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Gathering Momentum Poems - Poems about Gathering Momentum

The Dance of Descent and Ascent
... Life is like a yo-yo held within the hand, A string connecting purpose to the shifting sand. We cast it forth with hopeful youthful might, A downward plunge into the day and night. It spins a......

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Categories: gathering momentum, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Wind
...She moves in circles, dancing and swaying across the tree tops Serenaded by the thunderous symphony of dark storm clouds Rain joins and embraces her, gathering momentum to fly toward the sky She ......

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Categories: gathering momentum, storm, wind,
Form: Personification



Premium Member Poetry Gems
...Putting all thoughts Out there online Every little notion Treasures of mine Real or not Yearning to shine Gathering momentum Except in my head Must ink words down Submit before dead.......

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Categories: gathering momentum, courage, feelings, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Acrostic
'the White Flag Won'T Be Waved'
...I'm on the mental battlefield, my pen is my sword Giving up now is what I simply cannot afford I'm gathering momentum, I'm picking up pace For a while I was second but I'm now in first place......

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Categories: gathering momentum, courage, depression, freedom, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nasa's Thrift's Adrift
...5...4...3...2...1...0... Ignition...Rockets firing... Lift-off...We have lift-off... The three-stage rocket strains upward gathering momentum each second Firing away on all cylinders now ......

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Categories: gathering momentum, journey, money, planet, space,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Welcome Freefall
...All these emotions they linger in the dark close enough to hold but you never know where to start; Left wanting to get closer but you let me slip away; I don’t want to be disappointed bu......

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Categories: gathering momentum, deep, emotions, feelings, peace,
Form: Free verse
La Mama
...The first time we tackled 'The Nipple' which is also known as La Mama The leader said "Today’s walk's a toughie", We replied "No Problema" It was really a pleasant excursion till we dropped from ......

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Categories: gathering momentum, mountains, wind,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Raise the Roof
... "Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces" John Ruskin, 1853 beyond poverty of drab ghettos a child's playful imagination break......

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Categories: gathering momentum, childhood, dream, future, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bethlehem
...Bethlehem The tiny town was busy, as it was that time of year... the census, the government of Rome. Reaching into the lives of the people, ruled by force and dread, to pull out all that......

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Categories: gathering momentum, allah, atheist, bible, christmas,
Form: Narrative
My Neighbor Kofi
...MY NEIGHBOR KOFI LOCATION: Mazamaza, Lagos, Nigeria: My neighbor kofi, The computer scientist At 34, He crisscrossed, jetcrosed, redcrossed, And hobnobbed around the globe: Kathmandu, Acapulc......

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Categories: gathering momentum, adventure, africa, business, political,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Stab the Helpless Ground
...Hurtling clumsily through dark layers of sky -- Unwelcome residue of engorged, menacing clouds -- Gathering momentum, bulking up as they descend To stab the helpless ground with their frigid......

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Categories: gathering momentum, city, snow, storm,
Form: Personification
The Girl In Church
...I can't concentrate in church My hard heart is beginning to clutch The transparent porch Of the image of the girl in church My fingers would freeze on the piano As my eyes catches a glimpse of......

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Categories: gathering momentum, care, crush, desire, love
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Hospital Hump - a Tall Tale-Or Not
...“HOSPITAL HUMP” (a tall tale – or not?) The wind and the cold on the hill they stood still as two shadows arrived near the peak above what was known as “Hospital Hump” a devious, dastardly......

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Categories: gathering momentum, fun, grandson, snow,
Form: Free verse
So Little To Share
... She had so little Bread crumbs here and there Few coins One lamp for warmth Few clothes One pair of shoes A pack of sour juice A can of stale cookies Some honey in an old wine ......

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Categories: gathering momentum, children, christmas, love, old,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Karmic Justice
...I pasted another dreamtime adventure, into my mental scrapbook and looked to the next ebony sky. A traveler on a quest for life’s meaning; I incubated another question and disappointment h......

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Categories: gathering momentum, allegory, inspiration, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Prose

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