Best Accomplishment Poems

an accomplishment

feeds the soul with the rich fruits

of its endeavor

but how soon emptiness gnaws

when only praise is devoured


January 18, 2016


~3rd Place~
Contest: Tanka
Sponsor: N.L. Kiser
Judged: 06/03/2021

~1st Place~ 
Contest: Syllables of Wisdom 3 
Sponsor: Silent One 
Judged: 01/21/2016

~8th Place~ 
Premiere Contest: Contest 205
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Judged: 09/18/201
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Weak and weary is the new physical outlook
while the skin remolds with lots of longitudes.
Hair dyed by nature itself,
Washed by legacies spreading
like the waves of an excited sea.

History presented with a new garment
through positive actions in great magnitude.
Looking back the steps, decorated with humanity’s smiles,
awarded...

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Go there now, 
Way out, effortful, 
Take much time....

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An Accomplishment

Put forth effort and away time went
What I did was an accomplishment
Writing poems until fingers were worn
Between next one to write I was torn.

In my case, what would you want to do
Set an excellent example for all of you
Or even come up with a...

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No one
Gives a  darn ab-
Out my accomplishment
No one gives a darn that  I wrote
A book...

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I tumble from my bed 
 As sleep beckons, instead
To math I do head
 This one class I dread.
 
Math is not my skill
 Nor does it thrill
But I take it still
 Like a bitter pill.

I study extremely hard
 My brain now scarred
As math does...

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For you are forsaken
My soul you've taken
For I'm just a foolish girl
Who doesn't have what it takes to last in this world
You words insulting
For when I escape, it will be exulting
From you and everyone
Your biggest mistake here was thinking I was the one
To just let...

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The abundant sadness was 
veritably escaping her eyes;
Fear of oblivion has been over 
come.

It was improbable to forget the 
past;
But intellectual to think of the 
future.

There has been many 
hamartias made;
But all have been forgiven.

Conceivably she thought of her 
life;
Accepting the fact that 
millennial mistakes...

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My ultimate stroke feather in cap 
Is a grand slam, hole in one, rap
With home run icing, on the cake
Putting finishing touch, on keepsake
A perfected prize showpiece 
Which is a classic gem, jewel, entry
Written in highly expressive
Dowering, poesy, narrative...

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My Greatest Accomplishment


 


My blood runs through your veins


And we share the same middle name


And from the moment you were conceived


A miracle of love was achieved



 


From your blue eyes that matches mine


A bond was created in little time


Rosy cheeks and strawberry hair


A miniature me...

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Digging my own grave synonymous with a sense of accomplishment

Quite an undertaking
to break ground
figuratively, and symbolically linkedin
while able bodied and mindedness
readies cemetery plot within Elysian Fields
although honestly, and truthfully
as an organ donor,
yours truly opts for cremation
once I, the corporeal constituent essence
that constitutes breadth,
height, length, et...

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* “You have to be both an angel and a devil in order to create peace”

I am a little kid walking up the dark cobbled streets of France, chatting among close 
friends.   Shouting, laughing, and wondering, what wonderful mixtures of food are our...

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February brings the return of Black History month
Black history is real history every day of the week,
So, I react with an “it’s a long coming” harumph!

Important roles of Blacks have been a hide and seek
It’s a cryin’ shame we must now denote “special” days
For Black...

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With any great accomplishment, comes great sacrifice.
With any great sacrifice, comes great hardship.
With any great hardship, comes great learning.
And all of that brings great reward....

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Life's Ladder


As time goes by, and we mature,
our serious life's journey begins-
the climb to attain growth and goals,
with many challenges to complete, for
the rewards of a meaningful life.

We smile at the foot of life's ladder
with bright hope for the ascent ahead;
our chance to make our...

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