Best Thread Poems

A tribute to young daffodils 
   may grace the poet's page:
new grass, full streams, or nesting larks,
   as Spring takes center stage.

To write of faith feels natural
   when pondering creation -
to render praise in poetry
   with words...

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HANGING BY A THREAD - COLLABORATION WITH DARREN WHITE

I felt my life hanging by a thread
The tip of your sword piercing my heart
My mind screamed words my mouth couldn't say 
The unfairness of it plain in the dark night

And through it all the sharpness of...

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  I've spent numerous such days
    isolated in a cornered haze,
  surrounded by layered traces
     of my own multiple human faces
     but this one has taken me afar
    ...

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I’m on the verge of losing everything
as lashing tears are thrashing ‘gainst the night
and mournful notes of black rose petals sing 
from wells so deep they’ve never seen the light.

My come to Jesus moment on my knees,
I’m at your mercy in my darkest hour.
In desperation...

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the thread
of poetry
consists of silken strands
of syllables

each strand
is carefully 
arranged into fine lines 
of lovely words

one’s pen
is the needle
stitching golden verses
onto parchment

For Skat's Premiere Contest number 4...

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Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
A willing victim to time’s soft crust
Dulled sergeant stripes lay on the floor
Fading remnants from a worldly war

This old, now lifeless, bricked in room
Is now but a capsule, her timeless tomb
Her future and dreams enjoined in fight
It's here she threaded...

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Mahogany pillars
Lace mosaic,
Velvet on silk
Champagne taste, 
Heartbeats rush

Smooth on rough
Muscular, petite 
Tongues encourage 
Elevated pulse,
Lovers blush 

Insatiable thirst 
Skin upon flesh, 
Begging, obeying 
Sweet nothings, yes
Loose headboard, hush 

Satin sheets ruffled,
Pillows lost
Mirrored ceiling 
Nails sink deep, 
Softness, plush 

Rhythm adjusts
Gods name in vain,
Animal released
Triumphant,
Life waters,...

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The plight of a poet's words 
having no one to read
With our souls full of emotions 
needing to be freed
It's our duty to show others a 
world through our eyes
Breathing truth into subjects 
doing away with the lies

Where the ocean kisses the 
tan sandy shores
Anything...

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   Silence for me is like a beautiful flower blooming,
        and it is not found by turning off life;
      but a hunger deep within me,
      ...

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Oh inspiration, leave me not
                            On wings departed for the sun
For you and I are were such good...

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I see myself as a fragile thread in the vast tapestry of existence, stretched under the weight of doubt,
In the silence of my mind, the whispers of shortcomings haunt me like an unyielding echo,
I feel abandoned by my own reflection, wandering among the shadows of...

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As the rest of the crew had been lost,
I, alone, was afloat on the sea;
I believed it was thanks to the Fates,
and the thread of my life* - I was free.

*Greek mythology...

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The golden thread
Ties them together
Like the strings of the spider
Wrapping around 
So strong- binding so softly

Binding so softly 
A web enclosing
The two into one
Feeling eternally entwined
Not wanting to separate

This fiber- such great value
Surrounding and uniting the couple  
Produces a feeling of security
As they touch...

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See the scarlet thread running true 
through our beings
unseen from that resplendent moment
our eyes set on each other.

A color portrait of our hearts forever aching
candle's glow dances touching your skin
in silent valley of eternal mist
where in moonlight, stars shine through.

I've no paradise nor rainbows in...

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Will strands of thread hold

Hidden thoughts within my mind

Words never spoken

Fearing to give utterance

Or will silence be broken.




(February 9, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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