Best Pitfalls Poems

If you know all of a woman's flaws,
everything that's wrong with her,
and yet just looking at her
ignites something in your soul -
even if she broke your heart,
even if the tears you once cried,
you thought would never cease -
yet you can't seem to help
but look into...

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Everyday it seems i’m the victim of a false perception,
One I wish was true, but I am far from fulfilling the definition of perfection.
But people perceive me to be, form their remarks I can tell, 
They think too highly of me, i’m put on a...

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Spring is reknowned for its return of things,
allergies from tree pollen and ragweed,
warmer weather, fields of heather that brings
sneezing and sniffling noses, so take heed.

River ice thaws, causing lowlands to flood,
wreaking havoc, worry, and does great harm.
Properties are covered by silt and mud.
Lives are lost....

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A very dear man of the cloth used to sing a song most precious.
The song was entitled,  'Christ Is The Answer", and the line that
most spoke out to me was, 'Life is so uncertain. There are pitfalls
that get in your way'.  Pitfalls getting...

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If you make a claim
they freely raise the annual fees
and then they confound the issue
with talk of  a depressed market
and  rampant  inflation
I wanted to change horses
but realised the claim we had made
would make our insured sum more expensive
I felt their snide behaviour
There...

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I can't avoid all the pitfalls
they run to deep or stand to tall
I will dodge as many as I can see
some I will keep to strengthen me
others may show me where to go
very well needed to soften the blow
once I have traveled and endured
the wrath,those...

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Lord of things literary, please bring me
another dictionary
with unused words for novel weave.
The old clichés I’d bury.

Musicians and artists use the tools
of those who have gone before.
The poet’s words are his alone
to be avoided evermore.

Poetry Soup made up a list
of old worn out cliché’s.
If I...

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The urge to serve
For a feel good factor
Though with gusto and verve
Act of doership, ego the detractor

Hermit resolute
Knows his life's mission 
Recognising ego’s in pursuit
For each act, seeks God's permission

11-October-2022...

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Having formed an opinion
we become a mere minion
before ego, our mind closed;
dweller of darkness, hard nosed.

Childlike innocence pious,
shifts to an inbuilt bias;
our judgements oft negative,
becoming soul's narrative.

Breath by breath, we live and learn,
to make still mind-body urn,
choosing always throb of love,
of grace that pours from...

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One voice-one line
no thoughts permitted
to reach the artist's eye
sanity thrown into frothy fit
the press is-inking lies

One voice-one line
so there they forever sit
void of god...s golden air
deep in a muddy pit
these blossoms of despair
one party-feeding us all their $hit

One voice-one line
heaven in the devil's grip
no hope...

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Life's little pitfalls

All alone in the world without any help from anyone. I
struggle through life's little pitfalls. I reach a goal but stumble 
back further. I cry and scream then continue the struggle again. 
I finally reach the top of the struggle so secure and...

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In lovers’ tender times of togetherness,  
They share sweet, soothing whispers,  
With smiles blooming wider than blossoms,  
Their joy, a kind beyond all measures.

But when love begins to fade within the heart,  
And jabs and pokes cause feelings to sneeze, ...

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To those wrapped up in pitfalls of own,
E’en pretty appears pedestrian.
To him down with jaundice,
With pallid prejudice,
Even moon-white conch looks dullish wan.   
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Translation |20.09.2024| pitfalls, pretty, prejudice 

Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam.  He who is...

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Pride it is said goes before a fall
A fall may not be fatal 

One good fall could be a blessing in disguise 
For It could signal a new beginning 

It could portend a second chance
It could also be a learning phase

When you skip and fall
As...

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