Best Tug Poems

I’m being pulled in an emotional tug of war
From side to side I sway
Waiting for someone to win
I watch you pull harder
Then you drop the rope
And there I stand motionless
Not falling toward the loyal player
I stand waiting for you to take back the rope

Sometimes I...

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Push-Pull leaders
demand your gripe
at either end of their
hangman's rope
Your willing hoist
of their own petard,
the Devil's foist
of his own retard.


"retard" in this sense="delay," as in delaying tactics. 

1John 5:19.
Luke 4:5-8.
John 17:14-16.
Daniel 2:44,45.

"For tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and't shall go...

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Villanelle: One or the other has to give in a tug of war

One or the other has to give in a tug of war
If for altruistic reasons you invite the foreigner
In order to accommodate the guest from afar

You cannot make him feel welcome if you...

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Tug and pull
Spit and spat.

The battle lines 
Have been drawn.
This war will be over.
Before the next dawn.

“Stop!”, She shrieks
Loud and eerie
Her eyes full of tears
And very bleary.

How can I choose a side.
 How can I fight in a war,
I did not start.

Each side
A worthy cause.
The...

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Driven mad by all this pulling-
Tearing me limb from limb!
Who do you think you are fooling?
Ah, this feeling- great and grim!

Grieving Goddess fits the bodice,
And embodies my Despair.
At this Tug of War- am no novice...
(Oh! All the Hurt I can't repair!)...

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Frank Edwin was his real name.
This southpaw went on to garner fame.
With great accomplishments and few regrets,
he became the closer for the New York Mets.
This native of Martinez, California
finished his baseball playing career in Philadelphia.
He is indelibly etched in Phillies fans’ memories
when he struck out...

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Snoopy is a crazy dog
His heads always in a fog
Thinking of some fun new ways
To steal a blanket each day
That Linus loves very much
But its like an evil rush
That turns Snoopy really "mad"
He wants this blanket really bad
Hiding in trees way up high
He'll pounce Linus...

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Love is a giant jigsaw puzzle.
...Or...Love is a battlefield.
An endless battle between Men and Women.
I know now that I know nothing..

A simple opinion can have catastrophic consequences..
Do I look fat in this dress?
Truth and reality are not always the best answer.
No matter what happens in...

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I sat on a redwood dock 
 in the town of Crescent City. 
 My mom had recently died. 
 and my heart was full of pity. 

 South Carolina is my home 
 but I needed to flee. 
 Under cold and starry skies...

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Life is a game of chance,
between two worlds,
Reality and imagination,
between two paths,
of existing and Legacy.

Life is a game of Tug of War,
between Life and Death,
Living and Dying,
Coming and Going,
and you are the rope....

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The force that pulls me out is here
It’s been here – all along
The force that pulls me in is weak.

The need to be pulled out is strong
So strong, there’s no denying
The force that pulls me in is weak.

But however strong
However willing
However it’s been here
I’m scared...

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IF the answers fail to come.
YOU should never fear.
NEED is not just for the young.
A hand is always near.
FRIEND, just call, I'll be right here.

I'M only a reflective glance.
SAILING by your side.
RIGHT or left it doesn't matter.
BEHIND the shadow, you decide.

LIKE afternoons basking in sun.
A...

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There's no need for you to worry
No need for you to fret 
I've been to see the doctor 
And he says I'm not a threat 

He says that I'm not dangerous
And I will be okay
And that the voices in my head
Will one day go away

If...

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This tug of war we're playing is no game
Especially when my love is the rope
The back and forth is causing such a strain
That all I'm holding on to now is hope

It seems that's all of you that's left to hold
When once I had you in...

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Life is a tug of war,
Between right and wrong,
Justice and injustice,
Truthfulness and falsehood,
In life's trying pathways,
We are faced with the choice,
Between two contrasting options,
We should have the courage,
To choose one of them,
That can fit into our mindset,
To lead a victorious  life,
In the tug of...

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