Best Tough Poems

He said, “Chick-flicks I do not like.”
As they settled into place.
“I need violence, shoot-up scenes,
And at least one good car chase.”
But he promised to watch with his girlfriend
Full of embarrassment and disgrace;
Half-way through the movie
Tears streamed down his face.

“Why was he so mean to her?
And...

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There is a great hole in my heart where you fell through.

            I can see you still falling deeper and deeper, wondering where
           ...

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Stoic, is my demeanor
Masculine through and through
I’m as tough as the tough guys come
More manly than all of you

Emotions are for sissies
My tears had never flown
Catastrophes, I greeted with smiles
Heartbreak I’d never shown

She was all of five years old
The sweetest child I’d ever seen
To be...

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Put your hands up baby
let them dukes fly
If you’re wanting tough enough
then I’m the right guy

I’ve got the swagger
I know what you need
Let loose those demons
on me they can feed

It won’t be a torture
my skin’s made of steel
If you have some courage
I can help you...

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Being seen 
With poker face
Mistaken 
As who does not give a damn

Cool and distant
Unfriendly aura
On the way
With people's stares and whispers
That she is a bad person

That is funny
Why judge
They do not know about her
Alone her name

Little they know
About the experiences and traumas
Mould her this way
No...

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Sometimes life's a competition of how far we can throw,
Or simply having the greatest mind to win an intelligence show.
Certainly, there is still one thing to know,
Even the toughest or smartest of man contains a piece of his heart that is soft as dough.

The variety...

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pandemic crisis
hospital overload
unprecedented 
panic mode
double shifts
no time for tears
no one signed up 
for a suicide mission 
taking its toll
heroes collapsing
one after the other
earning their wings



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020...

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Tough Love

Sometimes with such strict parents, a tendancy to lend;
overlooking boundaries crossed to be your child's best friend.
I love my son with all my heart just as he does his mother.
Tho the path that he was taking; I just could not go further.
Stunned and hurt...

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Just like football we’re hard hitting and rough,
If you want to hang with us, you’ve gotta be tough;

No sissies allowed, we don’t cry when we’re hurt,
We’re the kinda people that play in the dirt;

Daring each other to become more extreme,
Our bold eyes shining with a...

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Today’s the day.
Our training is to be put on display.
Upon each is a test of the heart.
Guts to do it all from the start.
Here we go over the first wall, sublime.

Men and Women at the line.
Utter the words “HOO RAH” in time.
Determined to finish the...

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Said contrary and crabby Miss Muffet
“Hey eight-legs! Kiss my bare Tuffet!” 
From above and beyond, Charlotte dropped a fine line
And bit the old bag where the sun doesn’t shine…

For Andrea’s clerihew contest...

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I never will forget in junior high
this girl who was a two-faced friend of mine.
I can’t remember now the reason why,
but she got mad for something asinine.
She said, “I’m gonna beat you up! Be at
the park, beside the water tower.” She
then told me, “Bet you...

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Things may appear to be tough 
But, you have to hang in there
Embrace those challenges that life throws at you 
Build strength in order to persevere
Walk one step at a time
And monitor your progress 
Rise above those dark clouds 
Continue on your path to success...

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I wish I was a tough guy
The kind you meet in books 
Made of rock hard muscle
With rugged hard man looks
A Raymond Chandler hero 
Exuding macho charm
A super spy or villain
With a beauty on each arm

I’d love to be the kind of guy
That others see...

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Leanne was a farm girl at heart
She loved playing with her special cow
She used to eat her mums freshly made tart
Leanne didn't like her brothers sow

Oliver used to make the oil 
Dan made the juice
Oliver used to oil up Leanne and the cows
Dan bit off...

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