Best Setbacks Poems

Setbacks Contest
Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negrom


missing link unknown
her death my pity hindrance 
lessening of growth

regressed innocence 
before successful progress
life’s impediment

severe frustration
defeated bloodline mourning
extinct from her loss

thirsty...

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She arose…
A phoenix out of a pile of ashes…
Out of abandonment
Out of hardships and constraints
Out of depression and sadness

She arose…
Out of cutbacks and setbacks 
Taking...

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The Ukrainian flag flies again in Kherson, it is a joy to see
The Russian army are running scared from Ukraines military
Russia pulled out its army...

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When I am reveling in love of family
Toasting virtues of revered friendships
Savoring freedoms that let me be
Luxuriating on sandy white beaches
Endowed with means to live...

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I still recall
I still feel
Feel the pain
Feel the strength
Strength of mind
Strength of spirit
Spirit kept me alive
Spirit that fought
Fought as an underdog
Fought against chance
Chance to breathe
Chance...

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Poor Santa Claus encountered a delay
          There was thick fog that made him lose his way
...

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She stood on the bridge

and  watched opportunity

drift farther downstream


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Contest: Setbacks
Sponsor Nayda Ivette Negron
7/9/16...

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Keep silent before Me, O islands and let the people renew their strength
Let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together...

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The base camp was my youth
I stood alone, ill-equipped, looking up.
The challenge before me, gullies filled with tangled unknowns
and sharp lessons.
My guides had abandoned me,...

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Being broken into pieces by repeated defeat,
I was knocked down; heart skipped its beat,
The last hope was vanished; no signs to succeed,
Failures had drained all...

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For many years, the creek, ran passed as a drain,
Polluted and unloved; a poisoned murky vein.
A favoured dumping place, for household unwanted things -
out of...

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The uplifting feeling that raises my body,
Elevate me onto the roof of the tallest tower,
I've been struck by extreme power,
I know this eager is so...

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More than eleven thousand days have passed since I started this voyage. 
Laughters, anguish, challenges, setbacks, achievements;
These shaped me into who I am presently
Resilient. Strong....

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As I lay listening to the steady thumping of his heart,
I can't even begin to explain how much he has become a part
Of me of...

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Keep smiling all the time !!!

Trials and troubles and despairs  are unavoidable
Until one sleeps in the cold embrace of a quiet cellar
Never mind the...

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