Chances Poems - Poems about Chances

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Take that chance every chance you get, fall on your face and then forget, live your life without regret, take that chance every chance you get. More risk by far to never make the run, and lose your dreams one by one, and forgetting each until you’re done. Rather rise and embrace each day, another step on your chosen way, there’s no better time...

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First time around, I slowly locked him out and threw away the keys. Memories of him fell like Autumn leaves. In reality, he was a father that I thought I really knew. But in reality, he was also a father I never really knew. It was when I was shown a different view that he became someone entirely new. After years, and not...

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Second chances might not be Quite what you expect When you hope to try again At the exact same circumstance Mistakes are made each day By each and everyone And maybe everyone gets to try again Just not the way they think They think they'll get a chance To right the wrongs they made To love her right the second time When the first...

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I have seen the sky begin again, After storms had bruised its face— A tender hush, a breathless hush, That made the world a softer place. The river does not hold regret, It carves new songs through stone and sand, And every willow learns to bend, When winter presses on the land. So let my heart, though bruised and torn, Begin again with morning’s...

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chances of me leaving home chances of me donning blues chances of me wearing a flight suit chances of me being chosen to carry the sports flag chances of me staying what chance do I have to find love chances of living a life apart from what I had known chances of being whistled...

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Days fly by We've created our own version of time Foggy memories seep through our brains Been known the definition of insane But still playing the same old game Just because reality is sometimes too lame Problems just seem to appear An we're the only ones to blame It's time for a change Fear keeps us in the same old lane Praying for the strength...

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Poetry Soup Premiere Contest winner MOTHER'S DAY poetry contest sponsored by Benjamin Bartley, April 2025 Morning starts early, before it gets light Opening cupboards, to see what’s in store Teachable moments, with wrong versus right Hope grabs the car keys, then heads through the door Early bird children, are making their way Ready to take on, another school week So many hurdles, to...

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Thou hast knocked thrown thy rocks at my window Perhaps open heart surgery a sharp tool required to get thru decades of barricades the ship that sailed is docking the mutiny so long ago ...

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Daylight shines like miracle in my face and I have to complete the final race the weather is fine and I just cannot get you off my mind, I am lost in the depth of the sea and there is no one and there is no one there to rescue me The waves are tossing me up and down and the vessels...

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Mindless tv Constant dull drone Not a test pattern but nearly as boring I am no longer living a human life My recliner is my coffin I die a slow death Sleeping on the couch Losing chances...

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Sofa Chances A veteran who served this land Employed by a sofa shop In Bethesda, Maryland Made an afternoon delivery stop Lovely lady came to the door Wearing provocative dress He put the couch on the floor...

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elements of a whole different   each time played   recorded impressed or  created improvised ideas   thoughts of the moment unique   unrepeatable aleatory features  improvised    fragments to introduce   variability of short patterns  without coordination a blur of  possibilities on a roundabout of chance...

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Tried a thousand Failed a hundred Succeed in ten....

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experience expressed in a recent self portrait Note: Spectacle free ( first time since 22 ) so a new SP of me for PS & thee...

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