A HUNDRED MEN WOULD HAVE LIVED
The horse whinnied,
are you alone?
He ran off into the light,
afraid of the night.
Boy what are you doing here?
You're far off trail arent you?
All the posse is up there,
I know all these mountains.
He was the lead horse in a wagon train,
It was a lot of mountain.
He could not climb,
his major wanted him to master it.
A peak...
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Categories:
anxiety, courage, endurance, fear,
Form: Free verse
TEARS FROM AN ANGEL
I awoke to foggy windows,
there were raindrops tapping softly.
The trees were swaying to the rhythm,
I fell ill from melancholy.
The sky was so dark,
it had made angels cry.
Strong winds rushed in,
grey clouds blew by.
I felt my strength fading fast,
My head had found its pillow again.
I layed back down with no regrets,
I covered up and settled in.
My...
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Categories:
angel, courage, depression, god,
Form: Rhyme
I’ve Paid My Duesto be of use
without abuse
there’s no excuse
a bit obtuse?
well-cooked my goose?
slide on the noose?
that I refuse!
slip on my shoes
spread the news
do not confuse
it’s not a ruse
but what I choose
I’ve paid my dues
...
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Categories:
character, courage, strength,
Form: Monorhyme
EAGLE WINGS FLIGHTFollowing the winds where they blow
Keen eyes into the distance
From the wilderness to the skies
An Eagle’s symbol and creed
Strength in survival
Flying far and wide
Soaring wings
Depth through ability
Through storms and calm skies
Wise mind
Eagle alert
Struggles at times
Feeding and Breeding
Eagle wonders
Yonder to fly
Horizons beyond the high mountains
Indian Eagle values
Offer many surprises
Species their own
Expansion of wings
Courage to extend
Pause when...
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Categories:
courage, adventure, appreciation, beauty, bird,
Form: Free verse
RecoveryI think about my life
Trying to understand it’s means
When I fall asleep, will it untangle in my dreams?
I look out of the window
And it’s all a bit surreal,
I’m not sure what I’m looking for or how it is I feel
If I hadn’t lived my life this way,
What would I have become?
If it hadn’t blocked out...
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Categories:
anxiety, courage, creation, death,
Form: Free verse
I Saw A WomanI saw a woman standing there
Her clothes tattered and torn
I saw a woman standing there
Her face looked so forlorn
A women full of worry lines
Grey streaks throughout her hair
A tear was rolling down her cheek
But she was unaware
Life had been hard, bitterly cruel
Her dreams taken away
And yet she’d fought with all her might
To face...
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Categories:
courage, emotions, journey, lost,
Form: Free verse
The Weight of Silent EyesHe says, "No soul will hear my cry..
No hand will catch the tears I dry."
He says he shines, he says he gives..
But in his chest, no kindness lives.
He paints with smiles, a brittle hue..
Yet every laugh he speaks is blue.
He throws his echoes to the skies..
And begs the...
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Categories:
courage, betrayal, blue, change, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
X And YAt the end of the Civil War in a distant land where most animals parted ways, one specific animal hid and stayed in different habitats to survive. This animal has travelled many lands and seas over time, seeing and meeting almost all creatures that existed everywhere in the modern world.
Two minds...
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Categories:
animal, care, courage, environment,
Form: Prose
Road To Rock BottomRock bottom is a dark lonely place
One people will pray to never see
It's overflowing with the lowest lows
Reminding you of a life full of misery
The select few who are exiled there
Forced to travel God's forsaken road alone
With potholes of pain and lanes of loneliness
This road is where desperation is...
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Categories:
confusion, courage, grief, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Some Wounds Want WitnessMy darkest needs
never beg forgiveness—
they crave a mirror.
One that fogs
with your touch,
not your abandon.
...
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Categories:
anxiety, courage, dark, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Up From the DeadDead, Dead.
Decay and rotten flesh,
melting beneath the scorching sun.
Worms, maggots, and flies-
a parade in time with the vulture's drum.
Teasing, tearing, ripping this way and that, dashing, splashing like an artist painting madness.
Bumblebee, whisper to me:
Am I dead...or just asleep
in the scariest dream?
No...
I can't be dead.
I refuse to be dethroned.
Oh death, you have no...
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Categories:
courage, birth, blessing, celebration, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Ann Bressington 2'Ann Bressingtons a 'true blue' who had to tell it straight
In Adilaide she ' made the grade' on agenda 21, old mates.!...
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Categories:
abuse, community, courage, education,
Form: Rhyme
The beast is active'In a gentle manner..There is emphasis on care.' Protect and
Save the eco-system.' Thats already 'out there' yet the rhetoric
Becomes dragonlike.' Should you err.? 2020 was an intro.' There
Will be more He will dare.' Lahina saw fire..Did it fall from
The sky.' What will you sacrifice? When the real test is nigh'
Will you bow as a pagan?...
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Categories:
bible, character, conflict, courage,
Form: Didactic
Still, love persistsin the voice of a man who walks through fire to light a candle
And yet, love breathes in poisoned air
Though boots came down, though no one cared.
Behind the fence, under red and black skies:
I loved. I hoped. I paid the price.
Carve this truth on prison walls
In pink triangles, on nameless halls.
They called us shame, they...
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Categories:
courage,
Form: Ode
I came anywayI heard you were gone
from someone who didn’t know
what you once meant to me.
They said it flat,
like it was weather.
“He passed last week.”
And suddenly,
the air changed.
I didn’t ask for details.
I just drove.
Quiet.
Alone.
Like we always said we never would be.
At the service,
they spoke of your laugh.
Your stubbornness.
The way you always showed up for people.
And I smiled,
because...
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Categories:
beautiful, courage, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Courage Poems
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