Which Hill Will You Climb
If your choice is to climb the higher hill
You’ll need more supplies and a stronger will
For as you climb supplies will diminish
And some will be needed when you finish
If you’re looking for fun and a small thrill
You’ll find it better to choose a small hill
Choose one you can top in just a short span
With several
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Categories:
climb on, adventure, fun, journey, solitude,
Form: Sonnet
BE TOLD, STAY BOLD AND TAKE HOLD
Be Told
What worth a thousand
Can't be attained with hundreds
To know the degree
You must measure
To get to the top of a tree
You have to climb it.
Stay bold
If you're working on it
It will surely work out
When you give it your all
There must be an outcome
Even if not immediately but it's certain.
Take
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Categories:
climb on, africa, children, community, deep,
Form: Didactic
The Decent
Deep in melancholy fields I sit.
Heavy with the thought, I'm pinned in place
The past, present, future wrestle in silence
A hill of happiness rises in the distance—out of reach, yet inviting
I notice that both sides are longer than the apogee
My legs tremble, not from the height but from fear
Fear of short-lived joy
Each step echoes in the
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Categories:
climb on, analogy, confidence, happiness, perspective,
Form: Free verse
The beginning or The end?
The wind stood still, the stars held breath,
Two voices rose in life and death.
One whispered start, one thundered close,
Each pulled the soul where no one knows.
Beginning sang with morning light:
"Come rise with me, embrace the fight.
Your dreams are seeds; they’ve just been sown—
Why fear the path you’ve never known?"
End replied in velvet tone:
"But peace is
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Categories:
climb on, inspirational, judgement, sorrow, truth,
Form: Narrative
Crucial Climb
L-ife
O-ften
V-eils
E-very
L-uminous
Y-ear's
J-oyful
O-utlook,
Y-et
N-ever
A-bandons
V-ital
A-wakening
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Lovely Joy Nava)
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Categories:
climb on, birthday,
Form: Other
The Climb
Dirty and cheap at the same time.
Like mountains you can die climbing.
Got dirty (didn’t pay much) and still died.
So the mountain outnumbers us.
Someone like me who is cheap.
And likes to cheap out.
Does not possess much.
Except the weird map.
If I get up there.
Like a podium, but it’s
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Categories:
climb on, angst,
Form: Free verse
Out On A Limb
A tall tree I did climb,
on a bet of a dime.
Baby Bear said it was funny,
it was not for the big money.
The limb broke what a crime.
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Categories:
climb on, fun, giggle, humor, me,
Form: Limerick
Climb Mountains
Climb Mountains
Shifting-Waters
Grateful-Deliverer
Beautiful-Skys
Healthy-Life
Old-Soul
Have-Control
Through-Patience
Stay-Influenced
New-Door
Brighter-Future
Climb-Mountains
Over-Abundents
Lost-Found
Music-Sound
Open-Minded
Shine-Bright
Vivid-Pictures
Bridge-Builder
Faith-Believer
Humble-Forever
Confidence-Alive
Suffer-Survive
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Categories:
climb on, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
In the playground of imagination
Contest: Pick-A-Title, Vol 50 -
Contest Judged: April 19th, 2025 9:48:00 AM
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Placement: First
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
I'll climb
the tallest mountains with no stress,
I just need~
a helmet, rope, and other climbing gear,
warm layers, good boots, maybe some fear,
a bit of my heart in my mouth,
to chase the butterflies from my belly—
no need to fight against my shadow~
it'll be
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Categories:
climb on, angel, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Option
When life brings us what it brings us
We must never ignore the option of UP
Look up
Get up
Stand up
Sit up
Climb up
Lift up
Firm up
Rise up
Step up
Rouse up
Stir up
Move up
Scale up
Gather up
Regardless of what life brings us
Recovery follows when we explore the option of UP
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Categories:
climb on, appreciation, cheer up, courage,
Form: Free verse
The Climb
When you reach
the top of the mountain
remember it is not about the mountain
It is about the legs that did not fail you
It is about the sun that lit your way
It is about the wind that served your momentum
It is about the focus that empowered your stay
It is about the lesson that cleared your vision
It is
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Categories:
climb on, appreciation, celebration, confidence, courage,
Form: Rhyme
But why did my mother faint?
Mangoes, golden and full, their scent~
a whispered promise of mischief.
My fingers sticky, my heart pounding.
My mother’s eyes—wide, unblinking.
“Where did you get these?”
Her voice, a blade slicing the air.
A hush fell around us,
the mangoes cradled in guilt.
“Mum, I plucked them from a mango tree.”
Silence—a breath held underwater.
Five minutes, five hours,
eternity suspended on her brows.
“Were you alone?”
The
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Categories:
climb on, allegory, daughter, funny, innocence,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Wall
The Wall
I look down from atop the wall—I am overwhelmed
fear paralyzes me—the challenge is too much
but I cannot stay here—life moves along
go says the voice in my head—my hands will not obey
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Categories:
climb on, philosophy,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Snowy Climb
I remember her quite clearly
As if only yesterday,
In my mind I loved her dearly
But she was miles and miles away.
Up there above the tree line
Where only pure beauty can go,
And no one like me could ever be
Beside her in the snow.
Where she walked with grace upon her face
As if smitten
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Categories:
climb on, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
The Vision Beyond the Climb
Finish first, but leave your teammates in distress.
We all rise the same, one foot at a time,
Shaking off the morning’s disheveled grime.
Groggy, moody, still weary from sleep
Last night felt like a flash, fleeting, yet deep.
But here we are, ready to begin,
Stepping into the world we know, braving the din.
Some have coffee, some sip their tea,
Others
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Categories:
climb on, appreciation, courage, emotions, faith,
Form: Rhyme
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