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Desiderata Poems - Poems about Desiderata


Symphony of Choices
In a forest dim with paths untold, "The Road Not Taken" did unfold. Robert Frost, with gentle prose, Asked which path a traveler chose. William Henley's "Invictus" pride, In darkness, strength will never hide. "Unconquerable," his soul's refrain, Through trials, resilience does sustain. Max Ehrmann's "Desiderata" gleams, With timeless wisdom, guiding dreams. In silence, peace we often find, In storms, seek calm within the mind. José Rizal's...

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Categories: desiderata, adventure, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Haute Desiderata
"Haute Desiderata" things of beauty drip off bodies transitory le rêve privé vague veil reveals desiderata transparent magical pomp exotique automaton idle idol walk robotic sensuous cool and vacant such beauty drips off bodies transitory desiderata elusive illusory birds of paradise haughty haute pomp desiderata gilded graceful incomplete desiderata drifting dwindling desideratum elusive statues idyll idle idol walk numbing comfortable birds of paradise les grand faux apparat ad infinitum mute Belle Époque bardot bardo comfortably numb on repeat (LadyLabyrinth / 2022) Schiaparelli Haute Couture/ Fall-Winter...

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Categories: desiderata, imagery, muse, symbolism,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Desiderata
Start with your heart to love with cheer, Let joy now start to live right here. Live with clear mind that joins with heart, Watch faith in kind work happy art. Love starts to grow the way you walk, Hope as you know frames how you talk. Be a wise soul that finds the way, Know cheer makes whole the messy day. All...

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Categories: desiderata, allegory,
Form: Couplet
Desiderata
When the sky is gray I wish I could stay with you and comfort the day. When the sky is blue I wish I could flew back and celebrate with you. You and you and you It's you for my day....

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Categories: desiderata, desire, feelings, missing you,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Desiderata In Juxtaposition
Younger, brighter, and more luminous Than before, in an evolutionary process of happiness Knowing you, communicating with you Just being there Paradoxical life holds many juxtaposed nuances Whereby the truth rests in between the parallel Waves that flow out from the organic forms Of human dance Just knowing you in time and space Heals the pain that intertwined with The pleasurable waves When I dreamed...

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Categories: desiderata, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Desiderata- Silence
Noises abate I celebrate This blissful state A silent song So now I go A muse in tow My heart to show Sweet slumber long nette's contest- Desiderata "Remember what peace there may be in silence." 12/8/14 Barbara Gorelick...

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Categories: desiderata, feelings, sleep,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Desiderata - Clouded Sunrise
CLOUDED SUNRISE clouded sunrise shielded red eyes endless tears cried cannot erase a sunbeams glee at being free to warm for me life's frozen face. John G. Lawless DESIDERATA – Poetry Contest 12/5/2014 Theme number three – *“With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.” *Max Ehrmann - DESIDERATA...

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Categories: desiderata, beauty, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Desiderata
Beside the wood long have I stood in pensive mood and reveries Silence prevail as thoughts set sail along the trail of memories Nudershada Cabanes 5th December 2014 for "DESIDERATA" contest-Theme 1 Sponsor: nette onclaud...

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Categories: desiderata, memory,
Form: Verse

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