The Mettle of Mom's Kettle
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The Mettle of Mom's Kettle
Dear mother's tea kettle.
She purges impurities daily.
She satisfies it with freshness.
Encounters gained exponentially.
She alights the stagnant to awaken.
Temperate measures brew righteously.
Truly divine profoundness spirits a flavor.
She bears its consequence with confidence.
Gifting patient nothingness anticipated quench.
Honeyed sugary sweetness greets a reigning crown.
A Word of grace courtesies
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Categories:
mettle, childhood, extended metaphor, inspiration,
Form: Personification
Mettle
I'm locked behind the stalwart bars of love,
Like the sinewy, rave and strapping sun,
Hidden behind the shells of outstretched clouds,
Bellowing, in blaring yell to the clouds.
Unlike the sun clamoring for freedom,
Pulling like a surge of torrent, it fought,
Pushing the hung clouds in fright glazed with guts,
As it peep finally,
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Categories:
mettle, lost love, love,
Form: Sonnet
Galvanized With Steely Mettle
Countless instances submitting poems
finds me racking
quite a hefty collection of rejections,
the responses lacking
disappointing voluminous vicious
venomous vitriolic backing
quite the contrary,
the prefabricated responses
unsuccessful at hijacking
my "FAKE" toothy gumption
(since I wear dentures) lip smacking
bite size packing
not exceptionally appetizing,
but definitely wanting
with more pungent acidity stinging
(albeit figuratively) painfully digging
into the essence of all bone marrow,
asper this humble,
who will brazenly continue
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Categories:
mettle, abuse, courage, discrimination, growth,
Form: Bio
Trump Many Times Mettle
Trump Many Times Mettle
Trump many times may like to mettle,
And then down us he will try to settle,
Him being bleak,
With another leak,
Then changing subject and back pedal.
Jim Horn
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Categories:
mettle, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Men of Mettle - Double Acrostic
M en of fine mettle fight for their FreedoM,
E ngaging with courage enemies wherE
N o one else stands up for confrontatioN.
O pposing those who seek to rule, undO-
F oundations of their land, what they're made oF.
M en of this kind are fearless like a raM,
E ver ready to take arms for defensE.
T hose
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Categories:
mettle, courage, strength, war,
Form: Acrostic
Military Philosophy - Mettle Is a Better Word Or Term
[MILITARY PHILOSOPHY]: METTLE IS A BETTER WORD OR TERM!
Might strength along with an image be a concept to consider?
Else, to be strong is considered to be mighty.
Tapping into another’s reserve is a way to achieve an advantage.
The test of fate is allowed.
Like acquiring power from a source of pleasure.
Easy seen when you win.
Inoculate your fortress
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Categories:
mettle, courage, military, political, war,
Form: Acrostic
Spindled Mettle
Spindled Mettle
Hour upon hour she sits thoughtfully absorbed
spinning attentively conception’s fibers
while creating new textures within her mind…
As grain, by grain of living sand, erodes the weaves
exposing gently or tearing the woven seams…
following the hourglass count to maturing age
Set aside are the frivolous dolls of youthful cloths
as situations lead to realities bolder textiles…
some strands
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Categories:
mettle, growing up, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Mettle and Stone
How I wish I had your courage
And could face life with unyielding faith
And the strength of your undying heart.
"Trial" is the testament of all you have known
Tried to overcome their doubt
Tried to give more when you'd given all
Tried to be what they thought you couldn't
Tried and became your very finest.
Metal and stone cannot match
Your tried
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Categories:
mettle, friendship
Form: Lyric
Petal Mettle
I wonder, do daises tell?
Among us, who hasn't tried
More than once petals to expel?
Watch whispers of white-hearted hope
From within this circled chain;
Petaled path on which we grope.
Numbers hold this uncertain
Mystery until they're plucked
One by one. Life is taken
From each one because of lore,
To assuage the
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Categories:
mettle, love, mystery, nature, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme