like a runaway balloon
Without a string
Suspended in flight
Adrift at the whim 
Of a carefree breeze
No rhyme or reason
Hovering as if to meet
The clouds or the moon
A freedom with no direction
Resigned...

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sweet awakening
paradise is not a place
it's a person.....YOU

angelic language
your eyes speak heavenly words
my heart's listening

boundaries unchained
my soul mounts on wings of dreams
destination....YOU

strong arms enfold me
fulfilment of every dream
Euphoria's home

passion's exhaled breath
lips seal this solemn moment
your eyes...my haven

Eileen...

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