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Premium Member Overcoming Desperation
Desperation, draw me not like magnets pull
But once again let saneness possess me in full
Do not ravage me like a lion upon its prey
Block not...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, anxiety, depression, fear, hope,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Obsessed With Love
Hate is an unnecessary need
in the book of necessities.
Love is the key component
within the book of obsessities.

Lust is an unfaithful guide
misguiding towards fake perceptions.
Sincere love...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, analogy, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If This Was the Last
i remember all of our first times
all of our poems

i've always been safer in air
yet you kept me afloat in rushing tides
but
without your beautiful silhouette...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, angst, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Dark Poet
She writes of darkness like her soul’s been sold
But deep inside she has a heart of gold
Words brought on by a darkened past
At times she...

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Categories: overcoming, imaginationlight, angel, angel, light,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Confidence
Quote: Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person.
Mark M...

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Categories: overcoming, confidence,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Mistakes Are Lessons
"A person who never made a mistake; 
never tried anything new."  Albert Einstein

__________________

This poet girl,
wrote in crayon, then gave pens a whirl;
I made mistakes-...

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Categories: overcoming, life, power, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Triumph Over Pride
As darkness covers moonlit night
stubbornness of will tracks the light-- 
and climbs upon iced mountain top, 
so near to fall, so quick flakes drop. 
...

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Categories: overcoming, endurance, pride, recovery from,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Overcome
Some mistakes are
Not so easy to erase
Some linger
And haunt you
No matter what you’ve done
No matter what you do
As you try to forget
As you try to...

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Categories: overcoming, angst, introspection, longing, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Depth of Being
In the depths of existence, where truths reside,

I seek the meaning that life cannot hide.

Through whispered echoes and moments sublime,

I unravel the secret, the essence...

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© Di No  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, deep, emotions, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If Anything
If Anything, my life in twilight's grasp,
A realm of endings, where shadows clasp.
No deed can alter destiny's decree,
Yet bonds of attachment, I seek to flee.

Dreams...

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© Jay Narain  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, desire, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Never Lost

The palms whistled in the wind, as waves rolled onto shore
The path of moonlight shimmered, we wanted nothing more
We laughed as we dodged the moving...

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Categories: overcoming, beach, love, night, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
The Definition of a Real Woman
(W)- A real woman knows that the wages of sin is death so she is not concerned about the wages of a real man, because...

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© Tay Reid  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, anniversary, beauty, butterfly, courage,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Domino Effect
At long last
the woman in her rebelled!    
Overcoming fear and shame
she spoke out
not in a whisper
but loud, clear; determined
to end the torment...

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Categories: overcoming, abuse,
Form: Free verse
A Tribute To Eminem
Without you there's no doubt I'd be
a man without this poetry,
you brought the artist out of me,
my rhymes make up your legacy.

The millions that you...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: overcoming, hip hop, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
The College
The knowledge…from ‘The College’…
Is any other high school greater…maybe later…?
From a tender age…what is the stage…?
The motto…never yield…but be brave…
For five years…no fears…some stares…many cheers…
The...

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Categories: overcoming, courage, emotions, encouraging, inspiration,
Form: Free verse

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