High Tension Poems - Poems about High Tension

Point of No Return

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Written: May 31st, 2025, for contest by Kai Michael Neumann

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In the stillness of twilight, shadows sway.
and a delicate craft rests on the shore, 
embarkin...

Some Other Poet, White Iris

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“Some Other Poet, White Iris”

When I look in the mirror what do I see?
I question existential questions and fiction, 
my eyes are the eyes of another staring back at me,
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The Jack of Hearts

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 The players were hangin’ ‘round but were all headin’ for a fall,
  the room was quiet except for the drillin’ in the wall.
 The curfew had been...

BRO BEBETO'S BET

...BROS BEBETO'S BET
 
Betting can tie you down like a sitting belt.
And I can bet Betty's boyfriend's bet
Mirrors how most of you beters felt.
Betty's boyfriend bets, but the ticket bursts.
"I'm ...

Where Sea And The Sun Meet

...I can hear the roaring in sea off the coast of Null with big boats engine penetrating the deep and the loud chatter of the fishermen in in the middle of the ocean screaming and shouting as they pull ...

Bridge

...I think of my ancestors building you,
Tying and placing tree-trunks, like girders, in queue;
They constructed you, then, with stones,
Twisted, turned, criss-crossed, hung, dangled in zones;
Road ...

Decision To Fly

...It has been a long time.
Summer of sixty-nine.
Dad, Uncle Don, and I
Their decision to fly.
Wires, you control type.
I ran and walked inside.
For Pepsi cold as ice.
Was there under five.
Had ...

Appearance

...APPEARANCE

It was just another day.
The heat was as thick as
the cloud of dust my car
kicked up on the long dirt road
to my friend’s house,
an oasis of order in the
central Florida jungle
a...

Appearance

...Appearance

It was just another day.
The heat was as thick as
the cloud of dust my car
kicked up on the long dirt road
to my friend’s house,
an oasis of order in the
central Florida jungle
a...

High Tension

...HIGH TENSION

Horizon to skyline traversing panoply of greenery
High over verdant land they drape an elegant catenary

Stark constructs of geometry stand noble tall and fine
Their mission for t...

Pylon Generator

...They gather in their buzzard nests
clustered in dry grey frazzled wastes
steel sticks to walk upon their footsteps
humming with metallic stilts
supported grid on artificial legs
their crude util...

Cold In Summer's Heat

...All of him professes, she’s the best,
four years later, his neighbour’s older wife, he sees better.
Tongue, once a warm compress to her needy soul
has been weaponized to be a devastating rocket la...

Echoes of God

...I sometimes find myself listening for God's footsteps
as He treads softly,oh, ever so softly round about me....

I sometimes find myself wanting to shake God's hand,
gently, lest my own hand is c...

A Reflected Woman

...I don’t have a blueprint,
just this smudged version
of what she would look like, 
an impression in a shop windowpane,
just as the light catches her in mid-thought.

To recreate, I must fillet a...

Gift

...Looking for a girl with attention. Have been looking for a girl you been sexy. You caught my eyes and you gave me high tension.
Wait can I get a break from all this emotions.
 Your smile is making ...

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