Best Take Stock Of Poems

The Book

How good the night that darkens so
To guide me to my rest.
Where a favored Book lights up my eyes
As I nestle to my nest.

A few pages turned to praise the Lord
Seems too little price to pay...
For the gifts that have been measured
To get me...

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How easy it is to get wrapped up
In our own little universe
The cocoon of the daily grind
Of going about our business
Trying to protect our turf
‘Cause we’re more fragile than we let on
We live in fear that aggressors surround us
Propelling us to not forget and not...

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As Thanksgiving Day rolls around again,
I take stock of my life and I’d like to say,
That every experience I have ever had,
Has helped shape who I am today.
Life is a balance of highs and lows.
I have had more happy times than sad,
But those sad times...

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new dawn 
on the horizon
      we know 
        that the fantasies 
of the
       night
will stumble 
into a cruel 
daylight
      unreality, however has...

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On life's journeys do we stop to reflect
    take stock of where we have been
  Asking pointed questions helps us select
    a path forward to avoid taint of sin

  Where have we been? Where are we going?
...

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I feel it to a small extent - a little tinge of it -
those times I hear about
friends going on vacations to fun exotic places;
friends of mine receiving special presents from their husbands;
women I have known for ages getting plastic surgeries,
losing weight, and looking now...

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Today we celebrate the 
beginning of the New Year for the sons and 
     daughters of Israel
As the prayer says life is "the dream that flies away" 
Well, now is the time 
to take stock of ourselves 
breathe a deep sigh...

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On the old scale of one to ten

Today has been bout a four

Won't explain, just one of those days

Had 'em many times before

To expect every day to be a ten

You're dreaming, it ain't gonna be

Ups and downs are what life's about

Come down from your perch...

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Almost forty and I feel as if I'm in my prime. I look up to the ones I love and admire, and see their downward decline.  Granddad, who's done more than his share of living, slowly has things stripped away. Cadillac sits parked. Ladders...

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It's a lovely day in Cyprus, there's not a cloud in the sky,
We take stock of the life we have,sit back and happily sigh.
We saw  a cruise ship near the harbour the other day,
It stays for while,it makes folk smile then goes on it's...

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To know you is to love you.
You brighten my whole day.
Just what I'd do without you,
I really couldn't say.

Without you to guide me,
I'd not know what to do.
I'd prob'ly think I was okay,
I'm lucky I've got you.

Without you to point it out,
I'd miss most of...

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Part One

Now as I account for myself
I know the fight is over
   You made me feel if I was worth saving
I was worth having
And I knew as the man flattered to grow
    He also learned the crafts of
  ...

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The people take stock of the people,

and evening star rotates on it's spindle,

we hear what we hear and fear no evil,

but what we don't expect is our eventual upheaval.


They will clash,

they will unmake their own kind,

it's evolution in every way,

yet we cannot mind,

it's in again-
so...

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a Spanish sonnet

Passion thrives on forgiveness, oh my sweet.
Your scorn will reason well to wonder why 
I attempt a smile even though your eyes   
refuse to cherish blooms laid at your feet. 
We need to take stock of trust when we meet; ...

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When smoldering embers
ignite, they tend to burn.
Pain is a part of love,
that hearts have yet to learn.

Life is fraught with sad tears,
manipulating fate.
And depression deepens
while love morphs into hate.

Indulging fantasies,
you let chance guide you through.
But you hide your feelings,
and love keeps taunting you.

Seduction and desire
feed...

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