Onward And Upward
Until it's time to pop my clogs,
shuffle off this mortal coil,
I'll ensure my life is fun-filled
not just daily drudgery and toil.
As all work and no play
would make me one dull boy,
listless, senseless, bored witless,
not my Mother's pride and joy.
And so, in closing, I'm compelled to say,
"Exercise free will,
don't wait, hesitate or trust to fate,
before you're
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Categories:
onward, boy, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Pulling Me Onward
The woods never yawned
at the end of my stories
The streams never laughed
when I stuttered in haste
The mountains stood firm
when I lost my last footing
The sky understanding
in joy or disgrace
These natural things
forever behold me
Forgiving my weakness
rewarding my nerve
Their arms reaching out
through each change of the season
Pulling me onward
— my voice undeterred
(The New Room: March, 2025)
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Categories:
onward, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
onward, birth, day, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
UPWARD AND ONWARD: A BIRTHDAY MLOKU
Gradually, the stars and the full decided
to move onward,
And the golden dawn appeared as the bright
sun rose into daylight;
Blessed to be perpendicular, to labors of love,
I moved onward:-
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Categories:
onward, appreciation, birthday, celebration, life,
Form: Prose
Uncertainty
Looking back, while looking forward
Am I really sate to go
Backwards, when I’m going onward
Pacing fast and sometime slow
One road ends, then goes another
Same exactly as the old
Where to go to, moving further
Do I really have a goal
Maybe I’m amnesiac
Partly this explains my doubts
If the memory I lack
Sends me back to same old grounds
How
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Categories:
onward, depression, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Move on
Life is for the living
It is for a short a season
Whatever life throws at you
Receive it with equanimity and move on
When you make mistakes as all mortals sometimes do
Do not run away from God
Rather run to Him and make amends
And move on with determination
On your onward journey
And God will
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Categories:
onward, 4th grade, bible, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Onward and Upward
Over the rocky terrain
Over the mountains high
Over the choppy seas
Onward we struggle by
Still we brave the day
Still we stand and fight
Still we forge ahead
Onward through the night
With passion we live our lives
With honor we ever grow
With hope we dream our dreams
Onward and upward we go
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Categories:
onward, life,
Form: Rhyme
Ever Onward
Ever Onward Into the Light and Beyond
Ever-Rising, The Ethereal Psalm
where Fire and Stars within Collide
a Paradise of Wisdom, a Flower Of Life
Ever-Inward Into realms Untouched
where the Souls Ablaze, In This I Trust
Ever-Propelled by the Solar Thrust
I Wind Drift like Stardust,
To Infinity I Must
The Everlasting Golden
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Categories:
onward, hope,
Form: Rhyme
And that my dear is a poem
Many do not love my direct way
They shy from the truth
many just loved my looks
in my happy youth
some liked the achievements i had and wanted in on my fame
And some thought what I did for a living was kiddie stuff and kind of lame
So it's a conundrum you see, when you talk about me
It's
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Categories:
onward, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
Yet Pushed, Ever Onward, I Dare Tread
Yet Pushed, Ever Onward, I Dare Tread
BEHOLD, I wade into darkening mists,
My journey, clarification of Fate
When I balked, black ghost said, I insist
Hurry destiny cries, it is too late,
Strolling deep within, horrific the sounds
So strangely pungent the circling winds
In distant valleys, baying of the hounds-
I fear what that hideous sign portends.
Now so afraid, through weeping
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Categories:
onward, courage, deep, dream, imagination,
Form: Sonnet
Onward
triumph
changes nearby
bygone makes way for now
answers purpose questions
reasons brewing
success
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Categories:
onward, change, encouraging, moving on,
Form: Cinquain
Onward
i headed out to make my own way
not knowing what the future would bring
AP: Honorable Mention 2023
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Categories:
onward, destiny, future, hope,
Form: Free verse
Shakespeare Circa 1595 Onward To 2023
Circa 1595 ( Shakespeare ) Circa 2023. ( A Parody )
This royal throne of Kings, this sceptred Isle,
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Categories:
onward, betrayal, england, irony, satire,
Form: Free verse
Onward It Goes
summer was over in a wink
and dreams would get left behind
stranded and forgotten
that's just the way of it
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Posted on August 14, 2022
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Categories:
onward, dream, life, seasons, summer,
Form: Free verse
Flow
some days life struggles to define itself
other days the hours roll straight off the shelf
some days fickle wind refuses to blow
other days nothing can stop the wind’s flow
some days start out headed straight toward hell
other days impossible to foretell
will not always be a reason or rhyme
to go with purposeful use of our time
lack of confidence
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Categories:
onward, change, destiny, life, time,
Form: Sonnet
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