Best Life Is What You Make It Poems

I've been around a lotta years!
I've traveled the road of life!
I've had many, many, ups and downs,
times of joy, and grief, and strife!

I've tried my best, to keep looking ahead,
but on occassion, I'd pause to reflect!
I call upon, hard lessons learned,
to attain the results, that...

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Birth: the first step to journey’s end.
We cannot travel and pretend
That our paths will be all straight
And leave the helm to luck, not faith.
There will be chasms full of gloom
Where evil spirits hide and loom
The eerie feelings forecast doom
And wide-eyed flowers do not bloom;
There will...

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Birth 
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birth, to those who dare
begins the life adventure
to never fear death

©Donna Jones
3-17-2014...

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BIRTH came to me without my permission
possibly doomed to spend my life
no questions asked with strict submission
various sojourns from breast milk to sweets

then pubescent hair begins to sprout
I cannot figure my parents out
they call it a  rebellion 
of an immature child but I am...

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Birth … Death;
You fill in the blank.

Some are dealt an easy hand; 
Some given challenges that are hard;
Some are fed with a silver spoon;
Some presented problems by the yard.

Some have so much support;
Some are left all on their own;
Some live in luxury;
Others don’t even have...

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birth of a poem

as beauty flutters forth. . . .

the chrysalis’ death...

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Born: March 8th 2014

Who would assume
she could never bloom
Who would assume
she could leave so soon
Who would assume
such doom could loom
that a life giving womb
would turn to a tomb...

Died: March 6th 2014

Dedicated to Kloe Faith Reno and my precious granddaughter in law Veronica and grandson Jacob...

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Birth of an infant, a mom's victorious pain
From monosyllables to phrases to sentences
Speech takes the place of shouts and cries
Actions replaces the moans; coos and tries

From crawls to strollers, sturdy legs stood up
From dolls to cars, who could have thought
Later from afar, some "plays" could...

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Born to see it, in the midst of a beautiful change
Tis a faux pas in American history
A blob of dark ink on an exquisite painting
There is no mystery
A time with blood and fears reigning

This disparity caused a Civil War
When avarice possessed no humanity
Some realizing the...

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BIRTH OF NEW IDEAS IS INVENTIONS MADE.
YOUR INQUIRIES INSINUATE.

AMBITIONS GET YOU UP AND ON THE GO.
THEREFORE, SET YOUR GOALS.

OPTIMIZATION MAXIMIZES FUNCTIONALITY.
PERFECT...

WONDERFUL IS THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN.
KNOW THAT LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT!

UTOPIA IS THE IDEAL PLACE.
UNTIL DEATH…

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Birth,when time silently stops, is measured
Life brings a cry, a restless soul now born
Heart, life's beating clock quietly treasured
From this, we await the moment all mourn
Time is what's spent with every choice and deed
As we come to learn, understand its dues
Payment for decisions from want...

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Birth naked as the day, I lay upon the floor
cover less, chill, eyes fluttering, closed, aware... 
inward I stare, counting chest rises, in despair.
Fear of onward life is more than I can ignore.
Outside, a flutter of wings seeks to explore,
the haunting howl of wolf, mating...

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Birth adorns the gush of flowers
Across a patch that lifts boughs’ grace
Where Grandma tends a day's embrace
Mellowing the closure of hours.
 
The lucent sun pours dewy gold
On mounds changing autumn to snow
Her eyes agleam from sprouts below
As dahlia buds peep and unfold.

I gaze to watch...

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When you find yourself with more time than things to do
Think back on all the times the reverse was true. 
When you feel alone in the midst of a noisy crowd
Remember there's a bright blue sky behind the clouds

When you feel that you just cannot...

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