Short Tugging Poems

Rolling red
Tugging a haze
From the hafted moon...

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tugging
at mom's apron
monarchs take flight



posted on June 26, 2018...

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you are (my)
constant.

ever tugging reminder of
content
so exact i,
ache.

you are my
bruise(d)....

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I feel it tugging
Hanging on - It must be huge!
Bluegill, smiles, grandpa

Haiku - For Sara Kendrick's "A Pleasant Childhood Memory" Contest...

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my demons are playing, tugging, teasing
whispers beckoning from the dark
they've been seeking, thrilling, tempting
trying to extinguish my sole spark...

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puppet strings
tugging like velvet
sweet voice
smile

hoping
the dance
goes on forever


Barbara Gorelick
9/13/12 
Puppet-Septolet Contest...

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My art studio is calling me
pretty paints are yelling my name
muse is tugging on my heart
let us go paint today!
one big thing stops me
If I go out
I will have
to get
dressed...

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Oh my, my computer isn't working
No matter the amount of my twerking
Support, walk ten paces back
It's now a matter of fact
Keyboard loose, too much tugging jerking




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Pulling my strings
Making me dance
Tugging on my emotions
All for fun
For your amusement
I am your puppet 
Don't like anything with strings
Not now
Not ever
But, you have got a hold of me tight...

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A little bird came up to me
   "Do you have a worm or three?'

A tiny worm I then did see
   As my heartstrings tugged at me

I tried not to lie with all my might
   But my simple 'No' came out just right...

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She sits there, knitting
It’s the same deal with worker bees
A continuous addition, to completion
Shameful, that I keep tugging this loose thread
She's knitting for nothing
I think she knows too
Stubborn woman...

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Once tricked, always the puppet 
The strings are invisible to many 
Somehow, you feel the tension of each rope
Constant tugging and pulling 
Marks left from overuse and abuse 
Doing what you must, not what you want...

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with the swinging of a tin drum
I shall let you pass
toe-tugging
chariots filled with birds
that will sing your parade
tying and untying up your hair
I will abide by every word
I will let you pass
as every dream...

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Her satin pants and bra kept slipping
she was forever at them  hauling 
her knicks around her ankles
her face as red as bangles
as at them she kept on tugging 


written 04/26/2015

Contest: Limerick sponsor Jan...

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VIBRANT
Am I not strong to fly with falcons?
Am I too weak not to prey with my talons?
Then why keep me waiting
Whilst my patience is tugging,
Break the shackle and get me a pen,
To shake what others failed when I was in den,...

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Summer Breezeway

lovely is the summer breeze, hey,
gently tugging at your sleeve, today,
but today we have the fog,  dismay,
wonder where is the dog,  no way.



~~for Brian Strand's 'One Single
   Four Line end rhyme' contest~~...

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Crystal clear serpentine waters

gurgle, gushing over small rocks.

A fly rides the turbulent surf

as I wade hip deep rod in hand.
 
And I feel the river’s fingers

tugging, trying to trip me up.



(Lyric/Verse )...

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Watched Bette Midler singing “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Brought a tear to my eye, such an emotional tugging on my heartstrings
Like only Bette can do
A love song so touching, so true
Her smile exudes warmth and passion as she sings...

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Carol Burnett


Oh, that Carol Burnett,
with eyes and expressions, you'll not forget,
tugging her left ear after each show,
said, "grandma, I love you so".


March 21, 2019

Contest: Celebrity or Famous Person Clerihew
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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A crash, a bang, a whistle in the wind,
bumps in the night are a scary thing

Shadows in the bedroom fill me with dread,
is someone sitting at the end of my bed?

As the full moon rises on all hallows eve,
be wary of ghosts tugging at your sleeve....

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I’m afraid I’m not at liberty to share
Whether or not I love her
Her long dark hair does fall down her back in a lovely way
She does melt under me when I kiss her
She does take a certain delight in my hips
But she sure likes tugging at my heartstrings...

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Don't want to cast aspersions but have you heard these words
Things are going to turn out to be different, so say the birds
A feeling of some tugging
Maybe gravity that's sucking
Perhaps aliens who were naked as in the shadows they lurked...

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I left her in a makeshift hut
Tugging scarecrow ropes
Scaring hundred of birds
Saving pregnant rice stalks.

She was 10 years old
I am now 60 years old
I have a dream last night
I revisited her…

Together
We excavated unforgettable gleeful moments!...

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heads
                   wise, functional 
             bobbing, talking, turning
leaderships, guides, appendages, backside
          wiggling, protruding, tugging 
                    whiplike, furry
                           tails



Date created: 02/03/2022...

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When one is dealing with one’s feelings, Where is the Love?
When one is at a point of feeling out of sync, Where’s the love?
When one is is feeling torn apart mentally and physically, Where’s the love? Facing crossroads stages tugging in many directions, Where’s the love?...

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