Tightened Poems - Poems about Tightened

...We press on, bound to yesterday, dragging chains through time’s tight whirlwind, The prisoner is not the one who has erred, but the one haunted by their mistakes. We are all guilty of the great cri......Read the rest...

... "Each year children are left alone on a bus, this should never be " Search the bus and scour off, have they left a trace? Inspect each seat, scrutinize, inspect that t......Read the rest...

...Weaving Work I In contemplation I remember this often Such a strange dream. ......Read the rest...

...Harmorhage of blood, Midnight had seen her eyes, swollen by the custody of evil and the lies Cravings in her heart that beated in, exuding through her mind, manifesting insecurity essencefully, wi......Read the rest...

...SAMADHI I am the Void and THE ALL I am the pen and paper the insertion and hole the breath, the nostril ......Read the rest...

...A Flock of Startled Birds He had sat for an hour on a long, low, flat rock, He had checked himself over from bald patch to sock. His leather shoes burnished to a mirror-li......Read the rest...

...I saddened to see the merciless scene daily, Doli , doli,the doli bearers shouted loudly, Pilgrims scatte......Read the rest...

...You opened up the door to my dim crestfallen heart Once you stepped inside, the door slammed on you, no longer apart The dreary atmosphere tightened its arms around you Aching for somet......Read the rest...

...It was something about the way she looked at me. Just a deep look in her eyes that seemed to call me by my name. A feeling of empty connection, and the longing for more. I want to give her what sh......Read the rest...

...Heat racing, his mind struggles This is now, not then. Whispers of childhood Haunt his every step. This is now, not then. Flashes of memory roll through his mind As a gurney oft rolled him thro......Read the rest...

... Written: November 26, 2023 _______________________________________ In ephemeral moments Whispering remembrance, Of gilded blooms Once shoved Embedded into price......Read the rest...

...When I met the tall and amiable Vietnam War veteran, my shyness showed, yet, my throat dried and tightened when he softly spoke the words, "The war never goes away." All these humanity destroying......Read the rest...

...Who are you to look upon I as if I can fit into the pages of a book? As if one glance can fit this eternal ocean right in its nook? As if I can be bounded up in the cover Tightened by a string, es......Read the rest...

...White Ted looked flat; that hair and pyjama bed smell. She was getting heavier My bleary eyes trying not to sleep. Bone protruded from flesh, blooded the seat and gearstick; leaning in b......Read the rest...

...“They just shut down the river; No boats at all allowed,” The captain of the ferry told A small but waiting crowd. The General Assembly, A huge U.N. event, Is hosting leaders, which includes ......Read the rest...