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What Doesnt Kill You Makes You Stronger
Remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Don't stop believing in the strength that lies inside,
get up, stand up until you can stand no longer.
You gotta be strong against the fools who misguide.
Don't stop believing in the strength that lies inside,
ain’t no mountain high enough to prevent your fall.
You gotta be strong against the fools who misguide,
rise like a skyscraper, you’re beautiful - stand tall.
Ain’t no mountain high enough to prevent your fall.
You get knocked down, find the strength to get up again.
Rise like a skyscraper, you’re beautiful - stand tall.
What a Feeling when you fly high like an air plane.
You get knocked down, find the strength to get up again.
Shout: "It's my life." Spread your wings to escape the cage.
What a Feeling when you fly high like an air plane.
Your lust for life will have those who hate watch in rage.
Shout: "It's my life." Spread your wings to escape the cage.
Each teardrop that was shed has now drifted away.
Your lust for life will have those who hate watch in rage.
Be happy, keep smiling, don't let your heart decay.
Each teardrop that was shed has now drifted away.
Control your emotions to have a perfect day.
Be happy, keep smiling, don't let your heart decay.
Don't ask: "Where is the love." It's in your heart to stay.
Control your emotions to have a perfect day.
What a wonderful world, don't worry be happy!
Don't ask: "Where is the love." It's in your heart to stay.
Always look on the bright side of life - be zappy!
What a wonderful world, don't worry be happy!
Get up, stand up until you can stand no longer.
Always look on the bright side of life - be zappy!
Remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Silent One
Written on 5 July 2016.
A pantoum with 12 syllables per line. Using inspirational song titles picked
randomly.
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Get up Stand up – Bob Marley
You Gotta Be – Des Ree
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Skyscraper – Demi Lovato
You’re Beautiful – James Blunt
Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
What a Feeling – Irene Cara
It’s My Life – Bon Jovi
Lust For Life – Iggy Pop
Teardrop – Massive Attack
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Where is the Love? – Black Eyed Peas
Don’t Worry be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
Pantoum poem
A rare form of poetry. It is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and
fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the
next. This pattern continues for any number of stanzas, except for the final
stanza, which differs in the repeating pattern. The first and third lines of
the last stanza are the second and fourth of the penultimate; the first line of
the poem is the last line of the final stanza, and the third line of the first
stanza is the second of the final. Ideally, the meaning of lines shifts when
they are repeated although the words remain exactly the same: this can be done
by shifting punctuation, punning, or simply contextualising.
It does not have to rhyme nor have a syllable restriction
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