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Struggle Poems - Poems about Struggle

Struggle Poems - Examples of all types of poems about struggle to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for struggle.
In the odyssey of days that mercilessly run like grains of sand
...In the odyssey of days that mercilessly run like grains of sand, An unseen battle is foretold that we shall wage in the shadow. The war within our hearts, a citadel besieged by falling stars, Wher......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



The spiritual journey is not a career or a success story
...The spiritual journey is not a career or a success story, But a series of humiliations of the false self, like a dance of the eclipses. It's a time of change, a network of somber moments and dazzli......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Onward and Upward
...Over the rocky terrain Over the mountains high Over the choppy seas Onward we struggle by Still we brave the day Still we stand and fight Still we forge ahead Onward through the night ......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dauntless
... 4. Put on the dauntless spirit of resolution. - William Shakespeare Because He is, because He lives… I know what it means to love, to give, To share the light with those who can ......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, blessing, christian, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
We are fleeting apparitions, stepping between the threads of reality and the shadow
...We are fleeting apparitions, stepping between the threads of reality and the shadow, Children of a twilight that never ceases, neither white nor black, but both. Phantoms with hearts haunted by a s......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Love
...Love can be shown in so many ways , it springs from the heart Love that surrounds the family is a great place to start Love for all human beings needs to come shining through Love for nature that ......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, love,
Form: Rhyme
In the silent kingdom of lost seasons, where shadows measure the silence
...In the silent kingdom of lost seasons, where shadows measure the silence, A day will dawn when you let the burdens of confession fall like leaves, An old blanket of crushed convictions, your unwave......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Words Which Inspire Silence
... Thick clouds of unanswered questions eclipse the clear light thought to be seen. Bewildered by election commentary again, our ears quit as media opine. Hearers' lack of response yields underst......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, 11th grade, political, silence,
Form: Free verse
From The Bottom Of The Cup
...I've toiled in shadows, my hands calloused and worn, Laboring silently, my spirit tattered and torn. For the promise of pennies, I've bent my back low, While the masters of plenty reap what I sow.......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, america, analogy, change, community,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member There Are No Hard Days Riding A Bicycle Across The US
... I've spent a great deal of time riding alone this last week. Many of the roads we have been on do not have a shoulder making it impossible to ride side by side. There have been so many hills I do......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, adventure, blessing, cancer, encouraging,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member When I Am Up - For Mental Health Month
...When I am up, every sky is a boundless, cloudless expanse of brilliantly blinding blue. When I am up, I am William the Conqueror and William Shakespeare and William Jennings Bryan all in one. W......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, how i feel, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Psalm of Struggle
...A Psalm of Struggle My soul is parched by the waterless desert of despair. My dry tongue longs to lap cool water. The hot sun of temptation beats down on me. The fragile body I live in beg......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
The Bruised Blooms
...Beauty, a siren song upon the breeze, Whispers to hearts where kindred spirits sigh. Souls, crowned with thorns, yet yearning to appease The world's harsh symphony, with each fractured cry. A......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, confidence, courage, emotions, hope,
Form: Canzone
There is Nothing Romantic About the Way I Feel
...Night and day I think about you. You’ve tightly bound the wrists of my self control And grabbed my fevered dreams by the throat. I try to forget what my body knows But it betrays me every time. ......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, desire, lust, sexy,
Form: Free verse
Oblivion
...In the depths of her despair, she's confined, A solitary figure, lost in her mind, Engulfed by shadows, no end in sight, She battles demons in the darkest night. Her thoughts, like poison, eat ......Read the rest...
Categories: struggle, conflict, dark, depression, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme

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