Wings and Wounds
Like birds flying high over the world,
Words of love never unheard.
Loud voices echo through different phases,
No mistakes.., Just choices in these mazes.
Walking threads, edge tight like a judge,
Told me, “Be strong. Don’t budge.”
They speak of light at tunnel's end,
But what about the road we defend?
The morals we bend,
The lives we...
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Categories:
confusion, courage, endurance, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Evin PrisonKhaled was a bodybuilding champ in Iran
A photo shows a smiling and very strong man
Then in Evin Prison, at the mercy of nasty folk
His spine fractured, kidneys failed, heart was harmed, leg was broke.
Evin is a bad place, 113 degrees and no A.C.
I'm sure you can think of better places to be
One woman tells us...
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Categories:
abuse, courage, evil, freedom,
Form: Lyric
The End To The BeginningThe End To The Beginning
A burdened remorse of forlorn futures,
Though ability lies in the hands of the beholder,
As rues and woes swallow thy thoughts,
But shall'nt one upon change ponder,
How beginnings lead to ends,
While they waltz with the former,
When a drop of reform wallows in self pity,
Must'nt one indulge upon polish,
Within ourselves lie our flaws, devoid...
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Categories:
9th grade, change, courage,
Form: Free verse
Wake UpWake up
Stop dreaming
Hear the birds chirping
Thank God for the blessings
Each breath is a gift
Breathe in
Focus on your role
Hit the core with a heart of gold
Stay low-key, no time to envy
Seek discipline
Kneel to the Man who never sinned...
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Categories:
anxiety, baptism, blessing, courage,
Form: Lyric
Beauty In The AftermathCould never predict,
In any way,
What would unfold,
Throughout each day.
Walking on eggshells,
Living in fear,
Stuck in survival,
Declining every year.
Constantly torn between,
Fight or flight,
Until it erupted,
Changing everything overnight.
Now or never,
Said the voice,
Without a doubt,
Knew my choice.
Didn't know how,
I'd ever cope,
But never once,
Gave up hope.
I battled alone,
Jumped through hoops,
Could never win,
Rotating in loops.
Assigned to support,
Instead got worse,
Weighing me down,
Like...
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Categories:
courage, inspirational, strength,
Form: Free verse
Born to Fail
Begotten to Fail
The strutting hustlers
rouse their slumberous day
amidst their maddened worlds
In the midst
of the wary ghetto
A dream steps out
blinking, yawning with a resolve
even as their sky seems blurry
Repelling men and monsters
Relishing the forecasted rain
Marching through
mud and splatters
riding with the lightning
dancing to the pounding...
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Categories:
courage, inspiration, passion,
Form: Narrative
Categories:
appreciation, bird, christian, courage,
Form: Haiku
Beyond the Paper GateNow you stand at the threshold of shadowed trials—
a challenge cloaked in whispers of what may come.
Debts awaken, ancient scribes of your past,
etching secrets into the walls where you once stood.
More debts rise to start anew,
in lands where shadows whisper and command—
money prowls with hungry eyes,
blind to your status, deaf to the paper gate’s cries.
Unyielding,...
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Categories:
courage, hope, judgement, social,
Form: Free verse
sheer tenacity
Categories:
courage, journey, life,
Form: Senryu
Mei Ek Naari Hun-Mei ek naari hun..
Fir Kyun lagti sabko bechari hun?
Jawab de dun palat kar agar-
Kehlati ahankari hun..
Aur sar jhuka dun, inke liye-
Mei sanskari ban jati hun..
Kehte hain-
Samaj ka kalyan hoga
Agar mei shashakt hun..
Jab aasman simit Krna ho
Fir udna sikhate h kyun?
Shaam der se ghar chal dun agar-
Hath se nikal jati hun..
Jamaane ke sawalon ka-
Mei Jawab de...
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Categories:
anger, beautiful, birth, courage,
Form: Free verse
My Murder They Call SurvivalThree men.
Three shadows with human faces,
Hands like chains,
Voices coated in liquor and cologne —
That same cologne still snakes through my chest,
Claws at my lungs every time I smell it.
They didn’t need chains —
They used hands, words, filth.
And God?
Stood there. Silent.
Watched them rip my clothes,
Rip the light from my chest,
While I begged the sky for mercy
That...
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Categories:
addiction, courage, crazy, fear,
Form: Free verse
BelieveWalking alone on a cold winter night
I search the skies, not a star in sight
Moonlight covered by the clouds above
Walk slowly my friend, no need to shove
One step forward 2 steps back
Reach out to feel. the sight you lack
No moon to light your way
Walking blind just another day
Walk slowly my friends as you begin to...
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Categories:
courage, faith, inspirational,
Form: Quatrain
WOULD YOU?
When your life is always a struggle,
You feel you have too much to juggle.
Not knowing what to lose or keep,
Spiritual guidance you should seek.
I hope you know where to find his word,
I am hoping by now all have heard.
There is only one you can give eternal life,
Just cut the ties that cut like a knife.
If...
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Categories:
anxiety, appreciation, blessing, courage,
Form: Rhyme
A Cry the World Chose Not to HearWhen Life became too heavy,
People grew harsher,
their words sharpened into wounds,
their silence burned like fire.
When I finally broke,
and Help knocked on my door,
the world turned away,
as if my pain were an inconvenience,
as if my cry were suspicious.
Faith remained my only friend—
steadfast, unwavering—
while Gossip, Mockery, and Bullying roamed freely,
casting shadows where kindness hid.
Gossip spread like smoke—
fast,...
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Categories:
courage, inspirational, mental health, social,
Form: Personification
Rainbow HuesI’m ruby red for passion
Blue sapphire like the sky
Turquoise like the ocean
These gems I have inside
Bluish green in daytime
Purplish red at night
Alexandrite symphony
Reveals my inner light
An amethyst so peaceful
It brings me inner calm
Aquamarine tranquility
My soul sings along
Bloodstone for courage
Citrine golden hues
Diamond strength for purity
So many gems to choose
I was born from stardust
Gems of...
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Categories:
beautiful, celebration, courage, happiness,
Form: Quatrain
Specific Types of Courage Poems
Definition | What is Courage in Poetry?
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