Short Battled Poems

A queen who battled,
Whose splendid craft gave me peace,
Rest now, my angel....

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fears nothing when bold

battled heart faces courage -

anxiety wins


09th November 2020...

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Oh like an army
she battled through my defence
like a tornado
blew away a mordant mind,
yet the touch of an angel.

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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Forlorn love letter
Posted by crestfallen heart
Paper full of pain
Origami crafted boat
Battled turbulent water....

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Marigolds, the tint of molten sun,
Battled with the aphid horde, and won,
Routing them with pungent, putrid stink,
Beautiful to see…not smell…I think....

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There once was a girl named Dan
She was so brave she battled a can 
The can was so crazy and brave 
But in the end the prince was saved
So that’s how I became tan...

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He should never have stepped in the ring

Because he had no talent to bring 

Even though he battled

His brain just got rattled 

And now he can't remember a thing...

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Beryl, a beach girl of some girth,
Was paddling for all she was worth,
     Her face looked so stark
     Being chased by a shark,
As she battled to get out of the surf....

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The cavalry charged, leading the way
     The infantry advanced, joining the fray

   As for me, I was up to a little deviltry
     Donned my goggles ~ battled virtual reality...

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I battled with 
my chess machine
It defeated me
Man vs. Machine
Just like John Henry
I feel like I 
may 
die 
   with a hammer 
in my hand
or perhaps a pawn, rook or knight...

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There once was a birthing person from Perth
He/She/It battled quite a hefty girth
  Couldn't sit, so she squatted
  Reputation mud-spotted
But oh man, could she push when she gave birth...

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I saw a battled frame
housing a black 
and white photo
of a hero 
in war, 

proudly posing
hiding his fear, 
his fragility

some family's pride
and country's

creased, 
in a junk shop...

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I knew a man who wanted all his life to just be right
He challenged every question, every doubt he would indict
And though he struggled earnestly, and battled hard and long
The best that one could say was … that at least he wasn’t wrong...

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World War II was exciting to me
Was just a young'un us against them
The outcome was predetermined
Good against evil us against the demons
Good guys ALWAYS win
With our “pretend” guns and tanks
We battled those dirty NAZIES...

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Battled the mirror since the age of eight.
This on going war inside me I hate.
We all act like its a sin.
I have a slim chance to win.
Today the fight starts to lose weight.

**By Chris Matt
**”Me Against Myself Contest.”
**June 28, 2011...

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It’s cold
It snowed
I shivered
I shoveled
A Solstice sun
Silently smirked
Iridescent icicles
Licked their lips
A crunch of crusted snow
Battled the scritch of shovels
Headless snowmen
Wandered in wonder
I shoveled
I shivered
It snowed
It’s cold
...

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the war was well 

on its way
mottled and coddled
 battled  and  bottled
before the

            front was modeled
      the frontline was hobbled
the forefront was cobbled

dark hearts be doubled
light hearts be troubled

the war is well
on its way...

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Intricate labyrinth of feelings,
Closed around her heart.
Suddenly and completely.
She never fully battled out or apart.

Overcome with out-of-control emotions
That could neither be shaken or explained,
Nonverbalized, pent up, and out-of-control,
She was unhappy, angry, and deranged....

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Intricate labyrinth of feelings,
Closed around her heart.
Suddenly and completely.
She never fully battled out or apart.

Overcome with out-of-control emotions
That could neither be shaken or explained,
Nonverbalized, pent up, and out-of-control,
She was unhappy, angry, and deranged....

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They were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark,
Her name was Sacagawea.
On an expedition they did embark
Finding the passage to the sea.

Down the Missouri they traveled, 
Then slithered 'round the Snake River bend.
Rocky Mountain weather and sickness battled;
At the Columbia River they'd end. 



©2013 Honestly JT...

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A battle of life.
We're both trying to win.
We battled and faught.
Trying to seek revenge.
Revenge is sweet.
What goes around comes around.
Some days I feel you pick me up.
Othere days I feel you slam me down.
The end is coming.
The line we have to cross.
Yes I did it, I won!
But why do it feel like I lost....

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I set out on a journey 
To explore the depths of me
To know who I am,
And what I'm supposed to do.
As I made my way through the valleys,
climbed the tallest summits,
I battled my personal demons,
I overcame my own fears as well.
I found strength in my courage 
And courage in my heart.
I discovered a new me.
...

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Resting on-solder John AN EPITAPH

So dies this wayward soldier laid at rest
Battled on raging strong
At skies night he fellowships
Now with those others veterans of other wars
His body now at peace
As God has him now on His golden streets
Resting on-soldier John






2/3/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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inside if mind
no less of ledged, against
you bet, wild
that i didn't wink
sworn to soar over with oath
in torn battled threads
instill 
i'd fend 
often from wherever  

in between needles, break
findings the fiddlers wife
chins reddened and thoughts ill 
gotten white?
rotted harm
to joyfuls shoulder
i should find, myselfish poor...

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hot phenomenon 

           ancient lava rings
     hexagonal shapes appear 
         molten rock anneals

         where titans battled 
     geometric footprints pave
         the giants causeway 
         

         

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