Nations, like tides, rise and fall with the numbers,
A swelling crowd is a promise and a peril.
In youth, the many are labor and armies;
In age, they are a weight upon the state.
Leaders count heads, not lives,
Calculating strength in the aggregate.
A vast populace fuels markets,
Fills the factories, swells the tax rolls.
Policy bows to the short-term reward,
Blind to the slow erosion beneath.
Food, water, shelter—finite and frail—
Are treated as inexhaustible myths.
Yet the wheel turns,
And the balance sheet of nature
Will one day collect its debt.
By then, the architects may be gone,
But their legacy will stand—
An empire too heavy to sustain.
Categories:
inexhaustible, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
You are a spring of living water
That quench the thirst of man's suffering
You are the source of inexhaustible energy
Source of joy, optimism, beauty and light
For your man and for the entire family
Know that you are beautiful, soft and gentle
You create a sense of fulfillment to a man
You are like fireplace that needs fire
An expensive commodity among the world of energy
No amount of money that can buy you
Ergo, you are the most valuable fire of a man.
Categories:
inexhaustible, appreciation, beauty, character, woman,
Form: Prose
He knew the flower to be fair,
but he did not want to wait.
So he turned to the promises of the machine.
It offered quick solutions
-perhaps imperfect-
but they were on-demand.
Scalable.
Inexhaustible.
And they cried for nothing.
They had no need.
Perhaps there were flaws,
but they could be ignored,
and the machine was always improving.
But one day the man remembered the flower
and he realized the price of the machine.
Written 14:07-14:12 on 3 March 2025. Title thought of 9:35 AM that same morning.
Categories:
inexhaustible, life,
Form: Free verse
a grieving heart hears the pain
how many times must it echo again
direction askew from days tossed aside
no longer can tragic history abide
time for re-joice to be embraced
sounding the depths of dignity traced
empty shell cracked fault lines abundant
peeling a past rampant redundant
interdicting near-future most nobly
thence reach inexhaustible sanctity
Categories:
inexhaustible, anxiety, society, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Seperate roads ever converged
Runways generousos in plentiful serge
Refining aligning elevated themes
Hit the strip with full sun beams
Spur impulsed gleaming freeway
Me at the wheel
The music YOU play
Refreshed revived with passionate fuel
Lust inexhaustible
We are unbeatable
Speedometer broken
Hearts in motion
Wheels rolling
Im still doting
Every word youve ever spoken
They all went in and we are clear
The starting line be right here
Categories:
inexhaustible, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Got Your Voicemail
Inexhaustible frustration
wrapped around righteous anger
stuffed in a jar of aching
unrelenting pain
capped with a lid of
astonished disbelief.
Prayers launched.
Nothing is on hold.
Categories:
inexhaustible, angst, word play,
Form: Free verse
I write this letter,
To let you know Mother,
That “you mean to me…. so much.”
I really longed for your touch.
Your unconditional love,
Gift given by God above,
As priceless as your smile,
That I missed it for a while.
May your soul rest in eternal peace,
In heaven, I blow you a kiss,
And I look up at the sky,
Thank you Mom, I love you Goodbye.
I can’t say the words to you now,
But in my heart, it stays there somehow.
Your inexhaustible spirit remains in me,
Your motherly love gives me energy.
My life was your greatest treasure,
It can’t be taken, it can’t be measure,
Your sacrifice and advice give light,
Now my future shines like stars, so bright!
April 26, 2023
P.S.
I didn't said goodbye to my mother on her last moment because she died in her sleep and I am not always by her side. I am also working abroad.
Categories:
inexhaustible, daughter, inspiration, love, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Akin to a brook
Babbling without an end, the...
Inexhaustible curiosities of children,
Darling, as long as there is heaven above,
I'll love you true, as long as you stay;
Now, tomorrow, forever and a day;
God is my witness!
A Forms And Words Challenge Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet
Word choice: Abiding (Acrostic)
Date written: 02/25/2023
Categories:
inexhaustible, devotion, love,
Form: Acrostic
Sadness
blue, intense
shadowing, overwhelming, clinging
tragedy, misfortune, laughter, fulfillment
startling, healing, cheering
persistent, inexhaustible
joy
Written on 1/15/2023
For: Delightful Diamante Poetry
Contest
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
inexhaustible, change, joy, life, sad,
Form: Diamante
Life is
a vibrant
powerful
force deep
within us
a seemingly
inexhaustible
reservoir
of energy
and delight
whose
breath
is taken
from us
in a
heartbeat
June 29, 2022
Life is Poetry Contest
Nayda Ivette Negron Flores
Categories:
inexhaustible, heart, life, mystery, power,
Form: Free verse
On the boat
Swaying and tossing
Waves and ripples
Hands together
Hearts together
Land in sight
Yet miles away.
Paddles broken
Yet flapping
No stopping
At slapping
The silvery surface.
A course chartered for rough waters
The boat image
Divine inspiration
Fires the activists
A tedious delve
Into life and teachings
Of the Master.
Billows of prayerful reflection
The journey is on
A sturdy boat
In mixed weather
Knees to knees
Legs to legs
Notoriously unpredictable.
A head-wind approaches
The boat sways
Bales of water
Swept out
Leaky but unsinkable.
Our choice unchanged
To remain on the boat
We take our chances
An inexhaustible mystery of faith
Categories:
inexhaustible, dedication, faith, life,
Form: Free verse
I gaze at you taciturnly all of a sudden.
Expecting to see the geniality eyes again
with which makes me feel so warm.
The day before we reunite in the endless journey,
I will evermore cherish the memory of you.
The reminiscence of the difficulties we had gone through together.
That was faded away gradually.
I just remember the laughter which was caused by you majority.
Only if the wind is still blowing, I will miss you always.
I will look at the vastness of starry sky every night,
and beseech the starlight to ignite your ways.
I will din the wind into calling your name constantly.
We are apart from a very long distance, though.
Only if you would think of me gently
when I’m lonesome and tiredness.
Or you would remember me someday,
I was like a little star that flashed in your life once.
The inexhaustible affection will link us together to the eternity…….
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We regret, repent and remorse only when we have lost exhaustively.
Categories:
inexhaustible, faith, fate, heartbreak, lonely,
Form: Other
The emerald field of magnificent alps.
variety of colours radiating with brilliant effusion.
infinite beauties melting to the admiration of one.
depth overreaching all the boundaries of fickle fin.
pleasant jewels knotted by the Master of all knowledge.
A vast sphere mapping out discordant planes of time and eternity.
all the paths in concurrent course pointing to The Way,
with its pillars firmly grounded on the Truth,
come see the winding rivers with unalterable course to The Ligh.
A mine without a bottom, a sea without a shore.
inexhaustible depth beyond the pretenses of all tinsel
the well of eternal realities incomparable with earth's shadows
break your ego to grasp this golden pearl
let not jewels gather dust in the shelve,
Take and read to know thyself and thy God
and like the ox, drink it down to find Peace.
Categories:
inexhaustible, bible, inspiration, jesus, life,
Form: Free verse
Childhood, the glory of pure innocence
A boon blessed by His omnipotence
Nonpareil and priceless gift to a child
Like a lamb delicate, gentle and mild.
An endless and inexhaustible bliss
A gifted phase that one should never miss
Immaculate souls of cute juveniles
Where He finds Himself in their beaming smiles
Icons for ingenuous happiness
Blossoming little hearts with loving kindness
Unstained with the impurities of world
Let the petals of dreaming buds unfurled.
Never sketch thy huge plans for their future
Let them grow under the blue in nature
Never take their childhood in to thy hand
Let them have bliss of heaven on this land.
Picture: 3
Rhyming Me A Poem 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Date: 11-11-2021.
Categories:
inexhaustible, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Harvest Bounty
Season of harvest, horn of plenty;
Tiller of soil reaping the fields:
Grains and legumes, hay and vegetables,
Fruits and plants, and gourd family genuses;
Filling silos, barns, pantries, and cellars.
Grapes abound, on vines climbing trellises,
And plump, red tomatoes dangle from stakes,
While apples grapple to keep from falling,
And livestock fatten on pastoral grasses.
Reaper of fields to feed the many.
Crops quenched by rains and meandering streams
Are ripened under the inexhaustible sun
And spring forth produce abundance in season.
Cornucopia spilling over with autumn goodness.
Categories:
inexhaustible, autumn, farm, thanks, thanksgiving
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
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