Best Tensely Poems

The young men sat, planted under the overhang
like the pansies and geraniums that surrounded them in boxes,
as the rain pelted the terra-cotta terrace.

The mountain air...

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UNWRITTEN  ABSENCE

      
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Into the eye of the tiger I tumble
Fangs of grief claw at my heart.
The growling pain a low rumble
Threatening to tear me apart.

Emotions ripple beneath...

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Tensely polarized 
Fiercely alienated 

Furiously devoid of
Space and peace

By deeds unjust
By antics blatant

Short-changed
****-noshed    

Orphaned 
Offended 

From people
To pieces 

An equation 
Unbalanced

Sinister motives
Documented

Grand...

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Pleasant pleasurable 
spot of delight, let my 
touching spark your 
light. Ventilator by your 
side as you grasp for 
breath tonight. May
my kissing make you
weak,...

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Took the kids to the Petting Zoo.
All the tame animals came through. 
While I was standing watching the monkeys
And chimpanzees there in the few trees
I...

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My heart skips a beat
Whenever a door slams
My heart skips a beat
Whenever I hear footsteps

Days and nights tensely lived
Not knowing what to think
Locks on doors,...

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We see his parents in the stands
As they sit tensely clasping hands
In silent prayer for their loved son
And for the task that must be done.

Another...

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The air was full, pregnant,
shivering with anticipation.
All of nature held its breath.
The trees stood their small branches,
like eyelashes tensely open,
waiting for the day to blink....

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I smell fresh light wafting 
near this dissolving darkness

I hear its faint ringing
the second hand ticking
while the refrigerator hums

and the distant driver drones

I tensely anticipate...

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In this house so ominous, I did hear a hiss.
What could it in this, alone in house and room.
It was a sound of a crack,...

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In the whispering breeze I hear the birds sing
for you as the sunburst sky flushes your face.
How endearingly attractive you are then to me, 
mesmerized...

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My affection is more than just a flame within my heart.
Your lips make my passion, burn hotter then the sun.
One touch bleeds my body slowly,...

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Do You Think We Are Not Tough Enough?

Poets and contests are not a strange mix.
Though, winning or not, emotions play tricks.
We are competitors, really quite...

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I lived to know the beauty of pain, 
my smile growing thicker as I cried harder,
the ache in my chest pounding through to my head...

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