Short Admitting Poems

First step toward Change
Admitting your Problem...

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yes
finally admitting to
my age
can I face
my seventies...

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towering weeds
the unkempt garden
~ admitting defeat



posted on July 31, 2018...

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so many excuses to fight against the right
no one admitting their faults so it ends in a fight...

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easily given
not so easily taken
admitting the need
or if given without thought
may bring unexpected tears

...

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Dog comes up hanging her head.
Guilt apparent.
Ready to sign a confession.
Cat stalks by.
He pauses to bat me in the face.
First strike.
Admitting nothing....

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I
can take
rejections;
revise each line...
and understand what really went wrong.
It would be selfish to expect to win;
yes, they deserve 
the glory... 
no, not
I....

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admitting i'm amiss
not dissing or ever
dismissing a you
for a her or a 
this for a
that

that being said or
rather written so
not to be forgot
ten or forgiven
you are not 
a tit 

for
a tat...

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Be we stupid or stunningly clever,
be we saintly or bad or whatever,
when admitting we’re wrong,
we will sing the same song.
Its refrain: “I was wrong, yes... however..."...

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Every generation thinks it's better than the previous one
   Smarter, faster, better-educated, more creative

What would be something refreshingly new under the sun
   ~ The next one admitting it's mostly imitative...

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SHARING YOU WITH GOD

seldom will I cry
admitting this before you
so willing I am

ever present to
share the presents of your love
you and I and God


  3/22/18
   Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018...

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A little chill has crept inside
Since summer's skulked away.
At first a sweatshirt does the trick
To keep the cold at bay.

But finally I must give in,
Admitting my defeat,
For up go the electric bills
When we turn on the heat....

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Asking forgiveness for 

actions when they go wrong

actually needs guts

along with fear of God;

Admitting one's faults gives

amazing results - it

assures one's mind of peace.

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9.8.16...

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Mistakes
    we all make
living with
consequences
    so different
to learning
their lessons-
         Some
say growing
   older,wiser
helps
      admitting
though,remains
 a difficult art
    to swallow
humble pie
being so often
    tart...

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Gracious God of great wonder
Glorious God of great might,
Be with me as I stumble,
Hold me and lift me and set me upright.

You, who have given riches,
I beseech humbly tonght.
Admitting unworthiness,
I ask to walk in your Heavenly light.

Parise Pariku...

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A pirate sailed the high seas
Robbing and killing throughout
The Markees
He even stopped to the Island of Belize
And tried to destroy, their armies
But that army did fight back
Knocking his ship out of Wack
The pirate went down singing a song
Never admitting that he was wrong
...

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with deep regret
i've confessed that i'm in love with someone
someone who frequents the establishment quite often
with each statement of love
and description of how i could love him
i've sunk myself deeper into despair
while admitting it's the bartender i love





confession to a bartender...

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In awe, I watch them pirouette across the stage en pointe
I capture them for eternity, in graceful flowing movements
Swallowing my envy, admitting, I wish I could dance







For the contest:  May I Have This Sijo Dance
Sponsored by: Rick Parise
Placement:  Honorable Mention...

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Here comes judgment day
The day of reckoning
Where fates are decided
And verdicts rendered
Futures lie in the wait
The drumroll of anticipation
Admitting there’s no hope
For submissions that are late



Submitted on March 6, 2019 for contest JUDGE THE JUDGE sponsored by BOBBY MAY  -  RANKED 2ND...

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re-post inspired by latest contest on this topic

Mistakes
    we all make
living with
consequences
    so different
to learning
their lessons-
         Some
say growing
   older,wiser
helps
      admitting
though,remains
 a difficult art
    to swallow
humble pie
being so often
    tart...

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I have nothing to lose, by submitting.
My poems aren't perfect, I'm admitting.
A crime of bad rhymes, I'm committing.
A disease of word misuse, I'm transmitting.
I try to be hard-hitting, but my diction is unfitting.
There are times I feel like quitting,
Then a gem is born, after some diligent editing....

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I have little problem believing the almighty planet's bidding. 
the Earth could flip on its axis, 
Rotate a whole three-sixty,
and still I wouldn't be admitting,
that I was the one left pleading. 
For even when the moon is surely waning 
I assure myself greatly 
There will be a silver lining 
Returning to the sky shortly....

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I haven’t anything to say,
Or any tale to tell,
Admitting that I might as well
Refuse to write today.

There isn’t any crueler crime
Or evil any worse
Than writing nothing in a verse,
And setting it to rhyme.

But other poets I have read
Have often written to
Impress themselves, or else a few
Professor-friends instead....

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Bad habits do they ever stay away 
All strong efforts made to quit may sway
Deeper it seeps into dark pores
Hovering as a mole with thick sores
Admitting pressure load to carry
Biting deep into the soul to worry
Inviting demons stealing dearth cold
Teasing spirits coming across closed fold
Searching for realms to stop this hold...

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Here lies a man who did his best
To live life as fully as he possibly could
There came the time, he confessed,
As any honorable man certainly would
Admitting all the wild seeds he had sown
Times he betrayed an important trust
And now that he sees he is dying soon
Will clear his guilty conscience, he must.

Written June 20, 2021...

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