Adversity Poems - Poems about Adversity

To be black Is to live life freely Despite being trapped in a cage without a key Ignoring the hate from society As their bodies radiate envy Trying to destroy our joy through spreading negativity And taking our lives violently To be black Is to smile in the face of adversity To be black Is to find beauty in the...

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Now you stand at the threshold of shadowed trials— a challenge cloaked in whispers of what may come. Debts awaken, ancient scribes of your past, etching secrets into the walls where you once stood. More debts rise to start anew, in lands where shadows whisper and command— money prowls with hungry eyes, blind to your status, deaf to the paper gate’s cries. Unyielding,...

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though winds hurl with all their might they cannot break me AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on April 24, 2024...

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Be true to yourself In joy and sorrow For only you know What you feel Even if not why So stand tall, head high And remember to breathe Free and easy No matter what others May think or say Friend or foe For they never know What is both In your heart and head As the wind blows Sun shines Clouds form And rain falls Don’t forget who you are And that it...

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Lone, tall, verdant wobbling leaf Strong autumn gales come Immovable, unbending...

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Defiant I am, Defiant I'll Always be.. As I stand by Humanity in the Face of Adversity To merely consider our lives as in a listless tide, and only following the herd, Or the life of a caged and consequently soulless bird, You might then think in fact that there might be, a never ending...

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Painting A "Starry Night" From the asylum cell Beauty, the singular focus No bars...

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When it's all exposed No one is scared In life, no one has ever stumbled No one has fallen once The important thing is how long It takes you to stand up How many times you have to fall Then you learn how to calmly Face those pains....

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We all must attend the university of adversity The abounding nature of a problem is the emblem of certainty Witty and Brave is a product that lives among humanity The glory of our story will be found in the difficulty! We all must attend the University of Adversity. We grow through the process of irritation We mature as we grow...

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Her vessel is empty, yet she is oxygen Mother, is her name. She sits in contemplation of Tomorrow's provision And you will never know when Her weary soul is dying. ...

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You bring peace to me In me you bring peace So sweet peace in me Righteous people face many troubles, but my God The Lord comes to rescue each time This is how, this is now, this is how I deal with adversity Never late always right on time This is how I'm dealing with adversity I just be still and...

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Written 20 December 2023 No. 1263 Unplaced Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand Lessons from a Lotus Flower ...

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Written: September 07, 2023 ______________________________________________________________ I can't sleep at night, so I stay alive. I am awake, and I search and strive. I'm no warrior, just a bumbling scrambler. Restless nights render me a rambler. I crave a paladin, a light to guide my way. Yet, gloom reigns, and all hope wanes away. Into a cloud of tedium and torpor of a tongue. I long for...

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Was I fooled? The doubt, was always there within me. I asked myself, was I good enough, smart enough, did I look pretty or handsome enough? That feeling, always there, not feeling “enough”… I wasn’t like others. I was never good enough. They were always better… always more. I wanted to feel like more, like...

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Some see serenity in parity Some seem open to disparity An institution as old as the hills Marriage is marked with unclarity Some people unable to think straight Champ at the bit, they just can’t wait To make the mistake that seals their fate Only to wake up when it’s too late Worse-befallen are the ones who see Right through their...

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