Endurance Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Stained Glass	Marc Buisa	Free verse	blue, conflict, confusion, endurance,
	The Cause	Charles Henderson	Rhyme	12th grade, encouraging, endurance,
	Dancin' in the Rain	Robert OBrien	Classicism	endurance, dance, dark, deep, desire,
	my turn	Allan Terry	Ballad	adventure, anxiety, courage, endurance,
	PULL THE TRIGGER	Anyabolu Ifeanyi Gentle	Didactic	courage, death, endurance, satire,
	Can't Stand the Way You Look At Me	J.W. Earnings	Lyric	angst, betrayal, emotions, endurance,
	Heated Back	Christine Phillips	Narrative	america, change, encouraging, endurance,
	Try	Trevor McLeod	Quatrain	endurance, 4th grade, 8th grade,
	SOME STILL BELEIVE THIS	Allan Terry	Ballad	business, encouraging, endurance, engagement,
	Ahm Your Medicine	Vicki Acquah	Lyric	culture, deep, education, endurance,
	INNER PEACE	James Edward Lee Sr.	Light Verse	assonance, endurance, inspirational, peace,
	Dandelions	Edlynn Nau	Haiku	endurance, flower, nature,
	Moderate Debauchery, Part III	David Welch	Narrative	addiction, celebrity, endurance, music,
	Moderate Debauchery, Part II	David Welch	Narrative	addiction, celebrity, endurance, music,
	Moderate Debauchery, Part I	David Welch	Narrative	addiction, celebrity, endurance, music,
	The Reality of Life	DIEMO GLEN RADEBE	I do not know?	dedication, endurance, inspiration, inspirational,
	CLOCKWORK CAT	Edlynn Nau	Haiku	cat, endurance, morning, time,
	DESTINY'S BEES	Demetrios Trifiatis	Epigram	destiny, endurance, life,
	The Lonely Little Pigeon	Christine Phillips	Narrative	endurance, absence, appreciation, confidence, creation,
	COLD STONED HEART GRANITE MY PEBBLED SOUL - A Haiku	James Edward Lee Sr.	Haiku	analogy, anxiety, endurance, heart,
	Take a STEP	Qudus Agbaje	Free verse	endurance, africa, career, change, courage,
	The one question we should all be asking	David Smith	Light Verse	endurance, analogy, boat, character, community,
	A Must Read	M. L. Kiser	Free verse	endurance, character, confidence, courage, emotions,
	Pacer	Jeff Martin	Verse	endurance, identity,
	A Deep Longing	charlotte watkins	Free verse	courage, deep, endurance, spiritual,
	FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AS ITS ASKED OF US- AS WE SHOULD ITS ORDAIN BY GOD IN CHRIST-	James Edward Lee Sr.	Free verse	endurance, analogy, appreciation, community, confidence,
	Dandelion	Janece Terry	Couplet	endurance, flower, nature,
	Poetic Verses, Words Composed, To A Wren	Robert Lindley	Classicism	art, bird, creation, endurance,
	I M ALONE BUT NOT ALONE-PART 1	James Edward Lee Sr.	Dramatic Verse	endurance, appreciation, assonance, bereavement, cheer
	The Musician and the Poet-	James Edward Lee Sr.	Couplet	appreciation, character, endurance, engagement,
	THE GREAT MINDS OF OLD	kibuuka michael	Rhyme	endurance, adventure, community, destiny, emotions,
	Burden Of Rain	Brenda Chiri	Rhyme	dark, endurance, storm, water,
	Tiger Mommy	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	anxiety, child, endurance,
	A Reason	Heidi Sands	Choka	change, endurance, health, pain,
	Did they find my shoe	Amy Pearson	I do not know?	endurance, blessing, celebration, cheer up,
	Beyond the sky	Stewart Annie Everestus	Limerick	endurance, life, recovery from,
	One of the Vapors of Birth	Kieran Pavlick	Free verse	12th grade, birth, endurance,
	This time	Nicky Tamberrino	Rhyme	confidence, encouraging, endurance, growth,
	Self-talk	Nicky Tamberrino	Rhyme	confidence, courage, endurance, freedom,
	The African Claim	Tinetariro Mushoriwa	Political Verse	endurance, africa, black african american,
	with proper instruction	Allan Terry	Ballad	conflict, encouraging, endurance, homework,
	Traveler	John Crowe	Rhyme	endurance, life, love, travel,
	SPEAKING VOLUMES	Line Gauthier	Monoku	age, change, endurance, grandparents,
	LABOURING HANDS	Beata Agustin	Monoku	appreciation, christian, dedication, endurance,
	Matter of Time	Sandra Weiss	Couplet	courage, encouraging, endurance, strength,
	OVERCOME	Rick Viljoen	Prose Poetry	beautiful, character, encouraging, endurance,
	DARK BEAUTY	EMILIA NAKAFINGO	I do not know?	endurance, betrayal, black love, dark,
	Undone	Nicky Tamberrino	Rhyme	confidence, courage, endurance, inspiration,
	Jesus Sunny Face Faces the Dandelions - A Haiku	James Edward Lee Sr.	Haiku	endurance, analogy, anxiety, confusion, desire,
	By The SLINGS And ARROWS--	James Edward Lee Sr.	Alliteration	allusion, analogy, endurance, imagery,

Endurance Poem Example

Disposable Wisdom

Each day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?

Pride swallowed to remain independent
Large, sunken eyes peered from her weathered face
Her late spouse a decorated hero
Annie’s lifestyle a national disgrace

More enlightened cultures all over the world
Have revered their seniors throughout history
Asians and Native Americans
Are just two who honor their ancestry

Polynesians, other Pacific tribes
Respect the wisdom that comes with age
Seniors are welcome in family homes
But here in the states they’re placed in a cage

Bone-thin Annie Lesley chose to be free
Amazing neighbors with her endurance
When social services tried to intervene
She fought with remarkable resilience

Old photos on walls told many great tales
But only purring Tibby was listening
Each morning she rose to care for her cat
Until the day that Tibby went missing

In tears she claimed he must have been poisoned
Though in cat years he was older than she
Each day she sat by the window, staring
Awaiting the homecoming of Tibby

She’d been abandoned by society
Lost in the world’s most “progressive” nation
For sacrificing her spouse in World War II	
Annie received little compensation

This widowed war bride never had children
Her mate had met his fate in Normandy
Posthumous awards she dusted each day
Annie’s life was defined by loyalty

To a man and a cat who never came home
And the vigil she kept all alone
Ended quietly one warm summer night
When an angel came to take Annie home

With a can of cat food in hand when found
Annie had nothing else to eat in her house
This is the way a veteran’s wife died
And tear stains had blemished her faded blouse

Although seniors’ wisdom is heeded
In societies that grow from history
Too many like Annie lead lonely lives
Wisdom untapped, they die in poverty

Poem Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire