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Life Poems | Poems About Life's Journey, Struggle, and Fun

Premium Member The Stalker's Still Life Stare
The rose won’t pose, won't stay its will, It knows it can’t be forced to stay still. It sneaks movements between brush strokes, Breaking free of the painter's staring yokes. The lemon makes faces with bitter pride, It hides its shyness with a snide slide. Each subject plays a veiled charade, As each freeze-frame is displayed. The painter grabs what time would spill, To...

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Categories: life, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Arti-Ficial Dark-Ness
Arti-Ficial Dark-Ness Every Un-Noticed Miracle Bliss Desires A Dawn Of Rewarding Appreciation… The Stars Don’t Wink Out When We Fail To Look, Like A Tree In An Ancient Forest That Fell With A Gigantic: !!!CRASH!!! Who Cares If You’re Listening? It’s In Every Wave-Form. That’s Not Even The Moon That We Sometimes See But A Partial To Impartial Solar Reflection... From A...

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Categories: life,
Form: Free verse



Of What Is Love's Stake
Love walks away... Day-in day-out on what heart wants, Leading astray... What heart needs, hurting what lust flaunts Against heart's will; Tomorrow shall find out the best, Lust don't run still To sustain beast; a trying test That locks up joy, Of unrest gauge- swinging heart's eyes Like a playboy, Whose smartness can't hang up late sighs Wandering near love, Enough to beat tricks; lust employs. Quest seems a...

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Categories: life, anxiety, art, death, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Living for the Remnants
Only God and prayer can heal it: The dreadful wound your loss has made. Find thankfulness and never quit; Embrace what you have left today. When melancholy cords arise Cast dissonance far, far away Let gratefulness revive your eyes; Embrace what you have left today. If you still have someone to love And a place where a bed is made You have more than enough...

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Categories: endurance, hope, life, strength,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Lost
Checked by www.howmanysyllables.com>syllable_counter ************************************************************** Lost The sun sinks low, the shadows grow, No moon is out up high, A chilling breeze begins to blow, With stars up in the sky; I wearily wade my way in...

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Categories: extended metaphor, inspirational, life,
Form: Verse



Premium Member The Holy Whole
The Holy Whole Bent To Know Will Loving Laughs Limit-Less All Is The Rest, Left Unknown. Sad For Salvation Partial To Changing… How Can't You? No. We’re Alone? Endlessness Effortless En'ternity Expressing Motherly Nurtured By Life's Blithe Soul Each Witnessed Bleeding Nor In-Tended Blessing Robs Our Connection To The Whole Holy Role. -Gray Squirrel 07-15-2025 ...

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Categories: life,
Form: Rhyme
The Reality
For my friend, James Forte Religions, unites us in communities and traditions ... Technology, brings us the Comfort of the life... Only the CULTURE, creates CIVILISATIONS........

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Categories: life,
Form: Free verse
I guess I'm sorry though
It's been a year now And I'm still hooked up With the one who'll never know But let's cross this small ramp Truth be told I never liked you Others might say I'm quite cold But I was trying something new I guess I'm sorry though As you where there so I called you a distraction Pull me out of the...

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Categories: life, 11th grade, age, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Darkness Falls
No war of nations ever won No reservations in the sun From whence we came, too soon returned Our withered corpse or ashes burned No heaven for the chosen ones No seven brides for seven sons Ask if it's right when conscience calls Bask in the light fore darkness falls...

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Categories: death, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fantasies Of The Future
Fantasies Of The Future Are Often Hilariously Uncanny In Terms Of Technology… But Don’t Get People Right. REAL People Are Always: Jaded And Boring And Full Of “So What?” Georgie Porgie “VERY Well, Thank You!” Caught A Gist Of The Tendencies… But All The Numbers WRONG. IT's An Easy Riddle. I’d Ask You Not To Report Me… But You Certainly Will. You're Not That Stupid, DARLING. -Gray Squirrel 07-15-2025 ...

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Categories: life,
Form: Free verse
Without you
I made it so easy for you I never let you wonder if I loved you but here we go again Another man who takes my love as a weakness I did everything you wanted me to You played me like a fool I have to admit I allowed you too You had me right next to you...

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Categories: life,
Form: Free verse
A Stranger's Prayer
Silly wisps of her raven hair flutter In the winds of the long-short corridor of summer; They snivel with the whims of cosseted sots, Sinking in the futile harmony of winking beasts. Pretty whiskers, soft with the ague of age, and lean From frazzled grey. A halo of white cotton crowns her fine dome, revealing little. She paints the inky images of...

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Categories: anxiety, life, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Made for this
I want slow mornings, bread rising in the oven, little feet padding across the floor, a Bible open beside my coffee. I want to home school my children at the kitchen table with crayons and scripture, to teach them about fractions and forgiveness in the same breath, to let wonder lead the way. I want to be the wife who lights candles at dinner, who...

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Categories: dream, home, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse
Life goes on
Life goes on by Adejola Joseph Life goes on Live for today And let tomorrow take care of itself Life is fun Don't hang somewhere being a sadist Live life love life Live to the fullest Because life goes on....

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Categories: life, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Knocking
The changing winds make my forgotten heart weary ~ bring heaven to me...

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Categories: life,
Form: Monoku

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