Tension Poems - Poems about Tension

to rbs dear friend glad getting some time relax got me thinking burden life facts water and wind sand and ocean walks and swims sends away all tension except maybe mention envy needs intervention...

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From the trenches of the dark underground into the sewers of the slumworld, a place terrified with the pain of fear, gripped from their minds unto their souls, they are afraid of the outside world, afraid that death could be their bane at least there was a sorcerer to tell Merlin what Arthur's bane would...

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Racial tension and Floyd A picture of a committee in defense of human right a picture where serious white man and a woman in a business suit and to black persons This was serious business no one smile except the two black persons that spoiled the gravity of the solemn undertaking Most black people I have met...

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Originally published in Out On a Limb, an Anthology for Friends June 2020 You hate me for my color. You hate me for our differences. You hate me for my successes. You call me names. You call me useless. You call me an outsider. You marked me as invisible. You made me your scapegoat. You expressed your hatred, and Excluded me from your world, Allowing...

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Existing inside a body filled with lust The soul knows what it must ...

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I sat on a chair completely nervous to know where I would do my youth service. Then came the rudest shock of my whole life, I'd have to go up north where strifes were rife. I didn't even try to change the posting, I was downcast as many were boasting, that they'd have a pleasant year of favour. Me, it'd be a...

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I love you so much, that you can only disgust me now All your flaws and red flags spark crimson, like a seductive rose. Gross and yet longing for your body to seek for every blemish there To point, prod and pinch deeper with a gentle lover’s touch. I loathe the time spent together but weep miseries when we part Knowing months will pass...

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Too stubborn to confess giving away small hints In an desperate attempt You will notice Day after day Over and over Showcasing my subtle Vulnerabilities....

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someone attempts to cheat us which we disallow tension heightens, tempers flare harsh words are exchanged hmmm what could or should we have done to offer a face saving route to the wayward soul we so reflect …...

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Outlasting all my friends and some family, I wish to live to be one hundred twenty. A plethora of days to write poetry as my last petals fall, grandkids a’plenty. I wish to live to be one hundred twenty. All my parts working, brain, heart, eyes, and ears. As my last petals fall, grandkids a’plenty, what an ideal way to live out...

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Teetering, tightrope walking, not the half nor the bike across, nor nightmare clowns. It is not the trembling trapeze, nor the heightened tension inside the big tent with rumbling gray clouds of elephants nor repast of the lion tamer. It could be the oily tendrils of the bearded lady, the short, tall, fat, all of that. Still, I think it was when...

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1. Building Tension Did you ever stand on stage, behind the big curtain. Standing there peeking out from behind the curtain, watching the audience looking at the stage. Your knees are shaking, your mouth is going dry. Your thoughts are racing, will I remember my lines? The act before you is almost done, your time is coming up way too fast. This is "building tension"...

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I run to my next class with industrious speed, I have to make it before the bell Damn it, my car broke down the day before the deadline, what the hell I leap my body through the door, my scalp itches and my teeth hurts The teacher sees my sweat face "Why did you run here an hour...

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I have foreboding My country is in frontline Of war that's brewing. ...

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Beware of my building tension might driving destructive and perilous fight or causing anxious, grievous fright toward shameful frustrating flight. Be braced against my building tension height toppling solid relationships plight shaking fellowships held tight as I reveal conflicts in full sight. Behold my building tension blight starting as solidifying delight then lurking hypocritically right putting doubts midst skepticism sprite. Be warned; my building tension blocks...

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