Short Starting Over Poems

scared feeling of starting over at my age...

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Sometimes life leads us to start over and wipe the slate clean...

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Im starting over
addiction strips away chance
I struggle to survive...

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My mind is made up
leaving all the bad behind 
wiping the slate clean...

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One person's request 
clemency for all wrong done 
starting over fresh...

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She sits down naked
And feels her life is over
But it just began

Russell Sivey...

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The bird sheds the feathers,
    of Autumn's pain
Welcoming winter,
    with open wings
Scents change,
    with the new breeze...

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belongings all gone in the fire
responsible for the look in your eyes.

starting over, crossing with lies
why are you calling me a liar?...

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His name beautifully translates into the word "lover."
Him leaving makes me sad whenever a date of ours is over.
His love for me so tender I am embracing starting over....

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It's a lovely day for a walk in the park
Pretend we're starting over to rekindle the spark
It's hard to believe
The changing of the leaves
Winter's around the corner the sky's turning dark...

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There is no retry. 
There is not a checkpoint. 
There is one try, to get across your point.
No do-overs, no re-do's.
No starting over, no take-two's.
No retakes.
No sequel.
Leaving mistakes.
Keeping all evil....

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Wiped the tears from my eyes.
Starting over clean without your lies.
Have to go,I can not stay.
I love myself in a brand new way.



''A Short Poem Contest''...

written by..Kacey Greenlee
            kaceymike29...

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A flock of seagulls fly in the cottony sky.
Hearing its cawing in the distance.
In a sunny and warmer afternoon.

They fly near the beaches looking for food.
At sunset, resume their flight again.
Starting over the next day....

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Unadulterated and pure
  the thoughts left my mind

Untrained and unschooled
  no restrictions to bind

The page below virgin
  as I lower my pen

A literary wanderer
  —starting over again 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...

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Unadulterated and pure
  the thoughts left my mind

Untrained and unschooled
  no restrictions to bind

The page below virgin
  as I wear out my pen

A literary wanderer
  —starting over again 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...

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We all have a place some just never see
Who we are and what can be
As you endure a broken road
God will bless the heavy load
There's no need to sit and cry
Wonder what, where or why
Starting over is hard to do
Hold your head high and see it through...

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(S)now covered hills
(L)aughing with the speed
(E)agerly starting over again
(D)riving the sled, trying not to tip
(D)iving in the snow when it stops
(I)nitiating races to the bottom
(N)oses and cheeks red in the cold
(G)oing home to have hot cocoa

Heidi Sands...

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when I ran on empty
you filled my life
working around
what lays behind
days of heartbreak
and an eye that was blind
you touch my heart
and ease my mind

months of cold
and listless days
starting over 
all of that erased
once again, I pledge my love
letting all the ghosts abate...

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Sunny start, I see
Quiet day
Blue sky, turning white, gray
Frosty air, incoming
Small storm, starting over sea
With a menacing howl
Waving and a rippling

See it coming, crystal ball it
Light mix, sleet
Snow white 
With rain drops, tinkling
Dampen the ground, moist
There is the clock
Waiting...

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Marriage
loving, forever
holding, caressing, kissing,
gifts, home, house, legal documents
arguing, dividing, crying
angry, revengeful
divorce
messy, long
disagreeing, leaving, starting over
freedom, alone, company, dates
talking, laughing, touching
wonderful, another
marriage
...

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Can you escape your own intelligence,
  can you cross that final line

Can you release your own magnificence,
  starting over, redefined

Can you see beyond your vision,
  can you wish beyond your dreams

Can you think beyond your knowing,
 —can you love beyond the gleam

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)...

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APPLE TURNOVER

What the world waits for
A miracle    new Eden
A great revival
An influx of innocence
Like a great enchanting wave

Like starting over
Adam and eve    the tree    snake
Virgin nakedness
Dark clouds give way to blue sky
And they happily remain
…………………………………………….

I just finished Dean Koontz’s “Breathless.”...

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The champagne's all been guzzled.
The fireworks have burst.
The calendar has been replaced - 
It's January first.

In plans and resolutions
We all have been immersed.
It's time for starting over, fresh - 
It's January first.

Belaboring a point cannot
Be easily reversed,
So let me just acknowledge - wow!
It's January first!...

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You can’t embrace
the moment forever
whose verity 
at essence ungrained

By definition
it must rename itself
once mentioned
decried and disclaimed

What came upon you
to die in place
where vacuums exit
in time and space

Regenerating
from life’s cocoon
and starting over
—Amayasvan moon

(The New Room: December, 2023) 
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(The poetry form is a toss-up, between Narrative and Free Verse)

Picked-up Towels

He had left his wife
filed for divorce
starting over 
with nothing

We gave him
a pan here
a blanket there

He did his part
by picking up towels
left lying beside the road

One time too many
he stopped

It wasn't a towel
only a used Pamper...

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