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Best Work In Progress Poems

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Work In Progress
I am not finished yet, nor am I perfect.
I am a lifetime project.
I am a work in progress.

Each day, I grow a little.
Sometimes bigger …...

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Categories: work in progress, lifeme,
Form: Free verse



Work In Progress
Finally tears of joy swim from these tired eyes
No longer am I drowning in murky waters
Nor trapped in a crowded school of goldfish 
Today I...

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© Carol B.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: work in progress, appreciation, career,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Work In Progress
Well it's the reason for tears on your face
Well it's the reason for no embrace
Well it's the reason for no sunlite skies

Well it's the reason...

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Categories: work in progress, funny
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member A Work In Progress
spectrums
       of art
        bring
wonder
and ecstasy
a
fleeting
inwardness...
a heightened
sense
of the infinite..
so distinct
a visual
  ...

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Categories: work in progress, art, life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Talk With Him
Outside, a table awaits idle: I join as though it was my companion
Pondering about life as if it were water appeasable to the deepest canyon
Trees...

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Categories: work in progress, faith, life, religion, me,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Pessimist Or Optimist
When young I heard the glass was either ½ empty or ½ full
But with time I learned… to believe either one makes you a fool

My...

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Categories: work in progress, encouraging, growth, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Couplet
© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: work in progress, hope,
Form: Shape
Premium Member My Own Pen
Sometimes when I’m alone --
                    ...

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Categories: work in progress, introspection, life, on writing
Form: Free verse
His Story
I've decided to write a letter
To everyone who ever told me that I wasn't good enough.
It could start off like “dear humanity,”
Because sometimes I feel...

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Categories: work in progress, anti bullying, bullying, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Words of a Born Again Man
When I began to be born again 
I no longer saw with the eyes of man
I began to see with spiritual eyes
I began to hear...

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Categories: work in progress, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Masterpiece
I apologize to no one
For me being me
I stand strong in my convictions
I wear them with pride

Far to long in my life
I tried to fit...

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Categories: work in progress, analogy, art, beauty, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Save Our Souls / S.O.S.
What is a soul, this universal Source;
which crosses cultures?
Few among us will deny least forced
the existence, the Sculptor.

Is soul the essence of minds eye;
or, the...

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Categories: work in progress, devotion, faith, introspection, mystery
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Creativity
Of course, art is always somewhat
subjective, breaking established rules: the artist
intuitively adding imaginary inches to a canvas;

a work in progress, riding waves, finding depth 
both...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: work in progress, art, creation, imagination, international,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Life Lessons
Reflecting on my life
A lifetime of lessons learnt along the way
Some harder than others
Still learning to this day

I have learnt the importance of kindness
The power...

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© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: work in progress, appreciation, integrity, life, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
In the Palm of His Hand
He holds me in the palm of His hand 
My fear, He perfectly understands 
I understand, I am a work in progress 
It hurts, I...

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Categories: work in progress, bible, heaven, jesus, motivation,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Reflection on the Important Things