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Tense Poems - Poems about Tense

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The Early Years She is to entertain 20 people I fried up 20 cucumbers 5 lbs. Of okra In a grit and Parmesan cheese And bits of bacon in the batter Some spices, mace, cayenne , paprika Garlic and onion powder in the Bater*w/flour and eggs baking soda* I roasted a teriyaki style pork loin And sliced it thin with commercial Mixer, I mean...

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Categories: tense, adventure, culture, dance,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Foghorn
foghorn in the night daunting the road less traveled white knuckle affair Posted on April 16, 2025...

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Categories: tense, angst, anxiety, night,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Our Relationship
Our Relationship our situation was extremely tense in the past although in the present it is only slightly tense why don’t we end our relationship before it becomes too tense in the future ...

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Categories: tense, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member They Called It Adoption
(From the novel: The Truth About Make-Believe by Mickey Grubb) Standing in the middle of the rear seat, the tiny legs moved quickly from side to side to keep the rest of the body upright and in place as the car made its way through the night over narrow, winding West Virginia roads. There had to be someone in the...

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Categories: tense, confusion, emotions, fear, imagery,
Form: Narrative
Tense Shoulders
So much pressure weighs on the shoulders of the oldest child. She tries to hold it but can’t grip on and it all falls apart. The life she wields No longer can deal With all the pressure Of a family of five. ...

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Categories: tense, 11th grade, anxiety, family,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member THEY
"THEY" A planet spins into another atmosphere. Pricked by the gloomy voices of, they. They drown all that is tranquil. They smother one another. They complicate moments of splendor. They are always here, and they hate others. I know sometimes I hear them. They hear nothing. They do not fear you. They do not hear you. They...

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Categories: tense, betrayal, character, judgement, society,
Form: Free verse
I do not want things to feel akward or tense between us anymore I would like us to just be okay
I find it sad that we are always, always, always getting to our limits, and there's nothing where we... There's never, like... I always try... I mean, I tried, but I don't know why it doesn't add up. I don't know why we both are like... I don't even like it. I don't like it...

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Categories: tense, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Passed Future Tense
“passed future tense” fun erals are no longer fun the only one i’m going to go to will be my own...

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Categories: tense, color,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sense Absence In Future Tense
The absence was glaring like an elephant, monstrous,illusive, membranous, diaphanous, obvious to everyone in the room, complicit in joint deception. The unwritten absence, never resolved, never truly dealt with, hung like a pall of smoke you could see, smell and taste, but not hear nor feel. For no one wanted to mention it, nor to transact the fleeting memories into the currency of present tense. The absence...

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Categories: tense, allusion, angst, anxiety, future,
Form: Free verse
Tense
Tense I am in tense But this is my statment of sentence Sentence observed my senses Statment is tense Tense my life with love vs morality Is my statment of sentence. With love all Jagdish bajantri...

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Categories: tense, adventure, africa, age, history,
Form: ABC
What I Have Left Far Behind
I walked knowingly into the trap as a boat sails over Charybdis. Afraid of showing tell-tale marks up and down my arms. I gave in to the lesser evil, went astray, searching indiscriminately for an escape. My search lead me to a certain type of website. Taking refuge in my libido, I removed my clothes, alone. My body laid bare, for the asking. My hands...

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Categories: tense, abuse, addiction, body, change,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Present Tense Visions Glance-
Many are the present tense; Mostly humbly passive glance; Morbid finds casual stance; Mainly passing visions glance; 6/21/23 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2023?...

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Categories: tense, analogy, confidence, engagement, perspective,
Form: Jueju
Premium Member Worshipful Master Ted Is Tense
worshipful master’s fez kept slipping off his head. he was irritated and blamed the trumpet flower. tittering faeries kept him irritated, this honored Ted. Ted sat in their bouquet, annoyed by their power. they had him all confused and curiously tense. with their girly charms and their faerie ways. he sat among their giggling in masculine suspense. wondering what they had in...

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Categories: tense, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Day, Year, Time - Tense Free
I Good day, good year, it's all NOW; there is truly only now, not three tenses. II Yesterday was experienced as toDAY, tomorrows only come to us each day, as ToDay. III Tomorrow is a Lie humans conjure; only today is experienced by you and me (not First Cause)....

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Categories: tense, bible, growth, time, today,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member In:Tense
the past alone builds our future ~ the present holds both their legacies...

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Categories: tense, irony, life, time,
Form: Monoku

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