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Grueling Poems - Poems about Grueling

Premium Member You Make Me Smile
...You Make Me Smile the diagnosis came as a shock life altering-all came to a stop several surgical scar forming resections steady course of skin burning radiation multiple courses of poisonous ......

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Categories: grueling, cancer,
Form: Free verse
Burden
...To be a burden means to not use the tools strewn about. The rusty trowel and bucket filled with half-thoughts. Be a burden. Your words are just wailing and buzzing at us. I can be a burden. ......

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Categories: grueling, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Follow Up - May 10
...Tonight, I won’t write anything at all… I’m throwing in my quill,—who am I fooling?— I’m throwing in my keyboard, overruling my instinct for seriousness,—o how small and earnestly banal…/I mean......

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Categories: grueling, anger, conflict, creation, hate,
Form: Italian Sonnet
THE SCRIPTED GAME
... The roar of the crowd, a deafening sound, As helmets collide on hallowed ground. But whispers arise, a cynical plea, "Is victory real, or just make-believe?" Like headlines that spin, a truth......

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Categories: grueling, fear, football,
Form: Free verse
An Ultimatum
... An ultimatum stood at my door And greeted me so fondly To the tune of my thumping heartbeat. "Live as I seem or die as I am" The words had reverberated in my skull and rattled my bones- Si......

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Categories: grueling, depression, discrimination, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member IN THE GARDENING OF THE GENESIS AND REVELATION OF LIFE
...For the blessed fruits of the blessed tree of life’s being, Persecution and crucifixion have their time in life’s seasons; Their demise coming with seasons of resurrection and ascension:- Season......

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Categories: grueling, allegory,
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member FAITH IN GOD WHO IS OUR REFUGE
...March 16 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Joshua 20-22 Key Verse – Joshua 20:1-2 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, … Appoint out for you cities of refuge… FA......

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Categories: grueling, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain
Augury
...Augury; a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen: Complacent the night lays above, Unsure what the darkness lies of Corners, cracks, and fields Lies only the beasts that yield Befor......

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Categories: grueling, allusion, future,
Form: Rhyme
Dear global leaders keep on rockin in the free world
...Dear global leaders - keep on rockin' in the free world after implementing long overdue criminal justice reforms, especially affecting marginalized groups of people. I vote for more lenient, pro......

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Categories: grueling, america, atheist, destiny, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Symbiosis
...Somewhere in a rugged sunny terrain a bushy-maned pony kicks up his heels amid biting flies in a grueling summer heat. An elegant cattle egret hitches a ride. Devouring grassland insects, his dai......

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Categories: grueling, animal, relationship,
Form: Free verse
ADDICTION'S WEB
... Casanovas slipping into the red-light tangle; Forbidden fruits, where temptations dangle. A carousel sequelae of transient fun, Shoving precious life through a darkened dungeon. Herpes, a s......

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Categories: grueling, addiction,
Form: Rhyme
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky... Despite being a nineteen year old bride she wed Boyce Brandon Harris half a decade her senior, (where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes) during the mont......

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Categories: grueling, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kandle’s Pen
...Some of you are concerned so very sweet You notice when I DON’T write poetry Let me assure you all is fuschia fine Waiting on inspiration to temp my mind Also I am still learning to play pia......

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Categories: grueling, friendship, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Future Self
... The spent sun sank on the transit, took away the colors of the chameleon sky. The masked face of clever craft on display enticed me to walk entranced on the dark garden pathway. The creepy ......

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Categories: grueling, analogy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Cold Breeze
...Why is it so cold over here? Is it the frost in my chest or the chill in the air? All these hurdles are grueling to bear. With the warmth of the sun still above my head, pain breaks......

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Categories: grueling, absence, analogy, anxiety, confusion,
Form: Rhyme

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