Roll With The Punches Poems

Have a Word With Yourself Coward

...Sit yourself down

And have a good long hard

Word with yourself

You yellow bellied coward

So involved with yourself

You are not the only person

Who has problems

Far greater than y...
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Categories: roll with the punches, sad,
Form: Free verse

As Precautionary Measure

...As precautionary measure...
 
I backed up all software
resident on fifteen inch 
Macbook Pro computer
yesterday December first 
two thousand twenty two
courtesy two terabyte 
Seagate external...
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Categories: roll with the punches, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberToo Much

...Honestly lately, there is too much going on
Hurting everyone by those who choose to be a con
There’s too much going on, in so many ways
Weighing on people’s hearts all of these days
Breaking us d...
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Categories: roll with the punches, angst, anxiety, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Life

...Life can be a challenge
With so many ups and downs
Life isn’t fair at all, but
Roll with the punches, don’t quit
Learn from your mistakes...
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Categories: roll with the punches, how i feel, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberUnderdogs

...Why root
for underdogs?
Easy. They just don't quit;
odds against them, tremendous, yet...
these tough Rocky Balboas 
of the world fight 
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Categories: roll with the punches, people, perspective,
Form: Verse


What U Make of It

...i sit and focus on my purpose//
provin to myself, and then the world, that im not worthless//
contemplate measures to take to make it hurt less//
the pain that courses through my viens//
every th...
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Categories: roll with the punches, inspiration, poetry, rap, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberToday I Learn To Be a Widow, Lesson 6

...lesson six


some days i’ll be up ready to go
and i’ll have a productive day
sometimes it won’t be so
i shouldn’t be hard on myself
go with the flow
life’s a roller coaster
it’s natural to f...
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Categories: roll with the punches, grief, hope, life, lost
Form: Rhyme

Truth of Life

...Life is what you make it
At least that’s what they all say
You take what you can get 
And learn to roll with the punches
Is there anything else to learn about life
Many things you will see, just...
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Categories: roll with the punches, feelings, life, truth,
Form: Sestina

Premium MemberChange

...We renew ourselves at each fitting bit,
Our traits of today will be obsolete,
We progress with time or be a misfit,
Most are limited and are bittersweet.

The ills and cures of our modern cultur...
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Categories: roll with the punches, change, future,
Form: Sonnet

Its Coming Back On Me

...I've grown such a great tolerance for pain 
Until it's become a normal emotion 
It give the feeling of walking naked in the rain 
Just to clear your head of the world of commotion 

It hard acce...
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Categories: roll with the punches, break up, depression,
Form: I do not know?

Premium MemberRoll With the Punches

...Can't cure all the ills, there's good days and bad
Roll with punches, according to this experienced old lad
Been around many blocks
Had a few knocks
But all in all, it's been better than ...
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Categories: roll with the punches, life,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberGolden Retrievers

...Retrievers are human, well that's what it seems
The friendliest moocher on this planet so green 
Let's all take advice
Never think twice
Just roll with the punches, try a bit of codeine
...
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Categories: roll with the punches, pets,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberRoll With the Punches

...Can't cure the ills of the world, there's good days and there's bad
Best we can do is roll with punches, listen to this experienced lad
Been around many blocks
Had a few knocks
But all in...
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Categories: roll with the punches, happiness,
Form: Limerick

Roll With the Punches

...R-oll with the punches, 
O-utsmart the situation;
L-ife changes constantly, 
L-etting you get up, not 
Y-awn.

D-espite the odds be brave enough, 
E-vil deeds can't put you down;
L-ittle brea...
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Categories: roll with the punches, birthday,
Form: Acrostic

Change

...Now I know where my heart resides,
It has taken me forever to change my sight,
But in the midst of it all, God had a plan,
I sat down through the chaos to understand,
Alone was lonely, and held b...
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Categories: roll with the punches, freedom, love,
Form: Light Verse

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