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Best Ordinary People Poems

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Ordinary People Can Become Extraordinary
in some  situations  we might feel  like our  faces  don't  fit
some times  we might  feel like ...

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Categories: ordinary people, dedication, faith, god, trust,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Poetry People
People who write poetry 
Are not so hard to find 
You'll find them writing anything 
And they'll try to blow your mind
 
They'll write about...

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Categories: ordinary people, people,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Memories
Life was harsh for me
very harsh from the beginning, in the little village in Greece.
We hardly had anything to eat because everything was
destroyed by WW2...

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Categories: ordinary people, courage, god, life, memory,
Form: Bio
Premium Member What Fascinates Me
 More than anything Nature fascinates me
Men living in close proximity to nature, I love to see
So I ramble into the city’s far outskirts
Watching ordinary...

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Categories: ordinary people, beauty, environment, happiness, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Purple Reign
There is no plum-colored ermine trimmed cloak to be worn, 
and no one's pen is a royal scepter which gems will adorn.
Poets are just ordinary...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ordinary people, how i feel,
Form: Monorhyme



Mother Teresa and I
Mother Teresa
She is the mother of every poor people, injured people, ordinary people...

Always we remember the great news
'Mother Teresa will get the Nobel Peace Prize.'
It...

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Categories: ordinary people, feelings, love, mother, tribute,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Exclusive Birth Rights
Exclusive Birth Rights

I am German and guilty as charged by history and evil parental culpability
privileged by life and proxy thus I refuse to forget ancestral...

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Categories: ordinary people, humanity, , memorial,
Form: Free verse
Is Anything Too Hard For the Lord
Do not let your hearts be troubled
Our God is An Amazing and powerful God 
He can turn your Disappointment into Gods Appointment.
He can turn your...

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Categories: ordinary people, blessing, christian, christmas, encouraging,
Form: Classicism
You Want To and Can Write Poetry
Dear budding poet,

Regarding modern poetry this is a result of poets such as you redesigning forms of poetry written through the ages by different nationalities,...

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© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ordinary people, age, devotion, imagination, me,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Christmas Souvenir
a Christmas card’s a little thing
so much~ a loving wish to bring
but still my Christmas souvenir you’ll take
in kindness, for the giver’s sake

The first known...

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Categories: ordinary people, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Frightened By the Polls
Frightened By the Polls

As frightened as a wolverine in a man-made metal trap,
The politician crawled out from under his rock.
Afraid, after his voting record was...

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Categories: ordinary people, political
Form: Narrative
Everyday Heroes
Everyday Heroes

Let’s talk about everyday Heroes
Ordinary people like you and I
People who do not always win
But are always willing to try.

People who go on everyday
Making...

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Categories: ordinary people, uplifting,
Form: I do not know?
The 60s
American Bandstand, Aqua Velva Ads, Aretha Franklin, and, the Andy Griffith Show
Black lights, Bewitched, bean bag chairs, beads, Batman and the Beatles
Cleopatra, Corvairs, Corvettes, Chevelles,...

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Categories: ordinary people, america, angst, fashion, history,
Form: Abecedarian
Angels In the Form of Friends
The road may seem tough right now like an endless uphill climb.
And you may feel that all lifes struggles is one big waste of time....

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Categories: ordinary people, angel, friendship, hope, people,
Form: Rhyme
A Thank You To the Nurse
A rhyming thank you written in verse
To the wonderful women and men who work as a nurse
They do so much more than just first aid
Considering...

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Categories: ordinary people, health, sister, social, work,
Form: Rhyme

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