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Hardship Poems - Poems about Hardship

Premium Member Pearls - Two Line Quote
"To make pearls out of grit is to make sorrow and hardship a thing of beauty" ...

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Categories: hardship, beauty, courage, endurance, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Suicidal Hardship
My government Has not approved Helping the poor. Going down town Ancient food chain Menu price up. Market items Rotting all eyes Left empty hands. My eyes eating Paint hamburger Cramps my belly....

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Categories: hardship, life, political, prejudice, social,
Form: Than-Bauk



Hardship Has Tale
Each trial has purpose Every hardship has mercy Makes us grow each day....

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Categories: hardship, courage, growth, life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Say No To Tobacco
Have you ever wondered that/ Tobacco can affect your mental health/ Think about your life/ Before you lit that first cigarette or cigar/ Did you ever get in trouble/ Did you have any drama/ Did you fight with your lover or soul mate/ Were you ever rude or a hate warrior/ Did your heart turn black after that first cigarette/ Tobacco affected my own...

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Categories: hardship, addiction, care, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Voice To Skull
When you get a FISA Warrant/ For electronic surveillance/ From psychic spies with/ Mind Control with psionic/ And radionic technology/ They first attack you with/ Voice to skull technology/ Which is voices in your head/ Their first objective is to make you/ Appear as a schizophrenic/ Medications will only amplify/ The effects of that technology/ You know you're not schizophrenic/ You know you're a victim/ Of that program because/ You...

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Categories: hardship, abuse, america, anger, anti
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Caged Animal
We started off with being/ A human stuck in a tiny box/ Like a caged animal/ Day by day, we lose our senses/ To be poked and prodded/ Day and night for amusement/ This is a game to them/ Looking into the cage/ To rile the beast within/ The expected become unexpected/ The situation becomes dire/ Crying in desperation/ Remember, it's a human being/ Locked away in...

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Categories: hardship, animal, anxiety, character, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Is today a new year?
Is today a new year in any way? Thirty first and first look too much the same. The snows that the sky and cold winds still spray, Are still making me feel cold without blame. Hardship bought me no coat on a cold day. Homelessness is what they falsely proclaim. But there, in their closets coats beg to leave. My back pleads...

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Categories: hardship, analogy, care, imagery, new
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Gothenburg Penitentiary
Gothenburg Penitentiary, the hardest of the hardest/ The concrete jungle, where everyone is heartless/ Gothenburg Penitentiary, the show now mercy/ So, you gotta learn to swim in murky waters/ Gothenburg Penitentiary, my heart just sunk/ The next fifteen years of my life I'll be sleeping on a bunk/ With a celly who's a mess and a cell that smells of funk/ The...

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Categories: hardship, anxiety, corruption, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
HIND sight 20 20
In shadows deep, where silence lay, A moment came and stole the day. A choice I made, with a very heavy heart, Unraveled dreams oh it tore me apart. I watched the light fade infront of my eyes, As questions swirled, like quiet lies. “Why did this happen?” travelled...

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Categories: hardship, dark, mental health, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ladder
Yes It's rungs May be covered in rust But commit to the climb To learn how to trust Yes You'll fall Again and again Caught by the arms Of a very old friend Yes You'll be put Back at the start A journey to the place Where you're never apart Yes Your hands Will be battered and bruised Take solace in a fate You surely didn't choose Yes This climb Has no real end But neither does the...

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Categories: hardship, happiness, innocence, light, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
For Those About To Die
they line the streets like forgotten bones, clothes clinging thin, skin and bones, as hollow as an unanswered prayer— they die on corners, in alleys, out there with eyes full of shadows no one dares see. the city walks by with pockets stuffed deep, suits and stares, faces blank as receipts, and the doctors, their hands are slick with fees, and hospitals open...

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Categories: hardship, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Measure of a Man: a meditation
Close your eyes. Know that you are strong. You are here on earth to be tested and how you react to your challenges is the true measure of a man. You don't let obstacles crush you. You deal with them as they come at you. You are the captain of your life and your ship is sailing through turbulent seas these days. Stay focused. Ride...

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Categories: hardship, courage, encouraging, endurance, storm,
Form: Free verse
Proceed my child, proceed
Proceed, my child proceed With a smile on your face With positivity and grace With compassion in your heart Proceed, my child proceed With strength in your mind leaving weakness behind With stars in your eyes Proceed, my child proceed With progress as your aim All the hardship you can tame With determination and zeal Proceed, my child, proceed ~Indira...

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Categories: hardship, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Still Jumping
I’d rather walk into a quiet house Lone sweet kitty greeting me at the door No hell raging from my fiery spouse Lips spewing lunacy and hate no more Still jumping when the phone rings late at night Your constant contemplation of sweet death Ringing in my rousing head as I fight Running from your cold...

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Categories: hardship, abuse, age, blessing, cat,
Form: Sonnet
Hardship and Hope
Dare I dream of hope in a world that's self consuming, and dare I dream of a home where hearts are always blooming. Peaceful the mind would be in a land I am assuming, but hardship is what we find in a world that should be booming. Wisdom shall be your guide in moments that are...

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Categories: hardship, anger, change, courage, dream,
Form: Rhyme

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