Best Tether Poems

A setting Sun singes the edge of Earth,
stillness swiftly spreading over the ground.
And its receding rays give shadows girth,
swallowing the last lingering light found.

As Twilight fades, darkness begins to creep;
loosely leashed to an ebony tether.
And from the undergrowth, there's not a peep,
where Dusk gathers stray...

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So deep the loss...loss

different than any of those others’.* Others

can’t help but hear my cries, cries

of help. So deep the sorrow...sorrow

keeps the lump in my heart, heart

of despair. The one I need most to hear...hear

me she never quit, until her time was up. Up,

I look...

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“Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.” Quote by Aristotle

The aurora borealis glowed above us,  
Beckoning us to the stars,  
where meteoroids and asteroids challenge,  
microgravity becomes our new reality. ...

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Is there any point 
   to please thine eye 
   if not reciprocated 
with a resonance more 
               than eye, alone? 

   A look that...

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It’s a tare.
A sort of find.
She’s not there.
Yet a this is mine.
It’s an after.
For a longs to be.
She’s not weather.
For a look to see.
It’s an always.
At a door a name.
She’s not there.
For a way a frame. 
It’s a languish. 
A less than take.
She’s not there....

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I walked into the psychiatrists office and sat down/ I noticed there was a strong smell of strong wood/ the exact type you expect to find in an office like this/ He sat opposite me behind a large desk/ grey suit nicely pressed/ he leaned...

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Give me seconds, give me thirds!
Do I deserve what you've preserved!?
Lovesick, heartsick--kept chained inside

Numb--tight lipped, captive to the fear
Listening to the gears as they begin to turn
Watching in dismay as everything starts to rust

I must release myself & become one among the captives
Love crippled, my...

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Take my hand and tether me
my fingers outstretched,
long and unnatural,
being pulled gently, slowly,
vibrations slowing.

Don't let my fingers slip away --
do not release my weight 
or am I weightless?
Which second or millisecond
do we transform from weight to ether?
The soul knows and prepares for lift
and for loft....

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When we share a passionate kiss,
like magic, you make me feel whole;
caressing my body and soul.

Your love fills me with instant bliss;
coaxing fragile, fledgling feelings
to fly to heights without ceilings.

Feeling that nothing is amiss,
love reassures my broken heart;
healing the parts time tore apart.

Past doubts are...

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my tether has broke 
the life I had is over 
everything I held on to is gone 
the joy I longed for stopped 
grabbing reaching for my existence 
swallowed breathing now gasping for 
it’s over I don’t care anymore 
my peasant is in the past...

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A crazy tether ball playing hornet
Fell on her head over the game’s rope net. 
Her mamma said “What?”
She fell on her butt.
Accidentally showing her pink corset....

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A fragile soul of a girl simple and small.
Whose dreams grow endlessly tall.
With no hopes of ever catching up to them at all.
A desolate grace of a woman lost.
Giving up her life at no cost.
Allows her sympathy to gather frost.
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Day ends to  be eve, 
And mounting come memories
Gloomy heart to grieve.
Yet, sets in when late eve’s breeze,
From tether frees tied up ease.

O thou late eve’s breeze,
What if ye come all alone
Without memories,
To let me linger till dawn
When pleasant dreams play nigh prone.
_____________________________
Tanka |04.04.2024|...

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Threads unseen, yet tightly wound,
Hearts in silence, ever bound.
Through time and space, a soulful call,
One love found, one love all.
A fleeting breath, a whispered vow—
Forever starts in the here and now....

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Tethers

I stole upon a lusty wind
To gain the Summer sky.
A slender tail
Sustained me well
As I began to climb.

Uplifted to fantastic heights
Yet higher still I sought
But, lo, my frame
Could nothing gain
No matter how I fought.

For from below the tether bold,
A simple length of string,
Restrains my urge
And...

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