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Outliving Poems - Poems about Outliving

Premium Member A Mountain’s Idea of Love
...A mountain sits And a river flows A mountain suffers her tears And the infiltration of life Wildflowers necklace it As the goats dance up and down its rocky parts. It can wiggle off snow as w......

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Categories: outliving, butterfly, change, cry, love,
Form: Free verse
Comet
...My heart is bound with twin-distressed grommets But every night I look up at the sky Waiting for a comet. My eyes fixate and focus before they leak like faucets And I glance up, I zealously try ......

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Categories: outliving, angst, heartbreak, hope, hurt,
Form: Rhyme



Ancient Music
...Drink the water of mountain brook Sweet and clear, it fills you with joy Try it once, very soon you’re hooked Much like ale, in thirst, to enjoy Ancient music, from ages gone by Is like stream......

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Categories: outliving, music, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Moonlight on Meadows
...My heart remains asleep, until you touch it... (poet) You are the most' enigmatic existence,' which will never be mine. I remain a million waves away, trying to make beauty from your scar......

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Categories: outliving, absence, love, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seasons Of Life
... Seasons Of Life Miracle Man 4/27/2024 Age has a way of collecting life’s dues, Change is the payment we make to age. No matter which phase of life we choose, our payments get steepe......

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Categories: outliving, age, life,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Beyond The Grave Of Beni Blue
...Beyond the grave of Beni Blue was an aging twisting branching Yew Young Beni liked to play and hide as he did the day he died In a forgotten graveyard corner it grew hiding a doorway known by ......

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Categories: outliving, adventure, dark, fantasy, scary,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Goodbye, Odie
...Goodbye, Odie My little old cat is dying. His steps are awkward, eyes unfocussed and he cries when he can’t see me. I’m not sure I want to be in a world that doesn’t have my tabby Familiar. I......

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Categories: outliving, animal, bereavement, cat, death,
Form: Pantoum
Golden Year's Unveiled
...In golden years, where time slows its pace, Retirement's embrace, a serene grace. Beyond the clock's ticking, life anew, Unveiling vistas, dreams to pursue. No longer bound by the daily grind, ......

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Categories: outliving, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Dunkelheit
...calling all mistreated jugglers and wretches of condemned madhouses bewitched by fingers of freak fame the spindly fingers of trickster twins that open the floodgates to occult caverns unleashin......

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Categories: outliving, imagery, surreal, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult
...Inferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult Yours truly (an amazingly, gracefully, and markedly modest passively aging baby boomer - formerly introverted long haired pencil nec......

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Categories: outliving, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Adios Dear Dentist
...Adios dear dentist with shots, x-rays and drills Adieu root canals, crowns, and skyrocketing bills With just gums underneath I'm outliving my teeth G'day dear hot oatmeal, ciao vitamin pills 1......

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Categories: outliving, goodbye, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Estate
...Red barn in the country sunny parcel of farmland ploughed field and heavy machinery at rest Chickens free ranging jersey cows grazing the pasture and the dog runs as it pleases Soaking in t......

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Categories: outliving, animal, change, city, farm,
Form: Free verse
Buhari's Poetical Graphics Representation
...All efforts tabled on Nigeria; Experiencing a fortunate miscarriage, Feasting Aso rock- a pizzeria But never admit it is the cause of this age. Upon the solid manifesto, That touches all s......

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Categories: outliving, abuse, africa, art, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Immortal
...If you had the option to be an immortal, would you leap at the chance, or just let that go? It sounds like a question that’s easy to answer, but I’d recommend that you take it real slow. Are you ......

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Categories: outliving, age,
Form: Rhyme
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging Adult Part Two
...timid, meek, and demure (effeminate) me, essentially ruled the roost regarding Harris household sole son characterized vis a vis presented passive resistant outward nonestablishmentarian mold w......

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Categories: outliving, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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