Best Stride Poems

It's time now for me to start a new,
I have to as all my poems were removed.
Locked out of my account by poetrysoup,
I was excluded in exile from this poetry loop.

Following this exclusion I am now back,
not fazed pulsating the evolutionary track,
evading the limits as...

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Take life in stride

Peaks and valleys as I ventured

Take life in stride

When slipping down, seek the upside

Sell your soul; you’ll be indentured

But heartfelt words can’t be censured

Take life in stride




*Entry for Dr. Ram’s Rondelet Contest
(Correction made thanks to Francine)...

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A self-assured progressive projectile
Locked on its target like a heat seeking missile
Confident, a smile all the while
Marvellous like a polished marble tile
Strong, but fragile 
An ambiguous profile
To remain unresolved, a mystery file
Trendy, always in style
Smooth like a silky textile
A lioness on the prowl
Hear her roar,...

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Unsteady stride, feeling weak, deflates any thought of pride. I have to pull it 
together, find my stride.

Caught with my guard down, never saw it coming, the blow to my heart was 
painfully numbing. Feel like I'm stuck on a merry-go-round, going in circles, never...

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Learning about you, I just have to decide
doing what's right is best with God as my guide...
I verily pity your family, especially your bride
hope you repented ... since your sins you can never hide.

This epigram is for you; hope you won't deride
may its truth bring...

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5/6/24

I got to grind
All the time
In order to rise
As it coincides and goes with time
An ode that's signed
With an open mind
Looking at it from both sides 
Otherwise
I'll just nosedive 
If I fuss and whine
When there's still much to find
The world hospitable for some, to others...

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Everything is greening up
Longer days are warming
Neighbors have a new pup
Honeybees are swarming
Violets on the front lawn
I'm seeing dandelions, too
The winter snow is gone
Our street is a zoo …
With children playing ball
House pets are outside
Six pleasant months ‘til fall
I’m getting back in stride! 

Written April...

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The things that get thrown at us throughout all our life
All sent to try us and test us with some strife

Things knock us all, it seems from side to side
It’s a good job I learnt early to take things in my stride

It’s a good job...

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The age of cacophony ,impels me on a rustic stride
Away from the fancy spotlight,
Where flowers bloom in robust rapture
With its deacons fluttering with laughter,
Where  brothers embrace eachother ,with gleeful splendour
Spreading their fronds to protect little hearts, so tender.
Where a choir garbed with feathers of...

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I saw her in a flies eye 
About a thousand times a second,
Right as she was walking by 
On pumps that really set it...
And heels as tall as champagne glasses,
Slowing down my mind,
Stopping time soon as she passes
With one thought in mind...
Pulling off those stocking...

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Every time I try to climb two steps forward in my life
I get knocked back 5 more behind

I just want to make sense of this
How can a man survive against time

If flying is a achievement that he can never win
Like trying to be free...

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The snow wasn’t much
But the piles are high
And the corners are slushy and wet.
In the clean-up, the plows
Made it hard to get by
And that makes many people upset.

Still, it could have been worse;
Life is close to the norm
Yet there’ll always be those who complain
And I’m...

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Many years gone from her birth since nineteen sixty-four
With hard work she got into her stride
Trinity, in her name, expanded and gained prestige.

Intermutanda, Constantia: her motto
An implication of consistency in academic excellence
In her form is excellence prevailed
Imparture of knowledge to empty little boys
As to the...

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Many years gone from her birth since nineteen sixty-four
With hard work she got into her stride
Trinity, in her name, expanded and gained prestige.

Intermutanda, Constantia: her motto
An implication of consistency in academic excellence
In her form is excellence prevailed
Imparture of knowledge to empty little boys
As to the...

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I believe the child in us wants to come out to play
in our own special way
where we can be cherished and loved
In such caring way
So let us pray that day comes our way soon
.
To many moons have passed us by
Since our hearts were stuck on...

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