Ambition Poems - Poems about Ambition

Sometimes, I wonder What success truly means If it steals your peace Or dims the joy in your loved ones’ dreams. I watch the world in motion Racing for applause and praise Chasing coins that melts easily While warm hearts drift away. They miss the meals that matter Trading laughter for a task Declining calls with trembling guilt Behind masks of ambition. Sometimes, I truly wonder What success...

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There is order to my chaos an urgency to make things right I have ambitions I can taste dreams that must be set in motion once I see the morning light There is order some my chaos a plan when all you see is madness I fear that I’ll run out of time I long to leave my affairs most orderly A fine book...

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aborted ambitions time squandered dreams abandoned a life mismanaged a ship with no one at the helm subject to the currents and the whim of winds idle and adrift we've run out of options out of time and out of excuses AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Submitted on June 2, 2025 for contest YOUR CHOICE T sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - Honorable Mention ...

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time is a lane on the freeway keep your eye on the destination do not get distracted from your ambition the only frivolities worthwhile are relationships and even then ~ choose wisely AP: Honorable Mention 2025 ...

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A sleazy greedy cheating single-minded lying used car salesman with ambition had higher aspiration hopes of a top managerial position altho' customer trust was a must as the fast-talking low-life archetype his focus was on moving their money into his pocket with one fell swipe so to move as much merchandise as a man can possibly do while on rota to meet his quota he'd advertise...

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Aisha was fierce and sensuous and belonged on Broadway she knew what she wanted and was bound to get her way AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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rain or shine at every turn she has a smile for everyone she meets she’s kindhearted beyond reproach most considerate but finally learning compassion for every human being she has ambitions and lofty dreams determined to leave this world a better place Maybelline is a sunbeam on people’s path Submitted on May 18, 2025 for contest SELF ESTEEM ODES sponsored by CRYSTOL WOODS...

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Amouage is given to the Pope, the King, the Queen some we offer willingly others begrudgingly the honorable can be challenged or challenging the dishonored deemed unworthy, placed upon a teetering putrid pedestal Though at times impartial are the judges, not always too partial implies and infuses distrust unless we first seek to understand, make sense of it all it’s the way of the...

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It was true that I didn't have much ambition, but there should be a place for those without wings, a better place than the usual one, where dreams flow like rivers at dusk, how could anyone enjoy being woken up at 6:30 in the morning by an unrelenting clock, to jump out of bed like a puppet pulled...

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Am I my brother’s keeper? Well…in a way I keep your secrets in a chamber of my heart I keep your confidences hidden behind the lids of my eyes I keep your skeletons locked in the cupboard of my mind I keep your insecurities safe in a bag of many tears you’ve cried I keep your hopes in a jar with...

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An anaconda, Arthur, so wide, Tried to join a tightrope, and sighed. He wobbled and swayed, Then simply just stayed, "That's not balance," he hissed, "I've been lied!" ©bfa032225 ...

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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." — Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V Some are born to crowns and gold, With power strong and wealth untold. Some will climb, with sweat and pain, To carve their names and stake their claim. And then there’s me—a simple bloke, Who’d rather nap than wear a cloak. Greatness...

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They called him a child of the sky, a storm-born spark, a rising sun His steps were light, his hands were quick, he climbed before he learned to run The world below had sung his name, its voices laced with awe and might You’ll reach the peak they whispered low, where all the stars align in light He climbed through fire, through fractured...

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In another life, I was a poet just as I am now. I have no idea when I started writing or how. The ambition to motivate has always been with me. I never hesitate to motivate and lift humanity to a higher degree ...

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Morning glory, The mountains stand in brown nudity, There's no shame in being mighty echoes the wind, The air is taut with the brooding silence of a storm, It will rain tears sooner or later, And the roar of affliction will cut through the silence, The rage of war will be a din, Churning cataracts of unceasing wants, Our hunger refuses to be...

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