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Best Face The Facts Poems

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Face the Facts--Relax
Face The Facts--Relax

When a senior widower I became
      I joined others whose situation is the same.
One of those independent living...

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Categories: face the facts, appreciation, feelings, humor, women,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Stuff Happens
Life happens when you're busy,
Making other plans,
And things are often side tracked,
By circumstantial demands.

When you least expect it,
And sometimes when you do,
Life throws you a...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: face the facts, angst, happiness, health, inspirational,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member As Dark Clouds
Descends over the mountains 
a blanket of suffering thunder
The fork between two tongues sings 
truth always comes to light 
under angel rays expelling echoes 

A...

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Categories: face the facts, hate, love, peace, poverty,
Form: Narrative
The Beauty In Futility
Futility
my heart breathes its last breath
Embraces its own death
Ready to be reborn 
and made anew

Can’t live a lie
Refuse to “do”
and I’ll DIE....
Focus now on why...

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Categories: face the facts, angst, death, dedication, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Safety Measures
I am tired of the denial
Refusal to face the facts
Not learning from doctor’s reports
Not listening, so that we can plan
What is happening is unfolding,
All around...

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Categories: face the facts, health, truth,
Form: Free verse



Life Is a Pill
life is a pill
waiting for the bottle to refill
it takes away the feeling
but not the hurt that's dealing
it keeps you under control
but not the violence...

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Categories: face the facts, history
Form: Rhyme
Letting Go
I am under so much stress
It seems like my life is a total mess
I miss the life of no responsibility
Now the world seems to be...

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Categories: face the facts, loss, life,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Youth's Everything
"A Youth's Everything"
A first trial's bust seeks open arms to omnipresent consolation 
Attempts conclude in unconditional surrender but for an every time pleasantness
There breeds the...

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Categories: face the facts, family, life, people,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Sailing On
"Sailing On"
To live is to die but not before the ocean explored
We are the captains of our own lives, set sail young ones to the...

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Categories: face the facts, devotion, faith, family, happiness,
Form: I do not know?
What a Buddhist Knows - Samsara Revisited
I am not a Buddhist
But a friend of mine you see
Is a student of the Dharma
And passes on to me
The wisdom of the ages
To help...

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Categories: face the facts, destiny, life,
Form: Rhyme
When the Conch Shell Loses Its Roar
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment." 
- Margaret Mead 



It's time to face the facts, Jack, Jill; 
give the marsh back...

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Categories: face the facts, nature, passion, time,
Form: Free verse
Damage Control
Abuse, misuse, and mistreat the object of your affection.
In the name of a game – hearts bound in another direction.
Not seen or keen to a...

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Categories: face the facts, angst, husband, life, loss,
Form: Rhyme
No Matter the Difference, It's All the Same
The frist time I set foot on the earth,
I couldn't speak a single word.

On the same date, at the same time,
another child took his first...

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Categories: face the facts, anger, art, beauty, dream,
Form: Free verse
Children, Express Your Darkest Emotions
Children, Express Your Darkest Emotions

Children, express your darkest emotions on canvases
You can use any dark colours, no restriction
Express your darkest emotion, art is for that
Your...

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Categories: face the facts, art, beauty, children, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Put the Machete Down
While wielding a machete in my kitchen—
I had some foods to slice: tomatoes, cheese,
baked ham, boiled eggs, grapes, lettuce--I was planning
a scrumptious smorgasbord, one sure...

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Categories: face the facts, food, humor,
Form: Quatrain

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