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Life Poems | Poems About Life's Journey, Struggle, and Fun

Mirage of Sanity
I never said I was sane. I didn’t claim perfection no, I lean more towards distain. Compare, internalize, never share. Crazy, imperfect thoughts run everywhere but never straight. They don’t play the sane part long enough to call fun, so I can enjoy a day without feeling emotionally imprisoned. Sanity is not a noun that...

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Categories: courage, life, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Im-Pending
Ships On The HoriZon Clear The Harbo(u)r! The HORIzON Shouldn't Be So High And NEAR. -Gray Squirrel 07-01-2025...

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Categories: life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Gates of Hell
Gate or Gates 7-1-25 Based on Rodin’s Gates of Hell. It struck me that Rodin’s gates are closed which made me think of a pastor who said he would want to set up a mission at the gates of hell, that maybe, there might be one last chance of forgiveness. Agree or...

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Categories: forgiveness, life,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member He Thought He Was A Psychic Squirrel
You Know... AUTHENTICITY Is Key When: Performing or Observing or Relating or ... ANY GENUINE Love & Re-Spect. I Wish People Would Say Just A Little More Sometimes... To Confirm. Like I Would Need That Excuse To KNOW. -Gray Squirrel 07-01-2025 ...

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Categories: life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It Never Stops
There’s nothing at all that I’m needing and little that I’m wanting, no tasks I find too daunting~~ but the world is bleeding. The hungry near and far need feeding; the homeless...

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Categories: death, god, life, loss,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Your Remembrance
Your Remembrance A time, just a time, lived to you in his heart, passed age, this love Age, nothing remained, an empty marble tablet in a cemetery park Your path walk is late, didn’t you see? Worn, unreadable letters On the stone, all the noble sentences were addressed to you, only But, but someone is waiting for you. In...

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Categories: life, fate, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
above skies come alive heavenly angels watching do not blink ~ comets flying by magical days and nights...

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Categories: beauty, life, moon, sky,
Form: Verse
Without Regrets What Have I Left
The end of days is a term Dark enough To make men squirm And real enough In a way To make one consider His final day… Without regrets…who’s to say And doing so I must look back On what I wrought And what I wrecked What I built And what I broke What I gave And what I took Then the book that tallies sums Finds me wanting And then some For...

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Categories: death, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Be Your Own Life DJ
You built the skills, you have done the work, Faced every challenge, adjusted to every quirk. Now comes the fork in the road of life that is yours to face Grab the microphone of life with a warm embrace A DJ doesn’t follow sound, They craft the moment, feel the ground. They blend the old with the new, create the...

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Categories: life, analogy, care, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Your Memory
Your Memory An ominous wind blows over me, a long time ago From the past, nice face, blonde hair, a phenomenon Strange temptation, mysterious curse of love Why are you following? Why? A decaying corpse A dead body is nothing to you. The soul isn’t yours You are late, and I have passed away. Lost time Lost time. The time is lost....

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Categories: life, fate, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member fragments of my life
I write of fragments in my life things written in diaries for attics of memories- now just bones and dust of those lost loves that still shatter my heart of the people who sailed in gliding ships and left of those who turned against me and left me broken ...

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Categories: life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member a Sizzle and a Spark
perception sees beyond reality interprets to the best of its ability optimism keeps fire burning in one’s heart while pessimism gleefully tears everything apart instead of being boggled with the mundane romance fills our days with wonder and champagne a dusting of fantasy does wonders to cast a spell kicks life up a notch and that’s no bagatelle ...

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Categories: appreciation, life, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
The Face I Don't Wear
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Categories: angst, anxiety, growth, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member memories
memories to last a lifetime ~ all that's left...

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Categories: appreciation, life, loss, lost
Form: Senryu
The Best Time of My Life
i was just walking through the days, counting time in shades of gray. never thought that light could find a soul that tried to hide away. then you came in like a sunrise i never saw coming through the blinds. suddenly, the world felt new— every moment led to you. this is the best time of my life, i finally know what it feels...

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Categories: life, love, song,
Form: Lyric

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