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Women's Day
...Everyone is incredible Yes, this is true But let me tell you About what we as women do We have done so much That people said we couldn't do We have beat the odds Yes, let's talk about tha......
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Concetta Hardnett
Categories:
beat the odds,
beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands
...The purpose of authority is to remain in authority, not to dispense justice. (Anonymous) There are lofty careers such as chef or physician, But none is so low as a politician. We vote to send ......
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Jim Slaughter
Categories:
beat the odds,
political,
Form:
Political Verse
Man On Fire
...He took risks you might not have Thinking that he deserved to beat the odds Flames like heated fiery thorns Eat through his flesh numbing as they go In pain, he swirls, his muscles roil He wishe......
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Greg Gaul
Categories:
beat the odds,
death, fire, identity, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Doom and Gloom
...It’s pretty easy to write hysterical headlines; News flash; everyone is going to die! And yet, it’s just as easy to spin it elseways; News flash; everyone is alive! But the known is not n......
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James Moore
Categories:
beat the odds,
perspective, social, spiritual,
Form:
Narrative
Faith
...Last few years I had so many fears. Tears I knew I was dying. To myself I was not lying. Dying alone made me afraid In my brain I stayed Life is good Must be understood I had to learn fai......
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William P. Harris
Categories:
beat the odds,
age, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Sweethearts
...How I miss what I never had Long hot kisses kinetic cranberry flavored As I struggle with my need to breathe Every breath in and out for you The deepest fuzzy feelings ferment In every fiber of......
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Karen Jones
Categories:
beat the odds,
inspirational love, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
Why
...One would seem to wonder Why I have the same enemies That thought that in life You could never be a friend I have been on my work since age 14 Now I'm standing on the mountain top About to real......
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Kaylesha Cooper
Categories:
beat the odds,
12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Did We
...Did we give it a fair chance Did we just hold hands And shared a dance Did we ever feel That what we had was real Did you ever stop and think Or retrack That I was always the one who lov......
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Concetta Hardnett
Categories:
beat the odds,
celebration,
Form:
Free verse
What Happened To the Giants, Part I
...You may have heard folks speak about giants, it certain circles that some call ‘plain nuts!’ among cryptozoological types they’re speculated upon rather much. And every few months on the intern......
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David Welch
Categories:
beat the odds,
conflict, history, myth, people,
Form:
Epic
Has Anyone Lived Long Enough
...Has anyone lived long enough, To finish cleaning out the garage. Has anyone lived long enough, To see leftover room in kitchen cupboards. Has anyone lived long enough, To bear witness to a m......
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David Smith
Categories:
beat the odds,
age, baptism, blue, character,
Form:
Grook
The Open Door
...Life is like a door without a key It’s the truth starring you right In the eyes that you’ve refused to see Simply open the door and walk boldly Into the unknown where you’ll go from There who......
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Charity Johnson
Categories:
beat the odds,
confidence,
Form:
Rhyme
Odd Sods Nursery Rhyme
...Odds and sods with change of strange You my think you feared what’s weird But what you’ll find within your mind Has likely in others also appeared Change of strange with odds and sods Embrace ......
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Hat Bueckert
Categories:
beat the odds,
life, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
Up To the Gods
...A chance to play the cards life dealt you hope for once to beat the odds. Your heart says yes; because it felt a chance to play the cards life dealt. You knew a dream, like ice, could mel......
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Emile Pinet
Categories:
beat the odds,
anxiety, confidence, dream, fate,
Form:
Triolet
Mother
...I may not be good for many things The days that cut one down came early for me I may not have fancy cars and gold rings But if you recall there was a time all those things were a could be I may......
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Shawn Gorsick
Categories:
beat the odds,
angel,
Form:
Rhyme
The Women In My Family
...Women in my family have to fight Fight to live fight to die One born premature with challenges With a heart so pure settling the balances She was a model name Tiffany Like her name she was ve......
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Karen Jones
Categories:
beat the odds,
america, appreciation, beauty, black
Form:
Rhyme
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