TIES THAT BIND
TIES THAT BIND
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German
descendant
am I
ties
bind me
to
'Deutschland'
ethereal
threads
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Categories:
ties, 12th grade, immigration,
Form: Monoku
EU China Ties
—A Discourse Beyond Empires
You come to Beijing in polished shoes,
Wearing history like a crown of thorns,
António and Ursula—names carved from conquest,
Eyes soaked in the smoke of fading empires.
For fifty years, you called us rivals—
Now you call it friendship.
But friendship built on suspicion
Is nothing but diplomacy’s ghost.
We are not like you—
You measure greatness by how far
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Categories:
ties, anniversary, child, corruption, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Severed ties of the Sun
I divorced the cirrus heat
that once laced the sky with fire,
carrying searing sins of
the scorching sun ~
burning the soft bronze of my melanin;
an unabated rage,
a labyrinth of blooming lilac,
an assortment of angst,
a library of healing lullabies
homed beneath the glass-skin silence
of my quivering chest~
like wind through cathedral clusters,
a poison to my psyche,
too bright for the
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Categories:
ties, destiny, divorce, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Soul Ties
Another drag... inhale, exhale, inhale, lungs fill with toxic smoke
another sip... fire glides down her aching throat
another croaking whisper to the one beside, although aloof and remote.
She laughs in the face of sorrow, trying in vain to hide behind her eyes
the sound is an open coffin, a high hysterical
plea filled cry
I imagine she has
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Categories:
ties, heartbreak, hurt, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Easter
Easter egg hunt for little ones
In green grass under yellow sun
Laughs that grab hearts red sonnet
Bow ties brown eyes and pink bonnet
So cute toddler who picks up a rock
Doesn’t want the emerald egg on top
Another girl seems to fuchsia fear
Easter Bunny with floppy brown ears
Every one excited taking peach photos
Easter memories as valuable
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Categories:
ties, america, child, color, girl,
Form: Couplet
The ties of friendship
The ties of friendship
Life without friends is incomplete.
An important ingredient for the recipe of life.
They make life beautiful and downbeat.
Gives a boost of excitement and thrill for the journey of life.
You treasure your friends as a gift,
Love and honesty are what you give.
We turn to them when our soul needs a lift.
Friends make life a
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Categories:
ties, dedication, friend, friendship, friendship
Form: Rhyme
Neglected Ties
You shirk the weight of parenthood's call,
leaving your children to wither, unfed.
Are you a father, or mere specter of one?
A mother, or just a shadow that's gone?
While others nurture, educate, and guide,
you abandon your own to fate's tide.
Your concern lies with outsiders, it seems,
while your kin suffer, and your legacy beams.
The children you forsook, the
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Categories:
ties, absence, child abuse, mothers
Form: Sonnet
Railroads and Stair Ties scene
Railroads and Stair Ties
inside his french rent
everything went wrong at night
the city creeps in behind
and around your backs
having two different doorways
wondering when you lock
yourself in and upstairs
music's happen after
you walk to work
so during brunch her
boyfriends manage the street
sign like thats gonna work
Josey boy on his way to the morning shifts
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Categories:
ties, america, conflict, remembrance day,
Form: Free verse
Soul ties
Eyes viewing left but my hearts veering right keeping you close in my mind even when your far outta sight . I see what they offer but I know what I have and you center me whole cause your place is a half Outta all of my wrongs I know your
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Categories:
ties, beauty, creation, destiny, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Dad's Ties: Eulogy
A signature move
A classical look
Whether shopping down town
Or just reading a book
You would never undress
That space round your neck
A gent to the last
A quick twizzle and check
Your knots were so tidy
All shapely and neat
A full Windsor for sure
Always sharp and replete
Never unkempt
Was the message you'd send
The Master of Ties
Straight and true 'til the end
I
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Categories:
ties, anniversary, appreciation, father, in
Form: Rhyme
A Plea to Forgotten Ties
Individualistic philanthropy is a virtue to a spark,
A charred ember of your simmering soul,
Before me are those who surround my being,
My subconscious is present as I often drown myself to become what they require,
A sponge to their water,
To the oceans of their misfortune, I abode,
Days grow longer and I
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Categories:
ties, betrayal, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Burden of Broken Ties
Written: December 31, 2024, Contest: Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
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Welcome into the world,
with grazing blue eyes and sapphire tresses,
the pariah vermin, cerberus skulks,
cherubic smiles convey doodle
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Categories:
ties, analogy, god,
Form: Free verse
TIES OF LOVE AND LIFE
- ''Our strong ties are eternal,'
we are never loose...
pulsating rhythm of before and after,
happiness in total trust
perfect harmony and light
intense duet like Nirvana
"pleasure in maximum
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Categories:
ties, allusion, beauty, extended metaphor,
Form: Ballade
Family Ties
Family is not a place to argue
Family is where love is shared together
Family is not a fight for right or wrong
Nor it is a battlefield to be defeated
Family is not where you win or lose
It's a place for us to come back after being tired
A place of refuge being pressured on society out there
Family member
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Categories:
ties, family, marriage, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Ties
Ties
The squealing of
the glowing ties in
my bottom chest drawer,
ties I seldom wear and
definitely don’t think
much about, spreads in
my knee to
affect the
lateral collateral and
medial collateral ligament; affect the
lateral and
medial meniscus; of course too
affect my
patella, femur, fibula, and
finally tibia. As a consequence, there are
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Categories:
ties, humor,
Form: Free verse
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