Best Challenge Poems

majestic he seems, staring down at me
with provocative, charcoal-cavern eyes
challenging me to forge upward
massive boulders, slippery streams and fallen trees
arduous obstacles he puts before me

shall I take his dare
perhaps ascending a few steps closer
to cerulean heaven
reach out to touch the kaleidoscope rainbow
an arc above this...

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My Father, 
See the little serpents slither
Among the Wolfsbane, the Foxglove and the Daffodil
My mother distains the creatures,
And fears the beauty of my garden
Though I see splendor in their movement
They dance carefully in the night,
The moonlight shining on their freshly shed scales

Why are they punished...

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Turbulent impervious obsidian lifeless world clouds God's compassionate
betrothed faithful prayer family.
Moonlight joy havens awestruck love elation.
Aquamarine wave spirits hot desire 
beyond passion.
Lilac crescent sky petals.
Life bliss vows hope peace freedom melody.
Azure northern light winds kiss calm stars.


poetry in Motion   : Marty Owens ...

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Time 
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Love is a challenge

Love's challenging so fight with your lover,
Love's about holding each other everytime,
Love's amazing which needs patient,
Love's sadness but happiness is love,
Don't give up on love fight.

Love yours first and love will follow,
Love's full of pain but don't run for what you love,
Love's...

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Eight Word Challenge – After the Thrill is Gone

Like an exotic orchid in the glow
of moonbeams, I unfolded 
vulnerable petals, inviting you in. 
And even radiant rainbows would exult 
in the opulence of our love.  
But loving you was a roller coaster ride… 
a...

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There are many poets on Poetry Soup
Deb’s limerick contest has thrown for a loop
Try as they might
They can’t write it right
To Deb it comes out smelling like poop

Deb's instructions I've tried to hit
While writing my own lim-er-ick
Each and every time
I miss the meter and the...

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Six words that carry so much weight 
for every situation in life 
we need to have these words 
as rumination 

because no matter what
happens we will somehow 
be challenged to live it out
we have a tendency to forget 
that to have a clean heart
means getting...

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I love the blank, bare page
unmarred by usage
untouched by erasure
thirsty as desert sand 
expectant, waiting
to pull onto itself and hold
all the words of my heart....

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for thine challenge of will faces my very existence
now i scurry for no one but God, the Creator
i bow down to no other

challenge i will face with a whole heart
justified in faith 
certified in sin... as i repent my wrongs

devastated i stand and wish to...

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Face to face, eye to eye
I stand tall and stay firm
My voice does not raise
And my tone does not change
I might listen... if I feel like it
But chances are...I won't believe you
I already know the words
The story is always the same

You are unchanging, but need...

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Sorrow had passed his way many times,
said the lines across his brow.
His truth was challenged again and again,
but to lies he refused to bow.

Even in the face of death,
his ground he firmly stood.
He'd taken an oath long years ago,
to always do as he knew he...

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Sorrow had passed his way many times,
said the lines across his brow.
His truth was challenged again and again,
but to lies he refused to bow. 


Even in the face of death,
his ground he firmly stood.
He'd taken an oath long years ago,
to always do as he knew...

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Unseen but ubiquitous,
Savage and surreal,
If not curated but contagious,
Annihilative and aerial,

Then lurking, now loose,
You are the silent stone sepulchre,
Tangling, tormenting; transient truce,
An asphyxiating, aggravating and apocalyptic aperture,

You might among countless thriving throng induce fear,
Cause bountiful bouts of darkness and despair,
You might perhaps possess lives of...

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While wandering thru the forest pines
                                      A lesson...

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