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Reluctancy Poems - Poems about Reluctancy

You Can’t Take What You Can’t Give

...I’ll handle the rejection as a merit in my spirit, as I did once when I was a kid. 
The townspeople will turn all of the sprinklers on when spring has made its arrival apparent on April Fools. 
The...

Categories: reluctancy, absence, abuse, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

The Sun of the West

...{“IF I were to flee from this world If I were to collapse into a deep slumber, and when I emerge from that demise, I would yearn for gravity to tug me by my arms and legs and grant me my wishes. I wo...

Categories: reluctancy, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse

Ode On The Hourglass

...The restoration properties
collected in each and
every grain of sand, 
stimulates the aging 
functions that affect
durations longing of 
infinity that it now
possesses a
plunging ...

Categories: reluctancy, appreciation, creation, destiny, education,
Form: Ode

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTD

...POTD 8th Jan 24


 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE

The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moo...

Categories: reluctancy, deep, emotions, inspiration, new
Form: Rhyme

The Shedding of Our Skin

...“The Shedding of our Skin” 
 
I am writing about the transition from lost now found, 
Darkness to light, one being into another, death to life, 
Old skin to new skin. 
Its like the rejuvenation ...

Categories: reluctancy, addiction, growth, inspiration, mentor,
Form: Free verse

R I P Dad

...S ubsequent period of flashbacks sunbath my heart 
Acccosted my adjourned remembrance: got me intermittent
More laughter in disguise not to divulge the obscure 
Stormed me in the cloud of memories...

Categories: reluctancy, art, crazy, death, deep,
Form: Acrostic

Healing Among Grassy Fields

...Anticipation and hope avail as I awake from a chilly night.
On a sunny morning of calm and clear blue skies,
after several days of rain both heavy and light                                         ...

Categories: reluctancy, day, seasons, winter,
Form: Verse

Divine Intervention

...There were four times that I recall.
I was home each time I fell to the floor.
I was also alone each time I fell, and three
of those times, immediately, I got up alone                             ...

Categories: reluctancy, god, health,
Form: Narrative

Really, Grandpa

...A few days ago, I was at my daughter's place some 10 minutes away.
In seeking to comply with COVID-19 advisories, I can't remember when                                                               ...

Categories: reluctancy, family, i love you,
Form: Narrative

This Girl

...This girl,
People try to demonize
Her beautiful eyes,
That bleed when she cries

This girl,
Trying to break her chains,
But she forgot the stains

This girl,
Replays good memories in her he...

Categories: reluctancy, abuse, angst, bullying, depression,
Form: Free verse

Black Dog - Collaboration With White Wolf

...As I proceed to indite in reluctancy
A vortex in my mind opens up to me
With my imagination running wild
Is it no wonder I feel beguiled

     So much in there, oh what to choose
     I hav...

Categories: reluctancy, animal, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

We Are: We Were

..."You are young 
and I... I am old
i have began to wither 
and you are not just growing
leave this world and find a new one
they are not the only ones who need a hero"

"No one will miss me wil...

Categories: reluctancy, visionaryson, son,
Form: Verse