Pursuit Poems

THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH

It is perfectly fine
to chase wealth
to build a life of gold
and a career that sparkles in the sun.

But it is not fine to forget
what it means to be just
to lose the path of virtue
for Dharma is the soul’s compass
and without it, even grace demands a cost
 
Know this:
the riches & the fame
the applause & the
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Categories: pursuit, 12th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberFAITH IN GOD WHO IS WITH US IN OUR LIFE-BUILDING PURSUIT

May 21 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Ezra 1-3

Key Verse – Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which
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Categories: pursuit, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Quatrain


In Pursuit of Dreams

Dreams fade not away;
Our active efforts bring us
The crown of glory.
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Categories: pursuit, dream, humanity, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberThe Pursuit of Profundity

     The pursuit of profundity
         prior to simplicity 
            educes sterility

      Mere simplicity
         sans profundity
    
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Categories: pursuit, deep, meaningful,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberIn Pursuit of Joy

joy
in life,
hard to find.
so tough to keep.
it's always sought for,
it’s a song that resounds,
a blessing that wraps the soul,
a mirage that eludes the mind,
a fleeting shadow, never concrete,
it's like a treasure secretly hidden. 

everyone wants to experience joy.
it comes when heart is hopeful and strong.
it flits on the smiles of cute babes.
reach out your heart
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Categories: pursuit, joy, love, perspective,
Form: Etheree


Pursuit of our Happiness

We all deserve Love and Light, Joy and Happiness. But that doesn't mean we can hurt others along the way. Let's try to show Empathy and Compassion, Dignity and Respect in our dealings with others. 

Pursuit of our Happiness 
By Michelle Morris 
14/02/2025

You and I talk
But I don't think we communicate 
We use words and
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Categories: pursuit, conflict, feelings, heaven, light,
Form: Rhyme

Sir Thomas Wyatt Translations 1

SIR THOMAS WYATT TRANSLATIONS 1

Whoso List to Hunt ("Whoever Longs to Hunt")
by Sir Thomas Wyatt
loose translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch

Whoever longs to hunt, I know the deer;
but as for me, alas!, I may no more.
This vain pursuit has left me so bone-sore
I'm one of those who falters, at the rear.
Yet friend, how can I draw
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Categories: pursuit, grief, heart, love, poems,
Form: Rhyme

mine pursuit hern dance'd

.

                           imagine i
               enter'n the dance studio
        
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Categories: pursuit, beauty, blessing, dance,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberTime

It can be your greatest friend
A wonderful gift
There till the end
Repairing the rift

But sometimes it carries
A devastating weight
Fulfilling its role
As the arbiter of fate

Spent the right way
It's the key to your growth
Wasted each day
Die quicker than most

It waits for no man
Woman or child
Will never be tamed
Forever running wild

Stand at its door
To be another slave
But take
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Categories: pursuit, adventure, child, courage, creation,
Form: Rhyme

Divine pursuit

Gift me wings,
So I fly and sing.

Urge to create a playlist,
Provide me the logistics.

Want to feel it,
Grab it tight .

Can’t let it go ,
My soul says no.

Gripping silence in air ,
Nothing is just and fair.

Where did it go?
Was it my dream’s show?

So unreal and faint,
Was he a saint ?

Can see through it,
Indeed you retreat.

Fail to
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Categories: pursuit, god,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIn pursuit

I'm on a mission 
seeking eternal life 
with my redeemer
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Categories: pursuit, god,
Form: Senryu

Relentless Pursuit

I don’t know if my mind still knows the way,
or if the path ahead is just a fading gray.
These endless nights stretch like centuries long,
haunted by a dream that whispers, yet feels wrong.

I don’t know if I’m truly free, or bound tight,
if I’m walking the path that God would invite.
Am I nursing wounds that ache
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Categories: pursuit, desire, faith, growth, life,
Form: Free verse

IN PURSUIT OF STILLNESS

It's human nature, they say, to endure and explore,
But the world, when you're down, just adds to the score.

Detest those who disturb your peace,  
Let calming souls bring ease.
  
Need not a crowd to feel accomplished,  
Just a few whose warmth is cherished.
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Categories: pursuit, peace,
Form: Couplet

In Pursuit Of Happyness


I'm in pursuit of happiness
Happiness that brings realization
Realization for loveliness
Loveliness in all my formation

Happiness is all this sad world needs
Needs to bring enlightenment
Enlightenment that feeds
Feeds the soul's nourishment

Happiness brings with it peace
Peace embraced by everyone
Everyone living with bliss
Bliss shining bright like the sun

The recipe for happiness is simple
Simple to practice as it is free
Free to
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Categories: pursuit, cute, encouraging, happiness, happy,
Form: Rhyme

The Lord's Day : In Pursuit of Happiness

They study me like the news
They out there counting my views
Only when I'm getting numbers
They want to ride in my cruz
But to myself I stay true
I'm never afraid to lose
I am under no record label 
Man I do what I choose
Life is a questionnaire
Every mistake that I made
Really makes me learn
Really draws me near
Closer to
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Categories: pursuit, blessing, creation, heaven, passion,
Form: Rhyme

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