Category: Life Poems
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Poem about the Writing Process – “Inkblood”
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Inkblood – A Poem about the Writing Process Beneath a pale, July moonAn ancient manuscript sitsIlluminated by candlelight,Its pages gently rustling in the breezeBlowing behind the curtains of the nearby window. The ink is faded beneathLayers of time and age,But the wisdom remainsScribbled in rhymes,Written eons ago by some old sage. But tonight it’s voice…
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Today – A Inspiration Poem
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Today – A Inspiration Poem The sun is rising.Open your eyes to the possibility of a new lifeThat waits for you upon the horizon.Let the aroma of fresh brewed coffee stir you in bedAnd lead you from where dreams remain fixed in your headTo where they are transfigured in motion through action. Today we set…
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem Into the mirror I gaze and am wrapped within the frame of a smoky haze of secrets swirling within glass. I can’t deny the face, can’t pretend I don’t know, have no trace of realization that the figure before my eyes is me. It’s unsettling to see the…
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Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God
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Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God May your rays of righteousness pierce through the clouds and shadows of my heart. May my mind give way to your fruit – take up your shears and prune these vines that ensnare me. Give thanks, give praise to the tree…
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Life’s Amphitheater – A Poem About Helping the Less Fortunate
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As I was driving down the road the other day and came to a stoplight, my eyes fell upon a young woman begging on the side of the road. I must admit that often times I am quick to judge out of pride or wonder why they are too lazy to pick themselves up and…
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Growing Pains – A Poem
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Growing Pains – A Poem Why are these dreams that stretch out across my heart’s field of desire, That glisten Like droplets of drew sparkling on the morning grass, So hard to obtain, so hard to take to take hold of, And so hard to lasso and pull close to reality? The burden is bearing…
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Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear
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Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear She sits engaged in a battleBeneath the shadow of her own face,Slowly conceding to her own demonsBrought back by their blows, crushed beneath their weight. She wonders what’s the use in tryingWhen defeat has already been secured?For what’s left of the light is dyingAnd her…
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws
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Reflections – A Poem About Character Flaws The extent of my weaknesses are revealed Beneath the weight of uncertainty. I am often a self-absorbed child, Believing that time and even the world itself should stop for me. My futile fury of feeble insecurity Is shocking and pries open my eyes To inner flaws I was blind…
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This Is Halloween – A Spooky, Scary Children’s Poem For Halloween
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This Is Halloween – A Spooky, Scary Children’s Poem For Halloween Upon the strike of midnight Corpses stir in their graves. A smoke-like mist hangs in the air of night, And invisible hands creak open cemetery gates. Children asleep in beds, Tummies full from bags filled with tasty treats. But approaching through the streets are…
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace
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Upon This Rock – A Christian Poem of Grace Upon this rock I walk Uncertain, yet composed. Not crushed beneath the veil of darkness, For with me always is a light that glows. The demons of my weakness harass me. Past failures breed doubts to future plans. But upon this rock I’m free, Caressed and…
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Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence
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Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence My sanctuary of sanity Dresses in new robes everyday. Joyfully furnishing new rooms of solitude Only to find the door locked the very next day. The storm clouds gather, grow like weeds – Stubborn and unable to be wrought out. Their rains fueling,…
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INK – A Poem
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INK A Poem Why must you smear charcoal Over a painting that was a masterpiece to begin? Why must you detract from your natural beauty With uncarefully crafted scribbles across your skin? A stamp upon your hide like cattle, Isn’t attractive nor does it make it come alive. For truth lives in the heart –…
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When Trouble Comes – A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain
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When Trouble Comes A Poem About Faith and Enduring Life’s Pain Evening’s crippling darkness passes away. It’s distant vigor muted by the beauty of the morn. Hope shines forth from the sun’s mighty rays, A new spirit within us is born. I am not overburdened by life’s troubles. Though painful, they will not shackle nor…
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The Fight – A Poem About Conquering Fear
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A Poem about conquering fear and not letting fear choose your destiny or get in the way of your dreams.
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Today is the Day – A Poem About Conquering Fear and Living Your Dreams
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A Poem About Conquering Fear and Living Your Dreams. So many of us allow our lives to be dictated and restricted by fear.
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The Tinman – A Poem
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The Tinman – A Poem Your beacon blazes with the firestormOf a thousand pyres.In your eyes I find the fires –Smoke signals that rise to the heavensAnd lead me on a journeyOut of the confinement of earthly shacklesThat have clanged like lonely church bellsRinging in the early morning,Beckoning for deliverance around my feet for countless…
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Scarlet Streets – A Poem For Memorial Day and Veterans
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Scarlet Streets – A Poem For Memorial Day and Veterans As we stroll down the streets of our lives Pursuing the dreams of our hearts, Growing old with loved ones, And sleeping in for a snooze Amid cozy beds on weekend mornings Safe within suburban sanctuaries, It is easy to forget that these paths of…
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Interstate Pondering – A Poem About How Fast Life Goes By
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Interstate Pondering – A Poem About How Fast Life Goes By Every time I turn around I have just enough time to catch a glimpse Of years like Indy cars zipping around the track At the 500 fly by. Hours vanish with hands racing Around the clock at hyper-speed. Days depart with only skid marks…
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