Hard Up Poems - Poems about Hard Up

Hard to Love, Easy to Hate

I tried 
God, I f***ing tried.
To be liked.
To be easy.
To be the kind of girl
they don’t talk about
once she leaves the room.

Smiled soft,
spoke sweet,
let the sharp edges hide beneath skin.
Held their secrets.
Held my breath.
Held it together
when they left.

They called me fake
for being kind.
Called me a b***
for standing still.
Said I was cold —
because I didn’t beg.

And

Villanelle of a Metal Queen

Villanelle of a Metal Queen (c) 2025 by Russ Dodson

I just don't know where else to start
to tell you of this love of mine
she is the beating of my heart

these feelings that I must decline
I just don't know where else to start

the memories both sweet and tart
hold feelings that I would enshrine	
she is the beating

Pau - Old School Cool

Old School Cool (c) 2025 by the Entangled Pair

She's hot, yes, but she's also cool
she is a gem, she is a jewel
I think she's great (and I'm no fool)
she beats those drums like she's old school

she pounds those skins, sometimes it's funny
she hits them like they owe her money
and one thing more I'll tell you

Hard times

Depression and change
moments of grace in cut downs
some could sleep in air and darkness
before the humbleness and conquests
places and faces to duties thirst
jumping and unlocked laughter's
tried and trying raised about luck
praise to dark arts and until sunshine
members of questionable team's clubs
forged in the deepest and quietest spins
some mothers bet it all to compete
fathers could choose

Your Unique Path

Two paths diverged into the woods,
some choose the easier path.
I followed my heart and chose to go straight.
It was a treacherous path and made me the best I could be.

I’m glad I chose the harder way,
It was the right choice for me.
I hope that you will chose as well,
Blazing a trail only you can travail.

ROCK HARD POLITICAL DEFECATION

ROCK HARD POLITICAL DEFECATION

Making the nation
great again, he defecates
laws of injustice:-
Stinky flowing unjust laws:
Stooled igneous tyranny:-

How Now Slough

Although
it’s a hard row to hoe
a rough furrow to harrow
and a tough trench to plough
there’s many a meadow to mow
I hereby avow
and tho' it may be news to you
farmers have the need
to sow their seeds
where milkmaids milk the cows
swineherds feed their sows
and shepherds have their pie
and eat it too
in Slough now

Growing up is hard

I think the hardest things
Are about letting him hurt 
When I know the suffering is real. 
Letting him choose to do what he can
And can't
And knowing I can't help.. 
I can't ask for more of him
Because there's nothing left
And he needs encouraging
Especially when I'm worried it's not enough.

It's impossible to balance wants and needs
When I

Catgutts and Sweet sounds

Its so obvious.                                    Ah fool in love sets themselves up
Its very clear to.       

Lump

I rub my neck 
My fingers find something hard  
I press hard again

A Hard Day’s Night

The Beatles - Lay it to me
Sponsor : Charles Messina
A Hard’s Days Night

    A hard day’s night, boss outta sight
blankets warm, everything’s all right
let’s snuggle, cuddle, no more storm
lovely voice on high, good in form
peace reigns on Earth, after mad work
baby is chuckling,  gone is stork
sing to stars and beckoning moon
guitar

It's simple to be happy, but it's hard to be simple

It's simple to be happy, but it's hard to be simple,
like a star that ignites in the night sky without knowing its own fire,
for happiness comes like a breeze of wind in the middle of summer,
but simplicity is a deep mystery, like a labyrinth of mirrors where you search for yourself.
In the pursuit of simplicity,

ADHD - We can do hard things

We can do hard things

Yes we can, we can be the better man,
or woman.
If that seat looks uncomfortable, 
bring a cushion.
We do not walk alone,
our world is not so dark
We all have our superpowers
and our individual spark, 
We shine and make our mark.
And it shouldn’t feel scary,
we need to embrace the journey. 
Jump into joy,
express

A Hard Day's Night

I am a captive of these chores,
Clean dirt from windows, walls and floors.
Clothes washed to remove all the dirt,
Even the lipstick on his shirt.
There's no time to check if its mine.
Washing is done, dirt came out fine.
"A hard day's night", and when I die.
They'll throw dirt on me, where I lie.

A Good Woman is Hard to Find

“You’re gonna lose that girl”, they sing:
the one who wears my diamond ring.
They ask me why I even date her -
she’s not a great communicator.
She got mislaid when out in Ronda,
until I bought the new transponder.
She’s unaware her room’s a cellar,
or that her name is Helen Keller.

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