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Walking A Tightrope Poems - Poems about Walking A Tightrope

Walking A Tightrope Poems - Examples of all types of poems about walking a tightrope to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for walking a tightrope.
Premium Member Walking the Tightrope
... Walking the tightrope so narrow Careful not to lean to either side Public safety over here, freedom of speech over there ~ In the end, administrators so damned scared ......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, education, fear, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme

Bridge Walking
...walking the tightrope along the bridge, highbeams shine from passing cars, she shines brighter, giving the Earth a dim glow, one step follows another, never knowing if the other end wi......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Narrow Margin
... In the narrow margin between life and death, I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing. I'm a portrayal of metaphors, illuminating like spring's moon, who sunk like winter sunset, but......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, analogy, how i feel,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Castaway
... She talked about her family in glimpses, like she was always walking a tightrope. Between normal and just chucking it all, for the next bus that might give her some hope. She tried to paint a......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member See
...5-20 Lines on: The art was most masterful on the dark canvas The genius of her life paled in comparison amongst those who balanced easily walking the tightrope Her prowess fit better in the poe......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, beauty, emo, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Walking the Tightrope
...There's a narrow strand beneath us, Stretching out to obscurity. And it beckons us to proceed upon it, While every step has insecurity. This is the path our mentality travels, Wher......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, psychological,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Where the Breeze May Blow
...walking the tightrope between sanity and insanity how little it would take to lose my balance the slightest breeze ~ really AP: 3rd palce 2022, Honorable Mention 2022 Posted on Au......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, fear, psychological, stress,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Recognising the Path
... Fleeting is joy and traumatic is pain We oscillate between desires and fears Granted free will but soon boon becomes bane Challenges of earth life drives us to tears We set goals but ho......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, spiritual,
Form: Ballade
Are You Afraid of Heights
...Few of us, excluding window cleaners, And tight rope walkers, Are not afraid of heights, Yet we are all walking the tightrope, That is life, With greed on one side, And need on the other side.......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, anxiety, baptism, bible, cancer,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member No Safety Net
...why would we tamper with the delicate balance of what we have why would we risk tipping the scales of illusion when calm is reinstated walking the tightrope between love and longing th......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, friendship love, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Rogue
...9/6/21 "Rogue" What a joke Yet it's not a hoax It's getting gross Folks constantly at each other's throats Quick to brag and boast Making an out of pocket comment after another croaked It......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, dark, deep, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cautious Optimism
...Human foot-traffic is flowing along slightly faster than 2020, but most signs clearly read, "Please ......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, world,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Ripple
...The Ripple A place, safe. Close, not far. Here, not there. The storm, relentless. The power, horrific. The temper, violent. Children, lost in the shuffle. Made to be, the......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, abuse, addiction, allah, angel,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Fantastic Flemmings
...As I look back upon a terrific, exciting, and storied career, I revisit the trove of golden memories, which I hold so dear. Although some were bad, they have been predominantly sweet; But the mo......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, adventure, career, family, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A One Color Kaleidoscope
...Despite all the hate, there's still hope, although it's difficult to cope. Evangelists offended God, caging families ripped apart by politicians with no heart. Cultist republicans applau......Read the rest...
Categories: walking a tightrope, 12th grade, abuse, america,
Form: Verse

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