Best Arduous Poems

Poetry's an arduous art.
It requires skill and meter
and a poet with very rare heart,
or he will tire and teeter.


29 December 2014...

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I was wandering barefoot in the snow
What a journey I had to sow

I knew this wasn’t something I would normal indulge in
A strange kind of winter walk without a coat in the wind 

But I continued my lonely trudging anyway
The skies where a dire dark...

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She felt utterly drenched 
 in his intoxicating  poetry
whetted her insatiable
   hunger for allegories'
     drunken semblances,
quenched an arid thirst  
     parched of reality,
as she fully indulged 
  a 'roused appetite
amidst gratifying
 ...

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Two hundred and forty seconds or more,
Laying, fetal position in Mother’s fluids,
Fighting for air, for life
Foreshadowing his existence.

Birthed, alone
Taken from one home of solitude to 
One of solitary confinement.
To us, a tragedy, to him; life.

December 3, 1930,
Before the stock market crashed
Before this child would be...

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In arduous times
Angels flake like confetti
Though soft as snowflakes...

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You are my saving grace…you never left me without a trace
You traced tranquility on my lips…I need to get a grip…how I long for His accord…
life could be easy or hard – don’t discard the talent of a brainless, yet clever 
bard…I still have the...

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Poesy's an arduous art;
     it requires skill and strict meter
and a poet of strong, rare heart;   
     or he will soon tire and teeter.

Poesy's an arduous art;
     one must be a...

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A confident man I used to be,
I was content and settled but still not free,
some spark I caused set alight to my soul,
as I moved towards a happier goal.

A father, a husband, a soldier and lover,
things now in my past, but not all quite over,
guided...

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Life is arduous, solid, firm...
             light, simple is to break
             rocks ... it is laborious to live ...
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Tree trunk dulled the axe,
feller had to sharpen and wax,
apply strength twice as much,
to fell the tree as such,
all arduous deeds are about same,
you have to work hard,hard and hard,
honing,cutting and nibbling,
before they lead you to any fame....

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C-omplete the arduous duty, 
R-efrain from being negligent; 
I-t's a task given by God, 
S-tay vigorous and diligent.

L-aborious or arduous duty
I-s done through faith and love; 
Z-ealously uphold your fervor, 
A-im to please the Father above.
R-emain strong and steadfast, 
D-oing your function ardently; 
O-n Thursday...

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the leeway of cosmos stand perplexing 
grueling strained in this way
enlightenment darkened

Written: March 25, 2022...

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L-ong and arduous journey
O-pens your life to faith; 
V-igorously reach your goal, 
E-nter into the heaven's gate.

L-ong and arduous journey
I-s also the difficult way; 
B-ecause it's marked by great effort, 
E-leventh of March Sunday.
R-ough and rigorous road
A-llows your eyes to see
T-he hard and gruelling labor
O-f...

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The spiritual mountain is an arduous climb.
Just keep looking up. Don't glance at behind..
It's bound to get tougher the higher one goes.
Be careful where you step and grasp with those toes..
Climb above this world with it's problems and hatred,
as you strive to keep your thoughts...

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Travails nor toils so edgy,
Hilly roads nor heights dizzy,
Nor arduous journey,
Ye call it a pilgrimage,
I, picnic spots, what a rage!
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Musings|18.05.2021|
Topic: travel, pilgrimage

Poet’s Note: Pilgrimages are increasingly turning into picnic spots what with smooth roads, infrastructure to cater to visitors, and comfortable facilities. People arrive in...

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