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Efforts Poems - Poems about Efforts

Solely on Us

We can harvest well,
But we must plant our saplings;
We can build up luck.
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Categories: efforts, allegory, character, destiny, encouraging,
Form: Senryu

Glass within Glass

A glass within a glass;
in that glass, I seek.
A life within a life;
in that life, I find an unknown movie.

Passing distant echoes,
chasing unforgettable letters and pauses,
finding comfort in the words,
searching for meaning in a glass within.

There is a transparent figure;
I confront myself with an unsatisfied appetite.
There is a wholesome attitude;
I return to myself, and then
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Categories: efforts, extended metaphor, fate, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Redirect

Sometimes our best intentions

miss the impossible target-perfection

Sometimes our best efforts

leave us hopeless and contemplating defection

 

Sometimes our goal

of being everything to everybody

misses the target so that we feel

we give very little to anybody

 

Oftentimes we must stop

to refuel our bodies and our minds

so that when we are engaged in lifting up

we do not leave ourselves
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Categories: efforts, care, change, character, courage,
Form: Rhyme

Efforts

I make an effort 
To wake up grateful daily 
but sometimes I forget 
Most days when I wake up
I thank the unseen for a solid nights rest 
this warm bed, 4 walls, and a sheltered roof to cover my head
I always remember to think about when I was without and how blessed I should feel
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Categories: efforts, blessing,
Form: Rhyme

Try things

Life is a brief span; seize tight each passing moment,
For yesterday's pain should reflect in your sight,
To map out your routines after your heart's consent,
Thus, paving a way to banish your plight.

Don't question how others make things right,
Strive, don’t  wait your strength is taking flight.
Years for thriving aren't lost, but we miss tracking their
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Categories: efforts, blessing, confidence, creation, fate,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberI laugh at their efforts to shame me

I laugh that my friends think managing my cell phone time is rude
I keep my phone off until I want to make a call out.
saving me time I would not have wanted to spend
listening to people who want to be listened to.

my friends indicate that I am a traitor, less a friend than I could
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Categories: efforts, self,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Teacher

Again and again, the teacher enters the classroom.
Her lessons are heard by the eager but also fall on distracted minds.
The teacher reaches out to students and then loses their attention again.

Day after day the teacher rises above the noise,
carries the hopes and the potential of all children,
and each time we burden her with more paperwork.

Time
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Categories: efforts, care, children, student, teacher,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberElves Keep Their Efforts To Themselves

elves wanted to dress the snowman Rudolph had left.
We need to stack high said the bossy one, Cleft.
They stood shoulder to shoulder until they could reach.
Putting a scarf on the snowman; it was orange, yellow and peach.

Rudolph came back and said “Wow! You guys are fast!”
None of them told him why Snow Flake was wearing
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Categories: efforts, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Weal and Woe

The more the silence, the louder it gets.
Life is filled with misery and despair.
I find peace as the sun sets.
One can never breathe the fresh air.

Why am I stuck with this feeling?
Never satisfied nor ecstatic.
Why is life this sad and depressing?
Is my life really problematic?

All I feel is wistful and despondent.
Rainstorms all over my room.
Can
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Categories: efforts, 10th grade, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme

Synthetic Lust

The thread between him and me feel synthetic,
 As he weaves its fabric with rush,
As he makes frantic efforts to chop the distance off,
As his desperate hands tighten the clasp,
He craves and drools over the smoothness of my skin,
My raw body feels it's pressure,
Bruising tender arms and muscles
I wake up to deep scars and marks,
And
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Categories: efforts, abuse, dark, desire, emotions,
Form: Free verse

Double Efforts To Destroy Trouble

Patiently bear all the troubles
Turn them into bursting bubbles

Calmly accept life's happenings
Hoping God will show openings

Only for us God is present dear
Regarding His presence be clear

Deal with all problems stoically
Prayer will do wonders magically

Surely a solution is available
We are from troubles bailable

We must honesty make a try
By totally believing in the Sky

When in the Sky
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Categories: efforts, care, confidence, courage, devotion,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberHope and Efforts

 When the sky is veiled with dark hues
And the days are wintry cold,
When prospects for sky to turn blue
Are dim, remote and far from bold,
When darkness spreads over one`s life
And living is a daily strife,
When chance for brightness to recur
In the near term is faint and blurred,
When fate hurls a soul in a ditch
And
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Categories: efforts, inspiration, inspirational, motivation, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme

The Missus Unflagging Crocheting Efforts As Betsy Ross Incarnate

The missus unflagging crocheting efforts as Betsy Ross incarnate

With needle in hand incorporating love
in every single crochet stitch
that's my wife
tad more'n a quarter century ago
then newlywed to yours truly
slowly, magically but inexorably
transforming skein of yarn
into requested end product
of her tastefully done choice.

Eventual inchoate objective
will become transformed into
miniature flag of Puerto Rico
(regarding country of origin 
the
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Categories: efforts, adventure, age, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

For Victory, Efforts Are Necessary

Today you are given a great loss
But, this may not at all continue
As you can surely better your skill
Here only great patience is needed

Please think of proceeding further
By making lots of improvements
If success is a cake-walk to you
Your talents will get easily blunted

Great souls when they were losing
Did maximum work with true grit
As a result
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Categories: efforts, god, work,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberConfidence In Life

Where's the confidence in life
You're facing a controversial world
Of changes, chaos and upheavals 
But an optimist will see a chance in difficulty
A pessimist will see difficulty in a chance 
You have to try to live better
God only helps those who help themselves
Only trials, perseverance and efforts
Will accomplish something
A little accomplishment means 
A little confidence
Let's the
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Categories: efforts, change, confidence, life,
Form: Free verse

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