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Roadblocks Poems - Poems about Roadblocks

Premium Member Drooping Flowers, Blaze Of Grass, And Us
...Dropping Flowers, Blades Of Grass, And Us Like flowers droop but refuse to die from the heat, like tanned fields subsumed in the struggle to survive and keep the flow of transpiration, like......

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Categories: roadblocks, analogy, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Zoom In
...Zoom In Make change. Emotions drain. Don’t compromise. The world is demanding. Down in the valley. Roadblocks, there are many. Pessimistic are they. Too much anxiety. Have a purpose......

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Categories: roadblocks, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme



Dear Reader, P2, Please read the other parts as well
...I wonder what it would’ve been like to grow up differently. Perhaps with fewer mental roadblocks. Possibly with a brain that wasn’t constantly shifting channels without warning. I’ve been trying so h......

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Categories: roadblocks, 10th grade, age, cry,
Form: Free verse
Train of Thought
...Nothing but roadblocks railroading my train of thought A way to move forward has to be on the precipus My vehicle halted on the road not traveled Hazard lights illuminate the darkness that surro......

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Categories: roadblocks, anxiety, deep, depression, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lead foot
...Stepped away for awhile, but rising again from the ashes Sometimes you need to dive into the dumpster to sort through life's trash The smoke is starting to settle as coming out the other side Ef......

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Categories: roadblocks, encouraging, inspiration, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Embracing exploration
...Sturdy within myself like I haven’t been before. From the penthouse of my mind to the dirt in my basement floor. Wasn’t focused on the destination as that would have been a chore. So I climbed th......

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Categories: roadblocks, encouraging, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 2024
... 2024 Multitudes of roadblocks confronts me inside Unapologetically. 2024 The limits of cracked foundations of systematic, Complexed people seem to conspire together beyond One's control. 20......

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Categories: roadblocks, appreciation, character, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Wish, the words were not so short
...I wonder why these words are short When they should have been rather long, That, we have fair time to abort. Fine, we’re not in judicial court, Nor are scared of the judge’s gong, Wonder still......

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Categories: roadblocks, words,
Form: Villanelle
Inside the haunted car
...To the left, where the breeze softly whispers, Cars to the right, entangled in a chaotic dance. I beseech the divine for safe passage, Contemplating the turmoil, seeking clarity's glance. Yearn......

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Categories: roadblocks, 10th grade, anxiety, education,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Momentary
... Lately things change rapidly, as if the world is spinning... Everything is momentary, one thing to the next Working hard to survive the hurdles that continue, since a whirlwind of disruption ......

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Categories: roadblocks, change, life, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Caffeinated Rampage
... Roused with that first sip of morning brew, I’m armed and on a caffeinated rampage; A weekend project or playing at work it all starts with a cup of black magic; I’m armed and on a caffeinat......

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Categories: roadblocks, confidence, drink, emotions, feelings,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member When Optimism Smiles
...If you dig six feet under and then go under the coffin and right before you get to hell you will find what's left of my smile I once wore my smile like the joker dripping with bloody tears But this......

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Categories: roadblocks, anxiety, confidence, growth, happiness,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member A Starry Eyed Schemer
...Floating lanterns of burning wishes dance a flickering pulse of prosperity; Hanging on to hope with such nuance they glide on still water delightfully; Remain peaceful in the throes of defeat......

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Categories: roadblocks, dream, emotions, inspiration,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Legendary Teacher and Student
...Born in New England in the wake of the Civil War, Her folks fled Irish famine and landed on our shore. At age five, she took sick, losing almost all her sight. At eight, her mother died, and h......

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Categories: roadblocks, education, hero, inspirational, school,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Soul Defiance Eternal Melody
...Written: October 30, 2023 __________________________________________ Amidst bouts of deep pain and hellacious strife When anxiety overwhelms and exhausts life. Hyacinth......

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Categories: roadblocks, appreciation, courage, dream, fate,
Form: Rhyme

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