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Premium Member The World is Bleeding
...The world is bleeding We stand at the edge of a precipice, Looking in fear on our Earth, Boiling, bubbling, and steaming, With pools of blood flowing. Warplanes blanket the sky. V......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, angst, death, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Taking Licks
...The home office became synonymous with covid. Men built desks, for their wives, with their bare hands. Once again, a hammer and nails, took to a tree. Once again, and perhaps, for such a time as ......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, angst, cat, daughter, work,
Form: Tanka



Premium Member In An Instant
... a cynosure of all eyes carrying danger like a backpack seasoned acrobat thrillin......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, dark, death, fun, horror,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Clearly Misunderstood
... Some years ago I met a young lady Looked unhappy, a definite maybe I also found her pretty ugly too Never smiled or interacted with you. One day came modification in her She chatte......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, character, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Electorate on tenterhooks until
...Electorate on tenterhooks until... outcome of 2024 presidential election announced Polling places slated to open seven o'clock in the morning November fifth two thousand twenty four heightene......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, america, anger, anxiety, autumn,
Form: Free verse



As you step into your Teens
...It’s that time of the year when, celebration calls, time & again. This year needs special mention, As you turn thirteen and seek attention! The years seemed to pass in a flash, As it were, a ......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, birthday, teen, teenage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tenterhooks
... I am on tenterhooks again Tell me the reason why And be assured, I’ll understand The hardest of replies The only thing I have for you Is love to an extreme And I can guarantee its true Exac......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, emotions, miss you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mood Indigo
...A shell explodes out of the barrel Of misfortune's gun with a deafening bang. Unexpectedly pink slipped as he was Slowly making his way up ......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, confusion, depression, feelings, jobs,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Old Rusty Gate
... The dream begins at the old rusty gate, it groans- moans as I push it open wide; to reveal a house in a ruined state, and through decaying tangled vines I glide. The house like a......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, fantasy,
Form: Sonnet
The Last 4 Years and the Coming Decade 4
...In Jan 6. 2021, a number of his myrmidons from all parts of the country converged to Washington to seize and squat the Capitol mansion following his seditious malarkeys, ending this country's long un......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, america, international, introspection, political,
Form: Prose
Haiku
...Damsel of isles Phoenix so mysterious Lo, I scribble Your puerile ways Puts me on tenterhooks Musing on you......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, girl, love,
Form: Haiku
Haiku
...Your puerile ways Puts me on tenterhooks Musing on you......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, girl, love, muse,
Form: Haiku
Electorate On Tenterhooks Until
...Electorate on tenterhooks until... outcome of 2020 presidential election announced Polling places slated to open seven o'clock in the morning November third two thousand twenty heightened tensi......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, 12th grade, bullying, change,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rubies For Her
...I spent my day shopping for rubies I was on tenterhooks to make a choice Rubies displayed on shelves glittered And seeing the price tags I lost my voice! Rubies' purity measured in carats The......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, love,
Form: Rhyme
Marsh Mellows and Butterfly Dreams
...Sweet and sensual coconut melts along the top staggered familiar sizes and shapes droolings on the tongue, ambrosia running through the fields like fidgety children restless and free on ten......

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Categories: on tenterhooks, food, sweet,
Form: Imagism

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