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Moving On Poems | Examples of Moving On Poetry

Out of time
I can admit I give far too many chances than I should I always manage to overlook the bad and see the good The one thing about me is there’s always a time limit for you I eventually grow tired of things Don’t take my love as a weakness because it’s one of the things I love about myself...

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Categories: moving on,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Funny How a Room Dies
Funny how a room dies First it’s off to college Then out into the world Blink twice, there’s marriage Into the abyss,...

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Categories: moving on, growing up, home, loss,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Grief, the Hidden Door
Grief is not a wound. It is a door... Hidden behind the tapestry We spent a life weaving. It opens... When we can no longer lie....

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Categories: moving on, bereavement, farewell, fate, grief,
Form: Free verse
Electric Summer Mist
In summer's heat, where vibrant blossoms sway, A storm awakens, darkened clouds align, The thunder whispers secrets of the day, While lightning's flash reveals the past's design. Beneath the tempest's wrath, my heart takes flight, To memories concealed in shadow's veil, Each droplet falls, a tear of lost delight,...

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Categories: moving on, anger, betrayal, fate, moving
Form: Sonnet
From Lost to Found
I have lost, what I need Losing all that I need to believe I am cold, I can’t breathe I’ll do all that I need to succeed I’ve become what I hate I am losing my soul While I stray from the path Everything that I’ve known This is all a mistake This is out of control As I stray from the...

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Categories: moving on, faith, inspirational, mirror, moving
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Miss Goody Two Shoes
I once had a neighbor called miss goody two shoes, Each time I was cornered she sang me the blues. Because she hadn’t improved, I just picked up and moved, after fifteen years I thought I’d paid my dues. ...

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Categories: moving on,
Form: Limerick
Letting Go of Yesterday
Laying in a hammock Swaying back and forth Reminiscing long gone fun Remembering what was done. Sitting on a swing Poised above the ground In your eyes are tears About all the lost years. You can't fix the past But you can do this: Loathe? I don't think so Forgive your ex: let go!...

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Categories: lost love, moving on,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How Quaint
Ring the bell-hop, how quaint Dial the Operator? – Translate! … Western Union’s clickety-clack, now faint alongside the sensory lure of wet paint All of these ~ today, ain’t ...

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Categories: history, loss, moving on,
Form: Monorhyme
Not Enough
It’s alright ...

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Categories: moving on, best friend, friend, friendship,
Form: Free verse
her light would reflect
Moon blooms like petals through a bulb, The skies within her break as glass. Most times she holds cup partway dark — Moon blooms like petals through a bulb, Only close, and open ~then some~ — The shadow of her going as Moon blooms like petals through a bulb The skies within her break as glass....

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Categories: moving on, angst, dark, death, imagery,
Form: Triolet
Fish out of water
I wonder who I’ll be when alone A salmon spent on Lagunitas creek A giving tree robbed of it nuts A sunset rooster with no eggs When your chick has flown the nest Even if for a summer vacation Who’ll give you meaning when life is fallow? Who will you be when your seed is in college? Will you be a cobweb at...

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Categories: moving on, animal, birth, child, death,
Form: Free verse
Leg Walking
I walked with my legs straight into nightmares never saw another person coming up the stairs - Come to get me like that Breathed through my ankles lived from a rucksack slept in the tree house and walked like a quack quack - But don't you quote me on that Take three steps at a time never need no crutch didn't want a brother wasn't asking for...

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Categories: moving on, song,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Moving Forward
At times this may be hard to do but must be done It may be easier to do after considering a fight won When it comes to moving forward the battle is within You know your destination and where you have been Doing this will require putting the past behind you Forgetting about everything you see in your rearview These...

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Categories: moving on, confidence, emotions, feelings, future,
Form: Rhyme
Volcanic Eruption of a Soul
In the mine of silence, within the furnace of pain, a burning soul, prepares for a tremendous explosion! The mantle rocks fractured ...

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Categories: moving on, anger, earth, emotions, fire,
Form: Free verse
Well, Loved
Like old paint, the discarded heart chips away where it lay in a hollow chest not unlike my own breast. In its prime, untainted by sin and made of sheepskin, its candy apple hue captivated everyone—especially the likes of you. However, who now could admire a color so mottled by misuse and so drastically duller? Verily, no unclouded eye could find merit in such a sorry trinket....

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Categories: moving on, angst, extended metaphor, heart,
Form: Rhyme

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