Short Beat The Odds Poems

try to beat the odds
doctors gave me little hope…
     live another year



*Entry for Tracie’s New Year’s Resolution contest...

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you can again stand
take his hands
and band
don't hide 
to the world wide
get a guild
life will be smooth a lard
BEAT ODDS...

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tho who try
kept from getting buy
here's why
mabe its race
or corlor of of your face
it'll be hard its a jods
you got too do and 
BEAT THE ODDS...

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tho your black don't step back
put that on the rack
be ready be steady
to started make that chart
become apart you can do the jod
BEAT THE ODDS...

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me, i beat the odds
                                  nine out of ten poems failing
                                           simply falling a

                                                  sleep...

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Listen to poem:

Lifer
(For CSM Richard Webb)
David J Walker

He was a soldier
Who knew he beat the odds

Yet answering to the 
gods of the Elysian Field 

One day he would yield
His dog-tags and

Turn in his guns
And lay down to rest  with 

The rest of his brothers in arms...

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Canada's Olympic team,
pro weightlifters 
and skiers,
sat down to a celebration gala,
grand festivities at the 
ACC,
a feast of Cheerios and
a glass of water,
passed 
with
handshakes,
candles and cupcakes,
everyone wishing
to be back to that moment,
when they beat the odds....

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Optimist but options still exist and 
Gambling men know houses always win so
Build a base with me to beat the odds
Let em shoot and use the bricks to build a 
Fortress for us fortify the bonds
Build a base and then provide the tones so
Neighbours think our waters laced with

Sweeter things...

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her beauty reminds me of a splendid lake
so soft and sweet that cannot fake
her lips so sweet like berry cake
i knew just then i don have to bake
her hips and curves were a perfect make
so perfect all kings would want to take
i'll beat all odds for her gentle sake
my love for her can never quake
if this is a dream i dont want to wake....

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Written By:  D. Collins 7/30/25



A heart from New Orleans.
A soul in South Central L.A.
Regardless of what anyone thinks.
That is who I am today.


I feel good in my skin for what I've done.
Beat the odds of most brothers where I'm from.
I've been fortunate enough to live a full life.
Get to where I've gotten through all the strife.


...

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Life is like a door without a key 
It’s the truth starring you right 
In the eyes that you’ve refused to see
Simply open the door and walk boldly
Into the unknown where you’ll go from 
There who knows take a leap of faith 
Beat the odds and win the race this
Life is truly great and it may sound 
cliched but don’t hesitate because 
You are the master of your own fate !...

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Yes,I apologize for nothing
as I stand before the town
I believe in what I'm doing
even as all the elders frown.

All my methods may seem crazy
I'll drive them till they drop
and if the best one stays away
Those few left will never stop.

I.ve turned the town drunk sober
I've won the schoolmarm's heart
and I believe we'll beat the odds
if these young men play their part....

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One would seem to wonder
Why I have the same enemies
That thought that in life
You could never be a friend
I have been on my work since age 14
Now I'm standing on the mountain top
About to realize my dream
I beat the odds
Did what few could really do
But life is not over
It's just begun
They said I had no patience
Stepped on my rights
Violated and abused me
Because my skin was not light
But I will never give in...

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A chance to play the cards life dealt
you hope for once to beat the odds.
Your heart says yes; because it felt
a chance to play the cards life dealt.
You knew a dream, like ice, could melt,
and so it was up to the Gods.
A chance to play the cards life dealt,
you hope, for once, to beat the odds.


(Triolet)


12/31/2022


Judged 1/28/2023
N/A in Chance Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Julia Ward...

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Today I Have to Tell You
How Very Proud I Am
Remember How it Used to Be
How You Hit the Big "Grand Slam?"

Then You Went out on Your Own
And Set the World on Fire
You Beat the Odds and Won
It Was Your Hearts Desire

Oh to See You Fight
When Things Got in Your Way
I Really Couldn't Ask for More
But There's Something I must Say

Forever I Shall Love You
I Love You like No Other
I Hope You'll Always Need Me
Because I Am Your Mother...

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What we have done to us,
Loving on ransom,
Difficult to do when
We love to prove
We believe in us.
It is the way that things have had me,
When each day I know
No one can take your place.
The pain is too much to bear,
Half way in is half way out,
It will be savage to pull out now,
If we stand together,
We will beat the odds,
We will be the wave in this turbulent sea;
Babe we sealed our fate
And I know we will pull through.
...

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Spring‘s gone,
Summer days,
Autumns hues of crimson and gold, will soon replace.
Silently, I gaze from secret place 


Consumed by memories
Of happiness shared of you and me,
Snowy days spent by the fire 

Entangled souls seemingly 
We beat the odds with evenness
Blissfully…

In this present moment, a longing touch rises within
Where giddy hearts still afire
Passionately so…

In an instant,
It begins to rain within, 
I sigh, you sigh -- We
Breathe…...

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