Lives Poems

Our Lives Are To Short

The clock gnaws marrow from the bone,
Its hands are wolves in a quiet room.
I pace the halls of books like a penitent,
Collecting alphabets, equations, broken hymns—
Each one a splinter of fire to brand my palms.

Learning is a lantern, I tell myself,
But it burns both the pupil and the page.
Still, I drink the poison of knowledge,
Measure
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Categories: lives, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Too many lives

my body ache and feel so old my soul torn and winter's cold i've lived too many lives

they say, "teenage is the best years of life but carelessness can bring you demise" lost in the petty things of life i lost a precious chapter of my life
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Categories: lives, 1st grade, emotions, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme


Too many lives

my body ache and feel so old my soul torn and winter's cold i've lived too many lives

they say, "teenage is the best years of life but carelessness can bring you demise" lost in the petty things of life i lost a precious chapter of my life
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Categories: lives, 1st grade, emotions, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme

Lived too many Lives

my body ache and feel so old
my soul torn and winter's cold
i've lived too many lives

they say, "teenage is the best years of life
but carelessness can bring you demise"
lost in the petty things of life
i lost a precious chapter of my life

they say, "care for each other, care for the poor
but care even more about
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Categories: lives, sad,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGood days are not lacking, but good lives are hard to find in the world

Good days are not lacking, but good lives are hard to find in the world,
A life of good days lived through the senses is not enough, it's just appearance,
The life of sensations is the life of greed, always demanding more, never ceasing,
But the life of the spirit asks for less and less, time is generous
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Categories: lives, fantasy,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberCOMINGS AND GOINGS IN THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

COMINGS AND GOINGS IN
THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

In all life’s seasons,
Each day has its three
To be: yesterday, today,
And its tomorrow:-

Today was yesterday’s 
Tomorrow, and will become
Tomorrow’s yesterday,
Which will become a today:-

No matter the day or
The season, give God the praise
For today, which was yesterday’s
Prayed for tomorrow:-

Thus, be the blessed days
That are bestowed upon us
In travelling
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Categories: lives, allegory, analogy, day, life,
Form: Personification

Premium MemberSQUIRREL'S LIVES MATTER

SQUIRRELS' LIVES MATTER
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With tiny paws raised, scurry of squirrels took a stand,
"Dear gardener, how dare you! This is quite unplanned!
    You’ve vacuumed up our nutty feast,
    Our food supply substantially decreased.
Now we’re left with just crumbs in the strand!"

With their cheeks full of nuts, they declared,
"We demand that our
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Categories: lives, 12th grade, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberOur Lives

This is our lives: moment by sparking moment. We know not what will come next, nor do we know what is to follow. So, we accept the moment, and move on beyond it.

This flashing moment
Defines my existence
Like a fireflies' flash
In the depth of the darkness.
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Categories: lives, imagery, power,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberFAITH IN GOD WHO LIVES IN TRUTH

August 13 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 4-6

Key Verse – Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

FAITH IN GOD WHO LIVES IN TRUTH	

God lives in truth and in His
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Categories: lives, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain

To the mother they stole

To my mama they stole,

I dont blame you for what was done
You sacrificed your life for my childhood
You fought for my right of innocence 
You spoke so I could have freedom

It's not your fault
You were just born black
I'm not old enough to understand why
But i do understand your love
I feel it even in your absence
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Categories: lives, child, mom, prejudice, prison,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCries of Our Lives

Whispering sweet desires in tearing
giggling, we forget of we're laughing
tummy sweet button does taste so yummy,
How do these moments lead right up to now?

Tasting your lips, something ever lasting,
treats of your seduction to say the least,
fingers wander to love songs from singers
blasts from window won't shiver how heat lasts,

Lust come from sweetness and not the
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Categories: lives, love, love hurts, lust,
Form: Rhyme

Hiku: love lives in hearts

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Categories: lives, cute love, friendship love,
Form: Haiku

The enslaved

The crops grows from the tears of the enslaved 
The ground quakes from the harsh sound of the whip
Their calloused hands evidence of a life of painful labour 
Wounds etched their skin 
A twisted reminder of what happens when you don't comply
Their bones crushed under the weight of exhaustion
Their eyes burned by the harsh sun

Despite
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Categories: lives, discrimination, freedom, identity, prejudice,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLOVE LIVES ON


When I lose someone I love…someone who was close to me
I try my best to follow the Native Nations’ wisdom and philosophy…


To stay with them a while
in those sweet places I call memories

To visit their smile often

To let their light warm and fill my heart

And always remember
Their love lives on through me


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Categories: lives, death, love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFAITH IN GOD WHO SATISFIES OUR LIVES

July 19 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 19-21 
 
Key Verse –  Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

FAITH IN GOD WHO SATISFIES OUR LIVES	

God satisfies our lives with His goodness
Always preserving us in His
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Categories: lives, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain

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