From Lost to FoundI 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
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 YesterdayLaying 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
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
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 waterI 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 WalkingI 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
Moving ForwardAt 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 SoulIn 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, LovedLike 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
HOW COULD I??CHERRY WAVES
HEARTS I CRAVE
lust is a battle
don't see me waver
lust is a savor
savoryyyy
honey, ur so sweet
my delectable treattt
coming home with me?
no?
okkk
I never thought it could be this way
But now my honey's left me astray
She never thought to stay
My darling girl has ran away
Her name was Vanessa
Golden hair to her toes
Vanessa, my queen
I never gave you...
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Categories:
moving on, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, i
Form: Free verse
Wishful Glimpses Through Timeworn WindshieldsI would
Wish you
The worst
But yours
Came true
First
Feels like
That red light
Gets longer every day
Though I can’t
Help but stare
At the place I last kissed you
Counting
The cars
In the driveway
Making note
Of the purple bike
Left in the grass
Picturing
The perfect happenstance
That you...
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Categories:
moving on, break up, imagery, moving
Form: Free verse
Dreams beyond homeShe walks the streets she’s always known,
But feels a longing deep, alone.
A fire burns inside her chest,
To leave, to grow, to find what’s best.
Her heart beats fast when she thinks of far,
Of distant lights and shining stars.
A thousand questions fill her mind—
Will she be lost? Will she be kind?
She dreams of skies she’s never seen,
Of...
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Categories:
moving on, 12th grade, adventure, africa,
Form: Rhyme
Fear Of Moving OnMy fear is standing next to my set future,
While my heart’s stuck deep in the past.
Still wandering lost in a love that’s gone,
Caught between what was and what’s to come.
Waking up every day, forever holding your peace, walking through the hours lost in your dreams.
Lying...
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Categories:
moving on, fear, future, happiness, lost,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Moving On Poems
Definition | What is Moving On in Poetry?