Best Tighter Poems

He’s out there again. I turn my head, but there is silence.
Are you sure it’s the same guy? I look but they have disappeared.
What do you think he wants? I inch myself to the window and move the curtain.
Don’t do that! A voice shouts. ...

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in “the land of the free”
the producers of ideas &
the creators of word, image & music
act as if the compensation which they gain
in such ventures
should be greater than that of those who
work on cures for diseases
or protect their children at night 
from violence & destruction---
what...

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Written: April 19, 2024, For  Robert James Liguori Contest

Inspired from the Lyrics Gettin' Tighter

4th contest placement winner
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The Rope Becomes Tighter

It hangs there, knot fashioned neatly,
calling me like my mother did
when I was out past sunset 
running with the fellas, no girls.
We played in the street, living free. 
I’m not so free, or alive.
Each shift, negative contact, complaint, or 
comment draws it...

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