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Best Shortcoming Poems

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Shortcoming
Face it
Race it
Erase it

Try no more
It faces me
It races
It doesn't stop

Only me
We wait
We see

It charges
You
Me
We all do
You saw

It developed
We were there
We knew it was developing

Before...

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Categories: shortcoming, america, cheer up, child,
Form: Free verse



I Am But a Grain of Sand
"Happiness and sorrow ebb and flow like waves upon a beach, 
and I am but a grain of sand."
      ...

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Categories: shortcoming, character, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
A Haku From My World-2014
The internal fire
searing away life's pain
change summers forest

born into the world
contemplating renewal
ice covered rivers

all seasons cycle
pain love life feeling anger
eternal rhythm

bright autumn color
death brings life...

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Categories: shortcoming, change, conflict, confusion, emotions,
Form: Haiku
The Great Teacher
He was a man whose tongue held no lies,
For he was the direct descendant of our father in the heavenly skies.
Born to a body of...

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Categories: shortcoming, christian, religion,
Form: Rhyme
I Am a Whisper
I am a whisper
I am a warning
I am the Man in the Moon

I am a secret
I am a sinner
I am an ominous tune

I am a...

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© Kyle H19  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shortcoming, crazy, dark, depression, introspection,
Form: Rhyme



This Woman His Wife 1
It breaks his heart to know
she does not always trust in him
nor understand the much she means to him.
 
The sight of her smile
enchants his...

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Categories: shortcoming, love, perspective,
Form: ABC
Know Him
look at a person
know his sobriety or aggression
look into his eyes
know of  what deep down lies

you can know his passion
you can know if there's...

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Categories: shortcoming, allegory, angel, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
The Committee To Re-Elect the President
The Committee To Re-Elect the President

By Elton Camp

On political matters I take no position
But it’s fun to watch those with ambition

This Committee is now composed...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shortcoming, funny,
Form: Rhyme
2 Terms of Political Office
2 Terms Of Political Office

A political leader of a country successfully managed to extend his term of office...
Brings up the question of the wisdom of...

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Categories: shortcoming, community, future, history, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Love Is Not Perfect
LOVE IS NOT PERFECT
Love your heart and your soul would be at rest
Do you preach love when love doesn't exist in their eyes?
Get the foul...

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Categories: shortcoming, abortion, africa, art, beautiful,
Form: Blank verse
The Roadside Eatery
It was a pretty long drive but not tedious
Thanks to smooth arterial roads; well laid
The shortcoming was absence of eateries
And we were looking for a...

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Categories: shortcoming, culture, feelings, food, travel,
Form: Free verse
The Leavening of the Soul
Character, as then a word
gathers or depletes ~ what is heard
times nuance, profiting as heard
the truth ~ or consequence' does readily invert!

Character ~ becoming known
the...

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Categories: shortcoming, character, nonsense,
Form: Monorhyme
Shadow
Hugs from the old oak tree so big
Caressing my shortcoming
Letting me understand the beauty of it bring
So close to mine is now to part.

Shadows buried...

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Categories: shortcoming, death,
Form: Lyric
Vulnerable
For the first time
I need help
for the first time
my pride took a hike

always rose to top
now I’m not fresh anymore
I seem to flop

my vulnerability
is exposing...

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© Phatt Matt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shortcoming, blue, change, identity, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member America's God
It must be clear that God's involvement with a nation or people does not exempt them from their insistent practice of human frailties and evil...

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Categories: shortcoming, america, bible, christian, courage,
Form: Prose

Book: Shattered Sighs