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Tenterhooks Poems - Poems about Tenterhooks


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
Premium Member 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



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 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




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