Long Head held high Poems
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Women and their ManWhat went wrong with women and why women worry.
Some women worry for it’s in their nature. They grew up watching grandma worry and momma worry. They lack confidence. They too often need reassurance. Their insecurity...
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Categories:
head held high, change, forgiveness, god, hurt, men, relationship, women,
Form:
Narrative
The Maid of OrleansReflecting in her garden sits a winsome little maid;
She holds a purple flower like the circlet that she made
And wrapped about her braids to grace her forehead like a crown;
Her thick and shining braids that...
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Categories:
head held high, christian, conflict, courage, england, history,
Form:
Couplet
Gift To MyselfI spin, faster and faster…
losing control, I am a propeller rising.
Once, you were my mystery to solve,
my gift to unwrap -
my challenge, my highest vista to climb.
You lifted me to your...
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Categories:
head held high, break up, emotions, identity, metaphor, relationship, universe,
Form:
Free verse
In the Forest, a TreeTo a perfectly perfect stranger
met on a time on the river bank
I asked a simple question,
“How should I live my life
and live life to the full?”
He smiled at me, His eyes dark, wise and...
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Categories:
head held high, allegory,
Form:
I do not know?
A Hairy LamentA HAIRY LAMENT
I've been bereft since you abandoned me
You provided comforting you see.
When I lay my head to sleep at night
I wish you were here with all my might.
Was so good to have...
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Categories:
head held high, self,
Form:
Couplet
The Punctuation FactorThis is a result of text messaging. You have forgotten; how...; to punctuate. It affects you. This affects me. This effects all of us. Misplaced kindness masked by hate; lost in a text. There's no...
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Categories:
head held high, age, allusion, character, emotions, forgiveness, friendship,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Survival JunkieI guess you can say that I'm a wilderness survivor junkie,
which is surprising for many because surviving isn't easy.
Anyone who tells you that wilderness surviving is fun
isn't truly surviving. They are just simply camping,
but venturing...
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Categories:
head held high, adventure, animal, me, time, howl, life, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Evacuation and LossThe night shone for the full moon,
Sky brewing a coarse monsoon,
Bolted were windows, locked were doors,
The frequency of death frighteningly soared.
But who was this infant high upon the hill?
He denied the storm and just stood...
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Categories:
head held high, bereavement, child, depression, family, fear, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
head held high, forgiveness, judgement, power, spiritual,
Form:
Epic
Her Story of WhyThese are her stories of why; the sad excuses of mother's life;
Her oft-honed chip, accented with her mother's old mink stole,
Tears most lovely in her eyes as she spoke of the beautiful farm;
Telling of the...
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Categories:
head held high, historyday, beautiful, old, summer, beautiful, day, farm,
Form:
Free verse
What HappenIm trying to figure out
What has happen
We as women
Have turned into a major distraction
We use to have value
We use to have pride
And now in our DM,, s
These guys do...
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Categories:
head held high, art,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Grief Is Grief Is NotGrief is not something we “get through”…
you “get through” a bad day
Grief is not something we “get over”,
“you ”get over” a cold”
Grief is not something we “move on from”
you “move on from” a bad relationship”
...
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Categories:
head held high, death, grief, hope, inspirational, heart, friend, heart,
Form:
Free verse
Nightmares and ImbetweensA busted boys heart
Beaten black and blue
His bloody hands pray for help
A cowering child
Shaking by the door
Lowers his head and wonders if anyone can help
A woman in fear
She knows her husband will be home
She speaks...
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Categories:
head held high, art, childhood, confusion, death, family, fear, hope,
Form:
Epic
Head Held HighLaying down on the hospital bed...
Helplessly feeling so much dread...
I hopelessly dream away the sorrow,
Wishing there was another tomorrow
I'm sorry that I've let you down, Father
I apologize for the things that I've done
I'm sorry for...
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Categories:
head held high, angst, depression, emotions, fear, hope, longing, prayer,
Form:
Rhyme
The Black ManThe Black Man
Hello to the world of the black man
Holding his roots to a foreign land
Raising issues that are hard to face
Knowing evils of hatred in every place
Being bound by the powers of the...
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Categories:
head held high, africa, black love, character, color, discrimination, hope,
Form:
Narrative
For Those Who Have Considered Suicide When Who They Are Is Not EnoughFor the days when your skin feels inadequate
And you want to escape from it
When you've scrutinized every fiber of your being & want to trade in your reflection
When you don't look right juxtaposed next to...
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Categories:
head held high, courage, depression, love, power, strength, suicide,
Form:
I do not know?
I Can Overcome Anything"I can overcome anything"
Bridge:
I can overcome
Everything
No matter what life brings
I am here
Lets get on up
Cant live my life
Always being stuck (stuck)
Create a brand new path
Edit and revise
This not the...
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Categories:
head held high, beautiful,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Armor of God"The Armor Of GOD"
(Ephesians 6:11-17)
...
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Categories:
head held high, courage, faith, god, heart, image, inspiration, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Public Nuisance Number 1Dragon made the papers for that very unfortunate Church event, toots sweet.
Then Dragon, suddenly, decided to finger-paint billboards, all over the town.
He’d discovered painting was sooo cool, and wanted to, spread his joy around.
It wouldn’t...
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Categories:
head held high, change, community, conflict, fantasy, forgiveness, fun, funny,
Form:
Light Verse
Cholla's LegacyA diverse array of flora and fauna reign majestic
in vivid tawny imagery of shifting sand dunes
and barren rocks-- sixteen miles
from the golden rays of western tomorrow.
Time is played out in crucial moments of...
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Categories:
head held high, america, appreciation, august, beauty, imagery, nature, sun,
Form:
Free verse
MasqueradeYou saunter through the double doors
Head held high
Chest puffed out
Putting on airs
You think you’re so clever, so deceiving
Showing up baring the most ornate mask
But I see right through
The mask that you wear tonight
You think it...
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Categories:
head held high, absence, allegory, anger, angst, betrayal, boyfriend, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
In the March of Dreams This Way . . . Once More, Never BeforeI’m marching in the dream
It’s raining heavily and the sky is dark and flashed with electric white
Silver shards gleam down from the sky
To shatter the still and calm I love so of the rain
In...
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Categories:
head held high, hope, inspirational, love, passion, philosophy, dream, light,
Form:
Prose Poetry
WildflowerA wildflower grows on the cobblestoned streets of this dingy town,
Among the dirt and debris left behind by the seasons.
A misplaced beauty working her way up among the cracks between
the rocks of this place she...
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Categories:
head held high, beautiful, flower, longing,
Form:
Prose
The Day We Met : a Collab With EmA lovely breeze blew from the sea
That autumn day was almost done;
Her thick and wavy raven hair
Was boldly gleaming in the sun.
She rode her mare with idle reins
Along the vast and sprawling sand,
Deserted...
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Categories:
head held high, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Day We Met- a Collab With Paul CallusA lovely breeze blew from the sea
That autumn day was almost done;
Her thick and wavy raven hair
Was boldly gleaming in the sun.
She rode her mare with idle reins
Along the vast and sprawling sand,
Deserted...
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Categories:
head held high, love, passion,
Form:
Rhyme