A Fearless OkayAn empty room filled
with silence,
I want to remain,
I want to dream more.
The wind pushes
the window wide
open filling the room,
no longer empty;
yet, nobody’s there,
dark, cold, empty,
middle of nowhere on top
of a hill. I can't fly
like the flower petals over
there. I step outside,
and lay on...
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Categories:
confidence, courage, future, growth,
Form: Free verse
Cracked ReflectionI look in the mirror and what do I see?
A stranger, a ghost, pretending to be me.
Skin stretched tight on a frame I resent,
A body I wear like it’s paying the rent.
Eyes that avoid, lips that press thin,
A war with the world that’s fought from within.
I paint on a face like a mask, like a...
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Categories:
10th grade, anxiety, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Racing against timeRacing against time.
Sailing the hustle tide.
We work where odds outweigh opportunity.
We don't follow systems, we make them.
Children of the soil, barefoot and unshaken.
Belief, the only wealth we ever owned.
Pots kept breaking at the doorway,
So we removed the doors.
We eat what we grow,
but we also grow from what we never had.
No silver spoons,
Just wooden hope and...
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Categories:
africa, confidence, deep, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
ManifestingFrom dusk to dusk, dawn to dawn,
My desires and dreams, they do spawn.
I manifest the earthly wealth
And call to me immortal health.
My joy and passion I call to thee,
Bring that of which that makes me, me.
I am one to love without measure,
And receive in gratitude human pleasure.
Confidence and strength overflowing in me,
I break through the...
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Categories:
birth, blessing, confidence, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Antidote For A Troubled Heart
I walk alone where the frost bites deep,
Where silence howls and shadows creep.
The world forgot me—left me bare,
A ghost among the living air.
I cry, but echoes mock my plea,
No arms, no voice, no sanctuary.
Yet still I breathe, though breath feels thin—
A...
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Categories:
cheer up, confidence, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Change in the world'
Categories:
character, confidence, courage, creation,
Form: Epigram
PIDGIN ON THE ROOF-~PIDGIN ON THE ROOF
Holler ya voice git down
Talk to me roost, nest, and dance.
Talking rooftops their height, providing a safe vantage point
Speak out potential threats moral sources.
Rest of the outside world understands not their voices
Roofs offer shelter from elements speaking nooks and crannies.
Speak compassion commandment reactions they ain’t no Jim Dandy
Talk to...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, community, confidence,
Form: Lyric
Red Badge of Courage a collaboration by Micheal Coy and me
Categories:
confidence,
Form: Lyric
The Unraveling of Restraint
A mind untrained to a state of exquisite harmony, he shares with careful awareness, yet boldly uninhibited.
She listens with ease, confident in his direction.
Grounded in solitude, her only peace is his presence.
Her sanity circles kin, while distancing her from Truth.
She plants seeds for them to season; for this, she smiles.
A...
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Categories:
appreciation, confidence, destiny,
Form: Other
When We Shed Our Old Skin and Grow More Beautiful Than EverIt clung like ivy, patient, green with hunger —
wrapped itself around every beam,
crept beneath shingles,
rooted in the cellar’s damp breath.
I mistook it for the house itself —
fed it rain, fed it dust,
let it climb my windows
and press its leaves to the glass
until I could no longer see daylight.
But rot loosens quietly.
One morning the vines lay...
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Categories:
change, confidence, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Testimony of humanDo not get carried away with a man testifying about you
The fleeting and lying world will dump you soon and leave you cold
Hard to explain your loyalty when your eyes are closed
Folly game they play, holding to unconfessed sins to do
Well, a judgment day will end them anyway
One thing is for sure, evil has...
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Categories:
angel, child, confidence, cute,
Form: Free verse
The Window By The Mango TreeThere was a window by the mango tree,
facing west, where sunlight spilled like secrets.
That’s where I waited,
where I last saw you—
not waving, just walking.
The curtains danced even when the wind was still.
They remembered your scent
better than I did.
I tried to forget the taste of afternoons
without your laugh in the hallway.
Tried to unhear the sound
of your...
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Categories:
confidence, anger, appreciation, beach, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Unlock the gate
you guard your words
like they're atomic bombs
and your worst fears
might to come true
why isolate yourself
the world has so much to offer
dreams are worth fighting for
reach for the moon
instead of worrying
someone may steal your shoes
AP: Honorable Mention 2025...
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Categories:
angst, confidence, courage, fear,
Form: Free verse
Let’s Confront Our ShadowsWhy should we bleakly tread alone?
We know our paths are peril-prone.
Come dear, let's travel together.
Let's dare to face each rough weather.
Should we not shun from arrogance?
Shouldn't we hold our elegance?
Shouldn't games have lines of scrimmage?
Shouldn't we loathe our false image?
Our fates, like sea-depths, are unknown.
Yet, we have our lone moral zone.
Though our voyage seems to...
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Categories:
community, confidence, life,
Form: Rhyme
premonition
a peaceful heart
with
its recurring visions
of
a bright light
at
the end
of
a long tunnel
AP: 3rd place 2025...
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Categories:
appreciation, confidence, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Confidence Poems
Definition | What is Confidence in Poetry?