Category: Life Poems
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Purpose – A Poem About Growth and Flowers
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Purpose Waiting in the darkness is the catalyst for change. A seed hides just beneath the soil and toils to germinate. It breaks out of its hard, lifeless shell and reaches desperately for the sun. It takes root and won’t stop until it’s done flowering and offering exactly what it was born to give -…
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The Race – Poem about Hard Times and Not Giving Up
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The Race A Poem about Hard Times and Not Giving Up The race has run me ragged and has planted a stitch in my side. My burdens seem to keep getting added; I’m too weak to go on despite all I’ve tried. If only I could glimpse the finish line, then maybe hope would prevail.…
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Holy Justice – Poem About the Death Penalty and Prison
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Holy Justice I heard his sobs as they walked him down the row, heard the shackles jingle, the whispers of people waiting for the show. I watched in horror as they strapped him to the chair… the pleading and screaming still repeats in my head like a nightmare. I retched at the smell of burning…
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Poem About Addiction to Drugs Alcohol and Recovery
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Starting Today – A Poem About Relapse If resisting was an easy task,who would be a slave?Who would part with a piece of themselvesfor the chance at an early grave?Willpower alone is enough to put you in hellbut it’s not enough to pull you out.You’ll never have a chance at getting welluntil you accept living…
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Poem about Books, Magic, and Magical Places
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Magic I’ve experienced magic. I’ve witnessed countless spells and drank the words of a thousand potions. Been teleported to different countries and worlds, explored to the end of the universe, have dug to the center of Earth, and have even traveled through time. I’ve ridden horses through ancient forests, stormed and conquered a fortress, and…
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Poem About Babies and Parenthood
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Parental Love Days spent thinking about all the things I want to teach you all the things I can’t wait to show you but for now it’s fishing for your smiles like twinkling stars in my sky that I want to catch and hold in my pocket forever. How can something so small, so innocent,…
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Deer Child – A Nature and Life Poem
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Deer Child – A Nature and Life Poem Doe and fawn drink from the creek at dawn, filling their bellies to last out the noonday heat. Doe protective and cautious; fawn careless and unconscious – unaware of the eyes watching her from the bank. Age brings wisdom and experience, for the youthful heart is oblivious to…
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The Tortured Artist – A Poem
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The Tortured Artist by Justin Farley Utterly bound by the need for discovery, yet plagued by the awareness that finding leaves me no farther along my journey in the eyes of the world. The most tortured artist is the realist who’s aware he’s playing the fool, but must play his role regardless, knowing it’s the…
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Poem About Destiny and Fate
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A Haunting Fate What is this voice that comes howling in my heart… this restless ghost that suddenly comes flooding out of the fog of night… this ghoul that haunts despite my pleas, desperately pulling me towards a distant light? I consistently pull away from its advances, swatting away its hands like pesky gnats swarming…
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Short Poem About Self Esteem and Your Self-Image
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A Short Poem About Your Self-Image, Self Esteem, and Positive Thinking “The Mirror” The mirror stands tall and peers with endless eyes,full of the power to change your course in life.It’s skilled in planting and sowing your demise,yet is always willing to inspire and energize.It’s the instigator of failure’s reprise,or makes goals and dreams actualized.The…
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Inspirational Parenting Poem About Raising a Child
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The Art of Parenting – Raising kids is an art in a sense. You start with a person that has no “form” to their character and values, and your task is to shape and mold your child as he or she grows. But this piece can move, talk, fight back, defy, love, bless, care, be…
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Poem About Modern Society Issues and the Negative Effects of Technology
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A post and poem commenting on modern society issues and the negative effects of technology that compares modern life to an old, simple, and little village. The post centers around living a simple life.
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Inspirational Poem About Life Journey and Success One Step At A Time
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An inspirational poem about taking one step at a time on your life journey. Where are you right now? Where do you want to be? What small steps can you take to put you closer to your “ideal” self?
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Life is in the Eye of the Beholder Poem
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Life is in the Eye of the Beholder Life is in the eye of the beholder. It remains constant through the ages, But changes with each person’s view. The pixels of your life’s image Are formed and determined by you. The lens we choose to look through Is the filter that determines our fate. Blessings…
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Poem About Broken Dreams – “Dream-Weaving”
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Dream-Weaving – A Poem The seams of my dreams are unraveling –Thread stretched out in heaps,Ensnaring my feet, tripping me, sending me fallingInto jaded existence.Innocence, where is my resistance to your demise? This cloak once kept me warm in the night,but is now tattered, holes allow the howling windTo chill the depths of my soul.No…
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Poem About Modern Society Issues Today and the Wisdom of an Old Woman Dying
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Even as a 30 year old man, I am already seeing the changes of modern society. While some of the changes in society are advances, many leave me questioning whether they are positive and reminiscing for “the way things used to be”. Friendships are based online and often more face time is in front of…
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A Post-Modern Portrait – A Poem
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“But I like the inconveniences.” “We don’t,” said the Controller. “We prefer to do things comfortably.” “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” “In fact,” said Mustapha Mond, “you’re claiming the right to be unhappy.” “All right then,”…
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Illusions – A Poem
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Illusions – A Poem The demon water you drinkIs devouring your soul.Don’t you know this road has no happy endingAnd your heart will turn cold? Repeating lies does not change reality.Sooner or later you’ll have to face life’s inevitable truth.Don’t set yourself on foolish paths, don’t chase foolish pursuits,And hang your happiness up by your…
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