Best Determination Poems

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will power & self determination.
I am a crazy traveller.
I walk on the wind.
I am a friend for my...

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Her appearance
    I cannot express
  But sure I know her
    in the flesh

  In myriad contexts can she speak
    though she's not multilingual
  She may be married, maybe single
    in...

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Perfection is my 
Prey- and I am its most ra-
                    Venous predator....

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Whoever said life would be easy was nuts
In spite of the all good times, it still takes guts
Determination and will power
And love stuff by the hour
And a sweetie to help you through all of the ruts


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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keep dwelling in the clouds, my mentor said
and shun those who would drag you through the mud
their heinous wish to keep you seeing red
is Satan's lure for drawing out first-blood

for in this world malevolence abounds
and evil lurks in every corner nook
to tit for tat in...

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Don't know why people boast and stand erect, 
As I have heard no one is perfect.
Is it only money or power for this cause?
And for this, should I boo or applause!

Different people have different thinking,
But everyone wants to fly.
We've seen trees arguing with plants,
I don't...

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dreams
decapitated

damsel in
deadlock

disappointed
disillusioned

will dust off
try again



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on July 8, 2020...

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DO NOT STAY GENTLE INTO THAT SHELL
Do not stay gentle into that shell,
Old age and death sails to snatch your day;
Wake up against the quenching bell,

For many will think the dark is theirs to sell,
Because time has failed to open the heap of their bay,
Do...

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Spring
becomes
aggressive
as it campaigns
for the earth to spurt
forth resplendent colors
splayed in intricate patterns
that display the vibrancy and
toughness of reemerging flora.
Inspiring era of new beginnings!...

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I must travel to that space to where I know my own perfection
To turn my eyes to the most uplifted of exalted heavens
To feed the grace of challenge and objection
As the daring confrontation to my guide to never lessen
Bearing the thrust, lifting the weight of...

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more than any other year seedlings will flourish



AP: 1st place 2022

Submitted on December 30, 2018 for contest NEW YEAR RESOLUTION IN ONE LINE sponsored by SILENT ONE  -  RANKED 1ST...

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Dullness slowly gives way and comes to life
As sunrays gently warm a sleepy earth
Blooming dreams in colors devoid of strife
Annual cycle silently gives birth

Air impregnated with vibrant yearning
Nurturing tender lover's kiss and nudge
A compulsion too strong to quell burning
The miracle of buds begin to budge

Spring's...

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so i set sail
and will not stop
until i can reach out
hold you and
pull you safe into my arms



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on December 14, 2022...

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In the voyage of life when we set sail
Let patience allied with perseverance
Be the bacon light for us to avail
In the warm summer of exuberance
As in the wild, wobbling winter of gloom
When wilful wintry winds whirl us to doom;

When whooping waves waft the frame of...

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Such a nose had Ol’ Blue.
Best in south Missouri... everybody knew.
Could smell a pheasant across the plain.
Could point a covey in a hurricane.
That’s the way the legend goes.
Ol’ Blue had a “magic nose.”
 
As Blue got older, his master’s mind would drift away
To a place where...

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