The Newness of NowNow is not categorized as such because it rose out of the sordid ashes of a yester-moment
Now is not classified as fresh because it arose pristine and bleached from yester-hour’s horror
The uniqueness of now is assigned according to a mind vision that gives permission to peer with a microscopic lens
Along with the realization that there...
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Categories:
growth, confidence, courage, destiny, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Clippingsa freshly mown lawn
the clippings become new mulch
the grass will thrive now
...
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Categories:
green, growth, life, nature,
Form: Haiku
PassageIf you can breathe through it
You can get through it
If you can get through it
You can rise
If you can breathe through it
You can see your way through it
If you can see your way through it
You can fly
If you can breathe through it
You can push through it
If you can push through it
You can begin…again
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Categories:
confidence, courage, growth, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
The Weight of Others' ExpectationsSon of Man, pause before judgment's seat,
Lest haste consume your soul's retreat.
Do what's right, yet don't waste precious time,
For pleasing all is a futile rhyme.
In seeking validation, you may lose your way,
And those you please will mock you on your final day.
Marry with wisdom, don't borrow to impress,
For pleasing others can lead to financial distress.
You...
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Categories:
growth, earth, education, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Ways
tree leaves hued
in virtuoso
readiness
mouthing shade
the art of kissing limbo
well knowing they fall
...
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Categories:
absence, autumn, growth, heart,
Form: Shadorma
LifeformsBreathe in breathe out repeat, respiration is critical for any lifeform to succeed. All of a sudden I consider myself. Like the soil houses and remembers to shelter the seed, so the flowers germinate and can keep growing while their scent perfumes the air around me. Beautiful reminders I too am changing. Evolving. Beauty is...
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Categories:
deep, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Dear future boyfriendDear Future Boyfriend
I may not be perfect to love,
Jealous when I see you with others,
Sad when you come home late,
Scared when you're not taking my calls—
But every beat of my heart still whispers your name.
Hey future boyfriend, I may not look bothered
When you do things that hurt—
That's because everything you do is not new.
I'm used...
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Categories:
growth, cry, cute love, desire,
Form: Free verse
Dear future boyfriendDear Future Boyfriend
I may not be perfect to love,
Jealous when I see you with others,
Sad when you come home late,
Scared when you're not taking my calls—
But every beat of my heart still whispers your name.
Hey future boyfriend, I may not look bothered
When you do things that hurt—
That's because everything you do is not new.
I'm used...
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Categories:
growth, cry, cute love, desire,
Form: Free verse
As You Get OlderYou start to look through another pair of glasses
If you lacked any experience, life has offered you classes
You learn from your past failures and successes
You've become wiser while your heart has grown restless
What entertained you before, now irritates you somehow
Things that made you laugh, you shake your head at now
You now see the pitiful...
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Categories:
growth, age, emotions, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
DIVINE DIVERSIONSThe devil couldn’t reach me,
so he sent diversions in the form I desired most.
He wrapped lies in laughter,
gave them cute faces,
glittered them up like gold.
And I forgot, sometimes a wound wears jewels,
sometimes danger looks like everything you ever prayed for.
So I fell for it.
I wasn’t the sun in their day, nor the star in their...
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Categories:
growth, beauty, betrayal, bible, grief,
Form: Free verse
Eagle’s Challenge Open Contest Vii
Sponsor : Rob Carmack
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meet me on high in limpid luminescent sky
from whence you’ll catch my twigs perhaps
there I cloudless am guided to harlequin horizons
precision wings gliding pearly path to clarity’s
timeless apex called unearthly eos heaven
our mahogany missions in photons seared
at azure axis of Giza activate...
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Categories:
growth, allegory, bird, change, character,
Form: Ballad
i keep feeding you
i keep feeding you
you keep getting bigger
~ my fun fur swiffer
AP: Honorable Mention 2025...
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Categories:
cat, fun, growth,
Form: Haiku
Before You Were BeautifulAdrianna, I loved you even before you were beautiful
I loved you when you were real
I loved you for the warmth you brought
I loved you for the energy you gave me
I loved you before the crushing pressure gave way to your rebirth
Adrianna, now you are beautiful
Shatteringly breathtaking is your radiance
Adrianna, I loved you before you were...
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Categories:
growth, analogy, break up, love,
Form: Free verse
STAYCome near do not take your gaze from mine
The heavens have nothing on the stars of your eyes
If you're willing take my hand. let our destinies entwine
If not then fear not for your company will grant me respite
A reprieve from the death of love unachieved
The loss of my heart to an unassuming thief
To be deprived...
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Categories:
growth, emotions, longing, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Our Soul's Intent
Our soul is the flame of intent our inner being,
Untold connection with Christ, ourselves to Him,
Resplendent from the start there til after life's end
* An intangible part of us to see it being nurtured.
So driven to divine heights, able to achieve so much.
Our questions to act, notions, where temptation rose.
Ulterior motives ridicule...
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Categories:
god, growth, life, light,
Form: Acrostic
Specific Types of Growth Poems
Definition | What is Growth in Poetry?
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