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Doggedly Poems - Poems about Doggedly

August 13th, 2025 twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

...August 13th, 2025 – twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a frea...
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Categories: doggedly, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberEmma and Deacon

...Emma, Empress of Unicorn Empire,
esprit de corps of elementary school,
expeditious at exaggerating expression,
eagerly extending empathy of enormous embrace,
endless enthusiasm, exuberant existen...
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Categories: doggedly, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Alliteration



Mixing Paints

...I paint a smile on my face, mid-poem the smile
begins to crumble.
Who are these dark angels that cast such shadows
over my laughter.
The brush falls from my hand, now I sketch in charcoal -
teet...
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Categories: doggedly, poetry,
Form: Free verse

On the moors

...There was a great incline of stone, weathered
amongst the sparsely green valley
whose feet lay at the door of a thatched cottage
and whose head I was treading over now.
A fair stream, no wider th...
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Categories: doggedly, 12th grade, metaphor, nature,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNearby Ghetto

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i wish i didn’t* but
i have to get across town
so off i go taking the bus
that drives through a nasty ghetto
 
i’m shocked as i look out the window
to see several dismal characters
i can’t i...
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Categories: doggedly, life, poverty,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberExercise Regimen

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the first week 
     is absolute hell ...
          "gym rust"
                an enemy  
                     one must doggedly...

battle and 
     conquer;
          challenging, 
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Categories: doggedly, health, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberNo Looking Back

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     P r o c r a s t i n a t i o n
   Seems doggedly determined
        To anchor me to today;
    Tells me to set sail tomorrow, 
    But I'm already on the ship.

   She tightly tugs at...
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Categories: doggedly, allegory, motivation, symbolism,
Form: Alliteration

There are those days

...There are good days, bad days and sad days,
There are happy days, snappy days, crappy days
There are days so fickle it seems you clasp
the wisps of joy eluding your grasp
There are those days...
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Categories: doggedly, anxiety, depression, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Candidate

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  Doggedly pursuing all races, all creeds
    hoping to please every last one 

  The hollow chamber on top of his neck and his shoulders
    ~ a blank check in the eye of each beholder
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Categories: doggedly, hyperbole, political, poverty, power,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberLost Time

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When I was a little girl, 
I spent so much time hoping for…
The day I turned 12, 13, 16 and 18.
I wanted to know what it would be like
To wake up and see that girl in the mirror,
The one who...
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Categories: doggedly, appreciation, dream, fantasy, journey,
Form: Free verse

A positive impact on others

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Gratitude suffuses me today
at prospect to plumb the depths
of a fledgling friendship
(respecting fidelity to wife)
even one bound 
within the parameters of cyberspace,
I feel courtesy your a...
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Categories: doggedly, angel, appreciation, beautiful, celebration,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberLike Water

...Like water

I was the river
You were the sea
I dissolved into you
And thought I was free.
Out of the cage I flew
But landed on my knees 
As I tried to flee
The heavy clouds
And storms, of r...
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Categories: doggedly, allegory, betrayal, confusion, courage,
Form: Rhyme

Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING

...Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.

Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and...
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Categories: doggedly, abuse, age, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Sliver of Silver

...I was an experienced astrologer, for wandering stars held much fascination,
Luring in opal darkness of mystery, like beautiful butterfly transformations.

My days were spent charting pretty planet...
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Categories: doggedly, beauty, fantasy, imagery, moon,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberSomething's Amiss POTD

...I was a successful, scientific explorer, traveling to the remote, distant lands,
Bettering noble lives of many, like budding, green spring which understands.

And every day held fruitful discovery...
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Categories: doggedly, dream, fantasy, feelings, happiness,
Form: Couplet

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