Best Persistence Poems
Persistence : a Collab With Cd(A Paul Callus & Carolyn Devonshire collaboration)
Standing not far from the cliff’s edge
the aging tree, solitary,
with gnarly roots clings to the rocks -
she shows resolve, tenacity.
My younger days were easier;
as a tiny...
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Categories:
persistence, life, metaphor,
Form:
Quatrain
The Persistence of Memory, Collaboration with Sara Jama
Caustic memories dissolve on my tongue
Lingering tastes of battery acid and nicotine
Cause me to choke on putrid saliva.
Staring at melting walls, clocks tick in unison.
Distorted birdsong hums outside of jagged windows
Under the warped sun, an unrepentant landscape blurs....
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Categories:
persistence, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
The Persistence of Memory Painting by Salvador Dali - Collaboration with Dilly DallyCaustic memories dissolve on my tongue
Lingering tastes of battery acid and nicotine
Cause me to choke on putrid saliva.
Staring at melting walls, clocks tick in unison.
Distorted birdsong hums outside of jagged windows
Under the warped sun, an unrepentant landscape blurs....
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Categories:
persistence, art, deep, imagery, poetry,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Persistence FurthersThere are I'm sure
people
who
will
tell
you
to
stop
I'm also sure
you will persist
in your literary
efforts
Some may say
its only poetry
but we know
different - don't we friends?
Poetry can change a life...
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Categories:
persistence, poetry,
Form:
Ballad
Generative PersistenceGenerative Persistence
Give it a name; “generative presence”, “persistence”
Emergent with life, feeling and a pulse
Send it on its way while clinging to the egg
Enable it from a distance to become of use
Keep yourself in a suggestive cocoon
State of fixation, enameled in stasis
Embedded in concrete reality...
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Categories:
persistence, birth, creation, identity, image,
Form:
Free verse
The Persistence of MemoryInspired by the painting by Salvador Dali:
'The Persistence of Memory'
The endless eking out of time
Drains me of my verve
Trying to recall what once was mine
Is any sense of self conserved?
If I could summon just an ounce
Of the energy I need
This state of melancholy I would...
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Categories:
persistence, art, mental illness,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Inspired By S Dali Painting the Persistence of MemoryBig white clock is bored
With the uniformity of time
Flowing unnoticeably every day
Always the same tedious way
The clock has been sitting there
From the dawn of the time
Meticulously marking steps of
Hours minutes, and seconds
Till it could no longer bear
The meaningless existence
Of being a humdrum...
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Categories:
persistence, allusion, analogy, philosophy, time,
Form:
Free verse
The Persistence of a Memory of Apricot ShampooThe Persistence of a Memory of Apricot Shampoo
by Michael R. Burch
For all that I remembered, I forgot
her name, her face, the reason that we loved...
and yet I hold her close within my thought:
I feel the burnished weight of auburn hair
that fell across her face, the...
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Categories:
persistence, desire, hair, longing, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Undying PersistenceSmitten by unrequited love,
rejection's rage grounds fledgling hearts.
And any chance of happiness
is lost before it even starts.
Denial comforts hopeful hearts
left in this vulnerable state.
For they cling tight to the false hope
that time might yet alter their fate.
Always waiting in the shadows;
they keep passion's flame concealed.
For...
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Categories:
persistence, emotions, feelings, hurt, love
Form:
Quatrain
Love's PersistenceLove's persistence
Drip...Drip...Drip...as drops fall to the rocks below
Split...Split...Split... the rocks split open from the persistent flow
Try...Try...Try...I try to penetrate your heart of solid stone
Know...Know... Know...I know with persistence our love too can grow
Open...Open...Open...your heart cracked wide open for me
Now we know with love's persistence our...
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Categories:
persistence, love, metaphor, relationship, repetition,
Form:
Rhyme
PersistenceLOOK THERE. NOTHING HERE.
CABINETS BARE.
BEARLY ATE.
STARE THROUGH SPACE.
CAN'T KEEP PACE.
NEIGHBOR FRIED CHICKEN.
FINGER LICKIN'
DIRTY FINGERS.
NEED SOAP
CAN'T COPE
NEED SLEEP. NO SHEETS.
CAN'T KEEP. COUNTING SHEEP.
ONE TWO THREE
MUST GET THERAPY.
AND FIND RESOURCES
BEFORE FROST HITS.
MUST PERSIST
I EXIST....
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Categories:
persistence, angst, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
The Persistence of Memory
How strange it is to see clocks on the branches of trees.
Their appearance to be melting adds to the peculiarities.
High cliffs are in the background against a stagnant sea.
Does this scenario seem a bit strange to you or me?
That thing in the middle has long...
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Categories:
persistence, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Show Persistence and ResilienceShow persistence and resilience
Be the one who never gives in
Have courage and strength to survive
Always look deep within
Believe that you can achieve
Just keep your chin up
Be fierce with determination
Continue to rise to the top...
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Categories:
persistence, courage, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Come Into Your OwnIt never is too late to start
Pursuing what you dream.
Listen closely to your heart...
Allow your mind to stream.
Do not let status or age
Instill crisis within you.
Successfully turning the page?
Only if you decide to.
All of us when we are younger
Wish that we could be
A certain someone...
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Categories:
persistence, character, courage, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
Never Give UpNever give up
I am talking to you.
Never give up.
Wait! What! Say it again!
Yes, do not give up on the life-changing dreams with which you are busy.
Persuasion, persistence and endurance are the keys.
Self-confidence, self-determination and visualisation are the processes.
But, let go of bad habits.
Drop the negativity,...
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Categories:
persistence, courage, education, encouraging, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse