Best Test Your Mettle Poems

She entertains fantasies
of unicorns and dragons.
And a curious spirit;
she oft thinks outside the box.

She is an illusionist;
famed for her vanishing act.
And breaking with tradition,
she chooses how she'll live life.

She weathers stormy outbursts,
resistant to lightning's flame.
And with nothing but a smile,
forms rainbows from drops of rain.

She...

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a storm rages outside.
sky, overcast with clouds
fearful sounds echo, 
through mountain crannies,
like that of shrieking bats in flight.
trees shiver under wind's might.
everything around,
presages an impending doom.
the least pressure may
tilt the scales and tip the balance.

sitting in my dim lit room
with all the windows shut
unable to...

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With these lines I’ll relate an intriguing tale of dubious accuracy
For I Hope to unveil sordid affairs of more than one conspiracy!
Be warned, that though you might be disturbed by the facts I relate?
They are the truth and nothing more.  This I do categorically...

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Dueling Americans
love drawing blood from a distance
Crossing swords with their dogma guns ... 
a test of mettle:
Who will bow first
to the pressure building in their lungs
Bipedal zip-lip back-to-back walkers,
bivalve mollusk closed-minded talkers
Fifty paces then turn... 
make a quick trigger decision
Taste the iron-cooper burn,
mortician diagnosis: it's...

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Allow the mind
Afford its need to conjure
Profound:
If exaltation and majesty
Require a bit of provocation and amnesty today
Humor:
As remedy and coagulation
From the bleeding of
Pain, stress and anger
Affection:
To reach out from solitary
Disconnectedness and remind
Ourselves that human beings exist
For purposes greater than commerce,
Ridicule and acceptance (approval?)
Bizarre:
Lifting the veneer...

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My love seems to have passed away
The pain of lies and Death's dire sting;
All stick with me throughout the day

For when morn comes and birds all sing
I then recall my misery
There is no good this day could bring

The screams and yells surrounding me
Of miser'ble people...

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Thinking Out of the Box

Ah, yes! It is! Another one of life’s great challenges!
Thinking Out of the Box should never be taken lightly.

Being human beings, it is well worth remembering
that we are all in this thing we call “Life” together.

Does this mean the challenges that...

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What do you do when you've hit "the wall"
When there's no stamina left and your hope has stalled?
Do you scream at the top of your lungs,
Do you wring your hands that have been many times wrung?
Do you shake your fists at the heavens
or do you...

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On the cusp of two seasons,
We savor warmer days and sun,
But bundle up at night for good reason.

The air smells suddenly alive, 
My mood's no longer doleful.
Time to revive and thrive!

Sturdy crocus open and close.
Chilling rains test their mettle,
As the snow pansy beside them grows.

Flocks...

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Awaken me when the storms arrive....
That test the mettle of souls alive...
Awaken me when the rains guffaw....
Like particles escaping from an empty jaw....!

When ghosts and demons haunt this place...
When darkness spreads in all ways...
When waves in sea surge dangerously....
Do remember to awaken me....!

I am a...

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Loves me, Loves me not?
Loves me, Loves me not?
Plucking petals is biased, as most flowers have 5 petals!
Counting the fingers and toes
of a poet, is ever so biased as well!
My dear, do you pluck me as a poesy, rhymester bard, 
to test my love for...

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Stunted growth, some seedlings need both sun and rain 
The sun went 
away, never returning again Seedlings into striplings 
grown warped and 
weak Striplings become plants, prospects bleak To bear fruit, to 
spread its own seed Was a forecast none could have 
believed

 Until came...

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My remote control taunts my mortal sloth
Pale light pulses, pulling me like a moth
Such a vast plethora beckoning me
Urging to decide what I long to see

I’ve got cop dramas to test my mettle
Cooking shows to inspire my kettle
Sporting events to tackle my spare time
Or dark...

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Passing With Regret?
(Written about someone long since passed)
Written: by Miracle Man
1-23-2020

In spring of life he saw true love and marriage,
It was a time of no worrisome things to nettle.
Being new to the institution he had no disparage,
but a few years hence it would test his...

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Drag blade into coliseum gates red,
crimson armor and black carbon metal,
adore my frame as a scarlet knight bred.
Toothy grin, Cheshire eyes, test thy mettle.

Burst petals onyx
Shockwave from footfall rumbles
It’s a massacre

Titan comes through the open maw, eyes glow,
grip tightening on handle, breaths calm down.
Stand before...

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