Tag: poems about life
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Poem About Evil and Destruction in the World
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When tragedy and evil strike that have been caused by humans, we realize we’re still capable of some really bad stuff. And we’re not nearly as good as we think we are; the evil is just hidden under superficial goodness.Winding DownThere is no sense in denyingthat the path of humanitydoesn’t rise in glory,climbing up into…
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The Town Mouse and Country Mouse Love Poem
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The Town Mouse and Country Mouse I was in love with the country, and she, in love with the city. We were in love with each other but were split by the hand of destiny. She preferred nights on the town and I, counting country stars. We woke up side-by-side each morning, yet the distance…
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Happiness is Fleeting A Poem About Being Content with Life
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Happiness is FleetingIf happiness is your goalyou’ll never be whole.Always be rolling on a raging riverof emotion completely out of control.For happiness is fleeting, receding like the waterson a creek bank after a storm,never even warned that the moment one desire is fulfilled a new one is born.Seek to make contentment your aim.For it’s constant…
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Climbing Mountains Poem About Living Out Your Dreams
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Climbing Mountains A Poem About Living Out Your Dreams and Believing in Yourself The road rose in the distance insistent on wrapping around the towering mountain like twine. At its feet stood a shrine dedicated to the drowsy dreamer, the tired thinker, the sleepy schemer who had journeyed all this way only to have disbelief…
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Poem About Life Journey and Inner Peace – Adventure
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AdventurePoem About Life Journey and Inner PeaceAdventures never have destinations.It’s experience that gives us what we need to find.Leave the need for answers and your expectationsbehind you, unpacked from your mind.Modern life has lost its sense of mystery.The need to know shatters our sense of awe.To live out your true purpose and destinyrecognize that, at…
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Sandcastles Poem About Hardships in Life
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SandcastlesPoem About Hardships in LifeThe weariness of life is enoughto make even the watchman tired.His heavy eyelids close with eachcomplexity of life that breaches the palace gates.There he waits until all he aspiredfor crumbles beneath the harsh realities of lifelike the sandcastles he built as a boy,cold, green, frothy ocean dashing all his work in…
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Wandering – An Inspirational Poem
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Wandering To stop wandering is an act of the will. For the heart of man hates being tied and tethered. But children wince and hate the taste of medicine too. It’s often that which we most resist that holds the most healing power. Without a well for our talents they spill out, soaked up by…
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When Sorrow Comes – A Poem
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When Sorrow Comes I’m old enough now and have lived through enough winters to know that as you begin reaping joy sorrow already begins to grow. This life promises many harvests but one crop it’s certain to sow – that beyond the warmth of summer comes the cold, winter snow. It’s not about protecting yourself…
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Poem About Being Human, Making Mistakes, and Growing Old
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We’re Only Human The older we get the less certain we are of absolutes. But one thing we’re absolutely certain of is our flawed, human nature. When we’re children we yearn for the day we’ll have all the answers, when we’ll no longer feel scared or vulnerable, and when we’ll stop making stupid mistakes. Until…
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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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Deep Poem About Logic vs Emotion
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Beneath the Surface of Mind and Heart A Short Emotional Poem About Feelings vs Logic To feel is to know.To know is to feel.It’s when the green hills of summer become covered with snowThat winter bares its teeth and becomes real.Do I feel love before I recognize its voiceOr does my mind grasp the fall…
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