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Life On The Ground Poems

These Life On The Ground poems are examples of On The Ground poems about Life. These are the best examples of On The Ground Life poems written by international poets.


Yoshihiro Hattori
When my mother discussed his story,
I was tragically shocked and enraged.
How could someone kill a teenager?
Assuming Yoshihiro was a trespasser?

An exchange student, a young teenager,
From...

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© Sky Prince  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: on the ground, america, memorial, memory, murder,



Children's Poems IX
The Tapestry of Leaves
Michael R. Burch

Leaves unfold
as life is sold
or bartered, for a moment in the sun.

The interchange
of lives is strange:
what reason—life—when death leaves all...

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Categories: on the ground, baseball, dark, death, earth,

Premium Member I AM DEEPLY ROOTED AND GROUND IN --HIM-
I am a tree I may waver and bend almost fall
and yet below me my feet are roots
and I'll stand ever tall

 ~for it's not...

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Categories: on the ground, analogy, appreciation, care, life,

Premium Member Anti-Bullying poem Stand Your Ground
Don’t be bullied,
Intimidated,
Brow-beaten,
Pushed around.  

Be steadfast,
Resolute,
Know your own mind,
Stand your ground.

...

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Categories: on the ground, abuse, angst, anxiety, bullying,

Premium Member Where is that Middle Ground
   The life of the mind
     cruel and unkind
   Sit on thy derriere all day
  ...

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Categories: on the ground, happiness, health, life, meaningful,



In the land of silvery mists, where dreams touch the ground
In the land of silvery mists, where dreams touch the ground,
A being-abyss struggles, wishing to rise in docile flight and facing a deep fear,
Striving to...

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© Dan Enache  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: on the ground, fantasy,

Ground All Around Safe and Sound
in church congregate
our sins God did consummate
new life will be grrreat

when I cleaned up ground
it will look nice all around
being safe and sound

my house seems...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: on the ground, allegory, analogy,

Premium Member On This Hallowed Ground
Where the battles were valiantly fought,
land, sea, and air,
of our brave who survived,
you are honored with our fallen,
on this hallowed ground of
well-kept lawns, 
white marble...

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Categories: on the ground, 7th grade, 8th grade,

Premium Member Revisiting the Same Ground
(John Day Fossil Beds, 2018)

Revisiting The Same Ground

Over and over again
I find myself returning 
to the same thoughts, ideas, histories
but now with years more experience...

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Categories: on the ground, growth, introspection, perspective, psychological,

Premium Member Ground Level Entry
"Ground Level Entry"

“She fits the bill”,
they say it 
insouciantly

visions of being 
carried in the beak 
of a bilious pelican 

where it builds
its rudimentary nest, 
it...

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Categories: on the ground, muse,

Premium Member On Tarnished Ground
Cast no shadow on my grave,
Step not on this tarnished ground.
Bring no flag to gently wave,
Utter not a single sound.

Bear no witness to my life,
Say...

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Categories: on the ground, death,

We Were Designed To Give
WE WERE DESIGNED TO GIVE
When we learn to really care
And truly want to share
We know that we have found
A safe and solid ground
Life will be...

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Categories: on the ground, dedication, friendship love, growth,

Lost and Found
LOST AND FOUND
No way out of this mess
No way to peace in my mind
Wandering in a maze of distress
Not even looking behind

Joy had departed for...

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Categories: on the ground, bible, change, conflict, devotion,

Ground - Tanka 116
Imbalanced and cold
           Removing soles to get soul
       ...

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Categories: on the ground, green, growth, health, life,

Song Lyrics I
Song Lyrics I

"We Came Together" was written as song lyrics for New Zealand composer David Hamilton.

Song Lyrics: We Came Together
by Michael R. Burch

We came together...

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Categories: on the ground, community, discrimination, friend, friendship,


Book: Reflection on the Important Things