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
heightened tensions will strain patience
to breaking point concerning
extreme anticipation common joe experiences
(biden his/her time)
regarding which candidate trumpeted
as de facto commander
in chief of United States.
Carpe diem the echoing refrain
heard and seen dispensed and
...
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Categories:
tenterhooks, america, anger, anxiety, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Tenterhooks Unglued - 'Cessation' Contest
my disembodied i floats above
ego… id… superego
constructs psychological
cum gravitas, or so they are told
straining, clawing
the drumbeat frantic
as mine is
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Categories:
tenterhooks, me, universe,
Form: Free verse
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
Exactly what I mean
Please come to me, my darling love
Just lean your head on me
And there will be more stars above
And one will fall
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Categories:
tenterhooks, emotions, miss you,
Form: Rhyme
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 tensions will strain patience
to breaking point concerning
extreme anticipation common joe experiences
(biden his/her time)
regarding which candidate trumpeted
as de facto commander in chief of United States.
Carpe diem the echoing refrain
heard and seen dispensed and broadcast
across
...
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Categories:
tenterhooks, 12th grade, bullying, change,
Form: Free verse
On Tenterhooks
This restlessness won't leave me,
it buzzes about my chest
as though it were a field of daisies
waiting to be pollinated
by a swarm of fretful bees
who sting like honed pebbles
but never die
At night, I can hear the daffodils whimpering
from my windowsill,
they reach for me
with limp limbs,
I feed them honey
spit on their soil
and read a poem from my
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Categories:
tenterhooks, sad
Form: Free verse