Mouse or Mountain
...My life is made up of so many stages.
I change as I go through the ages.
A rambunctious child and a shy little mouse.
A loving teenager and a right proper louse.
Through the changes of every seas...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, life,
Form: Rhyme
Will Power
...Some days are diamonds
Some days aren't that great
After many years on this planet Earth
I've discovered attitude makes a huge difference
This WILL be a good day because I WILL it to be
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, celebration,
Form: Free verse
That's Life
...Author's note: After recently reading Elizabeth McCann's piece "Life and Everything", I was reminded of this piece that I put together some years ago. These are some "catchphrases" that I have encoun...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, life,
Form: List
The Little Folks
...Even on your darkest day
You can still find reason to smile
Old sol is shining somewhere
The dark is only here for a while
Sadness never sticks around
It usually comes and goes
Bright...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, fun,
Form: Rhyme
- Three Wishes -
...Are we really willing to take the chance to change our existence
My biggest and first wish is a world free of nuclear weapons
The future is in the hands of the enemy
"Always look on the bright si...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, dream, world,
Form: Free verse
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till He Gets Blue In the Face
...blowing balloons signaling 158 years since Appomattox
(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon would be morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of *****Sapiens)
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
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 fo...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, anti bullying, faith, inspirational,
Form: Pantoum
Peril Us Aye Grant This To Be a Civil Yet Hurried Lee Red
...(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon wold be a morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of *****Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Ching-A-Ling
...An eternal optimist I am, one day closer to spring
Hey, it ain't a lie, always look on the bright side of things
Could be a lot worse
Could be riding in a hearse
Little things count like ...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, future,
Form: Limerick
My Favorite Song -Always Look On the Bright Side
...It's a wonder how we get through life's start
with tears flowing from the first depart
but still we take that breath and bravely forge ahead,
wondering what we could have done instead.
We cry...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, cry, fun, humor, silly,
Form: Carpe Diem
Chuckles, Giggles, and Guffaws
...Chuckles, giggles and guffaws
That's the only way to fly
Find silliness in all everyday things
Tears of joy will fill your eyes
In fact if you're not careful
You'll infect your fellow ...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, fun,
Form: Quatrain
Jack Ellison
..."If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing!"
-Always Look On the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle, from Monty Python
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, appreciation, deep, devotion, friendship,
Form: Ode
A Happy Old Bird
...Hello you sweeties and you guys too
Hope you all have a fantastic day
It's the fervent wish I wish every day
Us Soupers must stay close I say
Support each other when we feel down
We're...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, happiness, love,
Form: Quatrain
Will Power
...Some days are diamonds
Some days aren't that great
After many many years on this planet Earth
I've discovered attitude makes a huge difference
This WILL be a good day because I WILL it to...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side, life, planet,
Form: Narrative
My Better Half
...You are the anchor that holds me in place
Without you my life would be just an empty space
You are my strength when I grow weak
Inspiration I draw from comforting words you speak
I find solace in yo...
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Categories:
always look on the bright side,
Form: Light Verse
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