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For Josh Q On His Bar Mitzvah
1.

Our blessing, our son, our family clown
The cracker of jokes, the soother of strife
Takes it all in, teaches us to slow down
Although he bungee jumped straight into life

Yes, when he’s ready, he can move so...

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Categories: take a firm stand, father son, jewish,
Form: Crown of Sonnets



The Longest Dawn Part 1
THE FIRST PART OF A CROWN OF 15 SONNETS BUT IT HAD TO BE SPLIT UP BECAUSE OF CHARACTER SPACE ALLOWANCE WHICH RUINS THE WHOLE THING



Life is hard yet worse to say a goodbye.
We strive,...

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Categories: take a firm stand, life,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
The Sober Truth of My Land
Am I missing some thing.Do I misunderstand,as a witness I stand,witnessing the folly and madness of my land. For the devilish materialistic feel of cash in their hand,they will cut the hand of their brother...

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Categories: take a firm stand, life, people, music, home, corruption, home, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Linda
Linda

Linda Blair, is a woman with too much care
in her heart for so many, who seem to care not.
This forces me to wonder ?, what it is they have got 
that entices her, lures her...

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Categories: take a firm stand, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Two Cowboys In the Badlands
“Let ‘em loose,” came his bellowing yell,
“I got 3,000 head I gotta to sell,
Goin' 1,000 miles in weather that's hell,
You're all gonna sweat and all gonna smell”-

The boss’s eyes on ten cowboys did lay,
With disdain...

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Categories: take a firm stand, adventure, character, conflict, culture, judgement, men,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member INTERVIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND
Sand of wisdom, I seek for your counsel
since you're prudent in warning against building on sinking sand...

Oh, your choice to interview me is commendable...
well, take these ABCs sands for character-building:

Always take a firm stand whether...

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Categories: take a firm stand, blessing, christian, dream, faith, god, jesus, uplifting,
Form: ABC
Premium Member My God, Thank You For Sending Wonders Into My Midst
June 4 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 135-137
Key Verse – Psalm 135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee…   

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR SENDING WONDERS INTO MY MIDST

Thank You...

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Categories: take a firm stand, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ineffable Hosiery
Like a stalking hoarse,

Have endured shrewd days and night,

Like the physician ampoule,

Ready on my skin to pour.

flights from ignorance left these 

Strawberry marks,

Eyes glued on the object
 
compelled to the hard brown wooden logs ...

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Categories: take a firm stand, adventure, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Stinky Pete Cooper - Poop
My neighbor, Pete, is very frustrated
For two weeks he has been constipated
Then, in Poetry Soup
I heard him yell, "Whoop Whoop!"
His laxative had been activated!

He eats spicy food and lot of legumes
Where he shows up, a...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: take a firm stand, humor,
Form: Limerick
The First Argument
With the onset of earth
man became birthed
perplexed, he pondered his purpose
swamped with wildlife
fish and birds rife
am I meant to run a circus?

I'll need entertainers
and animal trainers
a tent constructed of kelp 
moreover, an audience 
to add...

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Categories: take a firm stand, humorous, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Dead At Home
DEAD AT HOME -For Veteran's Day 

It's a gray day, in the café, 
by the side of the road.
There's an old man, took a firm stand, 
trying to loosen the load.

It is struck luck, with...

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© Edlynn Nau  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: take a firm stand, addiction, angst, betrayal, heartbreak, horror, memorial day,
Form: Ballad
Good Vs. Evil.
The day was still, windless
A  presence surrounded me  
Though my eyes seemed empty
I could see it standing, waiting, silent.
Not threatening, just waiting among the rocks
As I stumbled towards it.

After the fall I thought...

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Categories: take a firm stand, visionary, fear, power,
Form: Free verse
A Soldier's Tone
Voices screamed in the street as gunshots rang out loud. You faintly 
see the pitter patter of little feet as they run in fear through the 
street - of vapor clouds. I my self, was...

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Categories: take a firm stand, places, care, care, fear, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time and Talent
I suppose it shouldn't come as such a terrible shock,
That each of us is allotted just so many ticks O' the clock.
The gifts of time and talent used well are our responsibility,
So at the end...

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Categories: take a firm stand, faithtime, rights, time,
Form: Rhyme
You Can Win If You Rightly Begin
For your thoughts, you are the boss
You can surely prevent your loss

Your happiness, you only hold
You can make your ideas gold

For your health, you are the master
All the good habits, you can muster

You can be...

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Categories: take a firm stand, motivation, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
My Sister, Juliet
My sister, Juliet, with skin so fair
And auburn hair that sparkles red in light,
Upon her heart weigh burdens hard to bear.
Her hope is shaped by faith in heaven’s sight. 
While pensively she ponders earthly woes,
The...

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Categories: take a firm stand, love, marriage, people,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Premium Member Against the Wind, My Reward Now
Against The Wind, My Reward Now



That was my time so long ago
my hat was always in the show
Running, ever against the wind
more enemies than ever friend

Remembering yesterdays so well
the hot nights deep into Hell
O' so...

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Categories: take a firm stand, appreciation, blessing, celebration, change, life, love, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When a Young Cowboy's Mother Speaks To Him
When A Young Cowboy's Mother Speaks To Him

Son, heed wise words when true words are given
Shoe your horse well, ride for a faster fight
With your courage firm, stand for true liven
THO' EVIL CREEPS TO SLAY...

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Categories: take a firm stand, children, family, mother son, relationship, strength, wisdom,
Form: Sonnet
Understanding Her Love
(07/09/11)

He had taken a firm stand
To prove that he was a macho man.
He built his body and tightened his abs
To make them look like the bricks on a wall
But with time those abs would fall.

He...

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© Louis Rams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: take a firm stand, lovepeople, love, people,
Form: Rhyme
Have Faith To Do the Impossible
Know that I am with you even though you
Think I am away. Count it all joy when you
Fall into the driver’s temptation’s, I am
Not trying to hurt you, but it’s all for your
Making. Don’t think...

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Categories: take a firm stand, faith, inspirational, love,
Form: I do not know?
What I Believe
I am feeling the fight. I can go another round.
The devil's throwing jabs trying to knock me down.
I survive the attacks. I keep the faith at all costs
Because I already know who's won and who...

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© Adam Cox  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: take a firm stand, faith, hope, inspirational, religionme, me,
Form: I do not know?
Am I Wrong...?
Is it so wrong,
That I end our friendship?
Is it so wrong
To go a thousand leaps?

Is it wrong for me to do so?
To stay away from you,
To have a firm stand
Coz I have hatred none knew

I...

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Categories: take a firm stand, friendship, life, people, hate, me,
Form: I do not know?
We Appreciate You
Chosen by God to carry His Word;
Maybe running at first, eventually His Voice you heard.
It was a task that you felt might have been hard;
There was no need to worry, you were equipped by God.

A...

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Categories: take a firm stand, anniversary, appreciation, god, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Inner Strength Empowers
Inner strength empowers

Depressed and devastated life,
Heartbroken, living in deep dark,
Once an ardent lover, now a wife,
Electrifying, has now lost her spark,

Little did she know of his intentions,
Unless summons from court arrived,
Came true all the vivid...

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Categories: take a firm stand, angst, break up, courage, strength, uplifting,
Form: Sonnet
Unforgettable
I wonder, myself whom I venerate

the voice of my heart if loud fair enough!

the hive of my life I strive to relate

aspire to unleash my wonders, seems tough.

To craft a soul of light, creed of...

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Categories: take a firm stand, beauty, creation, growth, humanity, introspection, remember,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Shattered Sighs