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Hard Lesson Poems - Poems about Hard Lesson

A hard lesson
...2015.03.09@13:13:13 As the V-Line Coach approached the Apollo Bay, Along the sand line, what did I find? The splashing waves rushed in to reach the beach. The scent of the trees and plants, Tr......

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Categories: hard lesson, beach, books, feelings, how
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It's Greek To Me
...Aeschylus: "Agamemnon" A man in exile Feeds himself on barren hope Yields to fate in time Aeschylus: "Prometheus Unbound" Life's hard lesson Wrong is shameful in the old Time instructs u......

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Categories: hard lesson, philosophy,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Growing Pains
... Every family has them These unsettling times these misunderstandings Times when many things come into play In most cases these wee spats are soon over and forgotten But sometimes diff......

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Categories: hard lesson, age,
Form: Free verse
Pills Jailed You
...You used to be a gentle lover Memories of that now just hover Over a cold dark jail cell You created from the hell Pills you took broke your spirit It so hard to try and clear it Once you start......

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Categories: hard lesson, abuse, life, strength, trust,
Form: Rhyme
Learn From My Mistakes
...Please forgive the things I do I'm just looking out for you To do good I have to lie Giving it just one more try Going for a ride today I'm sneaking you to AA Where I hope they can fix you If ......

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Categories: hard lesson, abuse, courage, drink, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member We Decide
...Friend or foe, we decide. Whether enemy or ally, we dismiss or deny. Quick retreat, long goodbye. Do we look to see, or turn away? In haste, we flee, or choose to stay. Hurrying through t......

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Categories: hard lesson, friend, heart, self, song,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Leave My Feet In Poetry Now Firmly Planted
...Leave My Feet In Poetry Now Firmly Planted I tried, compose a revelation poem about truth Did that in earnest, in my wild but honest youth But with mind fighting a stone wall nothing came forth ......

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Categories: hard lesson, deep, motivation, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The Deal
...That Bay was just misery, just when I thought he was ready to gentle down, He’d cut loose shinning and shying from anything that he had a chance to fear, and he’d get to bucking and I’d hang on and......

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Categories: hard lesson, humor,
Form: Free verse
An Ode To Life, Part I
...To die an old man, tasks left on slow burn, And as fake coins do, get reborn ‘pon earth; Work harder still, more mileage points to earn, Which, heaven calls goodly deeds well their worth, To ......

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Categories: hard lesson, death, life,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Aunt June
...Aunt June My aunt taught me... how to be; a sewer, a grower, a knower of "things" important. She taught me to watch the pot, until it boiled and never look away. Canning strawberry jel......

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Categories: hard lesson, bible, cancer, faith, farm,
Form: Free verse
Mourn My Friend
...She said she loved me, And I believed. A broken heart, a hard lesson, That is what I received. She never showed how she felt, There was nothing in her eyes. She kept her secrets a......

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Categories: hard lesson, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Brass Hummingbird
...After a baker's dozen years a hummingbird friend suddenly appears a bit wing weary still stunning flashing killer wares- A thousand adventures a million petals sipped, I'm just an old twi......

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Categories: hard lesson, appreciation, farewell, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Who Goes There, Friend Or Foe
...Some folks like to think the worst, 'Cause it's more entertaining; And they spread those thoughts about, Your reputation staining; Because you happened to be seen, In one place or another, An......

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Categories: hard lesson, friendship,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Every Family Has Them
...Every family has them These unsettling times, these misunderstandings Times when many things come into play In most cases these wee spats are soon over and forgotten But sometimes differences run......

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Categories: hard lesson, today,
Form: Rhyme
When Playing With Fire
...Be proud my girl, but be humble. Be strong as well as gentle. Be courageous but never reckless. Do no harm, but take no crap. You are wild and fierce, determined and strong. I don’t aim to tame you, ......

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Categories: hard lesson, daughter,
Form: Free verse

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