Short Commitments Poems

a Year's beginning
~new challenge and commitments
to be held beyond~...

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Life goes by fast
    Don’t take it too slow

  Commitments made and met
    Help us flourish and grow...

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   Four-leaf clovers are rare
     Commitments are rarer

   I found her a clover
     She's sure it's an error...

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commitments wavered 
changed over time 
promises not kept 
guarantees not fulfilled 
accounted for the breach 
in the emotional contract...

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Spring has entered the atmosphere,
Love, coupling and much mating.

Pairs in a variety of lifeforms,
Nests built and life long commitments....

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Photographic memory
Coursework a breeze
Piling up PhDs

To keep the doors open
Commitments broken
Truth left unspoken

The life of the mind
Roped in, confined
Inevitability: defined

 Doors so unkind...

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From His Point of View

No need to talk it thru
I do just what I want to do
I know my shorts are on the floor
I really don't need to know more
Commitments now are out of date
Let's have sex and don't be late!...

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Thinking about times, 
when commitments didn't exist.
When true friendships were bliss.
Times when mom was always there.

Now responsibilities overwhelm me. 
Now friends betray 
I still visit her everyday.

When I was young....

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Rowing on frozen waters.
Onwards to a new year.
Moments to share with.
Abandonned torments.
Nothing to regret for.
Commitments to start with.
Enigmas to be descovered.
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We can always know Lord,
just where we stand.
And will not become bored,
if we hold to your hand.

By the deeds that we do,
and in our daily acts.
Let us not go askew,
but consider the facts.

In our rush to do right,
we make decisions for you.
But commitments are light,
for they're made by so few....

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I had to learn to love myself.
comfort myself!
Hold on to my dreams.
Avoid my fears and
abandon the pain.
Becoming better no longer
the same.
Speaking my own name!
Making commitments to
myself.
Holding on to my dreams!
Kissing the wind
and echoes greet me in
the afternoon.
Loving me not leaving anytime
Soon!
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A new year to come
2020 will be here
another term along with
new changes and commitments
the future, the past, a destiny lasts
goals are set amongst some
others partying out the old one
along with the new journey
a new year, and new life
Praying always for all
a party, a ball, celebrations abroad.

Happy New years
be safe....

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The paints had become dull
Spider webs blocked the entrance
And the broken window glasses. 

Walking in the lane of memories,
I glanced at the dwelling
Which once had us. 

Energetic commitments,
Endeavouring connections,
Distant from the present. 

It was not welcoming,
The keys were lost long ago
Bits of us, I longed to see....

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Commitments are hard
                                        Time is swift and life is short
                                              Misfortunes happen
                                      Faith in God makes a difference
                                         Times will pass much easier

                                           By Eve Roper 11/14/2014...

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Your plans are all made; they’re predicting a storm.
You’d like to stay home where it’s cozy and warm;
But commitments take precedence, weather or not,
And being there seems like the one choice you’ve got.

So you cross all your fingers and even your toes
And hope that the gale chooses not to impose,
For Nature’s in charge of controlling our fate
And all we can do is get anxious and wait....

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He was committed
to his job 
all hours of the day

He was committed
to his wife,
to cherish and obey

He was committed
to his loved ones,
there in every way

He was committed
to his family –
they all came first for him

He was committed
to the whole world,
from last to next of kin

He was committed
to being of service,
through thick and also thin

And then

He was committed...

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A silent cry, one that  sheds no tears
A darkened night, alone with all my fears
A disgraceful heart, drowning in pain
Distrustful mind, remains the same

A taste of love, A kiss so sweet
A soul of passion, Undying heat
A wound so wide
A bruise so deep
A cut so pure
Unfaithful deceit

An unselfish gift of love
Love that has no limits
A feeling of betrayal
And a life full of commitments....

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The places I’ve been
all part of me now,
roadmaps of intention
tracking landscapes endowed

The history I’ve written
covers chapter and verse,
of promises made
and commitments diverse

The road ever widens
my scope narrows down,
the past out of focus
leaving town after town

Tomorrow unbeckoned
I search for today,
the future unreckoned
—the moment in play

(The New Room: March, 2021)...

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Lying on my side
I face the other way
My feelings I try to hide
As I really cannot stay

I'm leaving in a while
It's always been the plan
Commitments not my style
I hope you understand

My time with you I'll treasure
Forever in my heart
I'll think of you with pleasure
After we depart

Don't miss me when I'm gone
Or think of me with sorrow
A new days about to dawn
And we still have tomorrow...

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Christmas courts contentment, cheer
Contributes comfort, comity-
Commingling with the coming Christ.
Can celebrate with caroling,
Church choir chanting, candlelight.
Create commitments to cherish
Connection conceived with Christ.
Christmas cards and caring confirm
Charity, compassion, closeness-
Culled core of Christmas centerpiece.


December 16, 2020

Contest: Alliteration
Sponsor: Eve Roper
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What if we knew
Where things would go
The depth of dysfunction 
To come as we grow

What if looking back 
Was, instead, up ahead
Once, witnessed, the pain
We’d become filled with dread

Could we handle the truth
Right there in one sitting
Would our destined commitments
Still be worth committing 

Would dreamers still dream
Would children still pray
Would the young still be green
Or the whole world be grey...

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They say that they love you but they wont make any commitments,
Because in doing so they would no longer be able to flirt,
They want to check out all the new options seeing if there's any improvements,
Not knowing that in their careless search you've been left broken and hurt,
Yet for some reason your heart just wont let them go,
Even when they put you through this,
They're slowly crushing your love and they dont even know...

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Listen to poem:

Life in Love
David J Walker

The mystery of love I have known 
And cannot explain more than 
any man can 
never fully recovering from hands 
imprinted on my body
words left without explanation 
thought with no reason
soft kisses beguiling common senses 
I am your partner 
              who must learn obedience
              to the tenants of commitments
              to your expectations 
Surely one lifetime will be enough...

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Disappointment fills me yearly
As I shuffle Institution from Institution
Waiting to be filled with divine inspiration
Staying for my money’s worth.
Disappointment fills me weekly
As commitments strangle my time
And regularity snuffs out 
The dying embers of hope
Glowing in my soul.
Disappointment fills me daily
I am ripped from dreaming beauty 
As the dawn beckons reality
And the sun illuminates my existence
Sunny narcissist pessimism....

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To all women who have contributed  to the growth of humanity, through their relentless sacrifices, commitments,  dedications, endurance, courageous deeds, and resilience. 
From the ones that would marry, conceive, or  birthed in the slums and trenches and downtowns , to the streets of the highwalls in the cities across the globe. You're  our heroes and we celebrate  your existence today and always. 
Happy mother's day  to you all.

Oloye Olufemi...

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