Short Stepping Stone Poems

Hope is the Closest step to fear

Charma...

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Revenge…
  a desperate stepping stone
   —on the road to perdition

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)...

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The walls break
My heart is a stepping stone
It's swallowing the rain
Nightmare's obstacles
Faith's accident
See through clouds...

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Vegetables now ready
Peeled and so fresh
It's potato and Welsh leek
Mm, stepping stone soup
Delicious in taste
Expressive
Wow!...

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Stepping stone Nirvana,
a pathway through the maze

Temptation churns between the stones
—each tread fruition laid

(Dreamsleep: August, 2019)...

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Worry is stepping stone in life
To help you step forward
But troubles will also become
A stumbling block in life
Making you fall
And burn you
All over your body....

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What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, 
is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. what is marriage.
- Gertrude Stein...

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Perseverance 
(no more, no less)
The first stepping-stone
To success.



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Third & Final Itty Bitty Contest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Placing: 6th...

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stepping stones realms is
                                              yearning to learn - and share with 
                                                      others on the path...

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damaged vase ~ mosaic stepping stone
shattered glass ~ polished penant pieces 
tattered jeans ~ recycled patchwork art
cracked blacktop ~ dandelion thriving
broken heart ~ amended forgiver 

12-27-24...

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She was stuck in her world; 
stuck in failures. 
They crowded around her like 
hungry sharks 
eager to tear her apart.

And she turned up every 
stepping stone in her life to 
reveal the worms 
that ate her soul....

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Work real hard to do one thing
That proves to you " You Can ".
Start to do something then follow through.
Each block that is set in your path
Will become a  stepping stone
To a stronger and more determined you.
If you can't complete it one way,
Find another....

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You know that all you have to do is shout
And I'll be there;
At anytime you find yourself in doubt,
I'd be near.

I'm always the one you come to,
When you're feeling alone.
I'd do anything for you,
But I'm just a stepping stone.

You don't love me
And probabaly never have....

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We are tagged by many accomplishments,
And bounded by many challenges,
But amidst our accomplishments and challenges,
There is a gap of neutralization,
Where our accomplishments don't seem enough,
And our challenges become a stepping stone to success,
In all these drama,lets toast :"To Life"...

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You pushed me down and made me cry,
You cut my wings and never let me fly.
You broke my heart and put me alone,
You made me realise my future is blown.
You are the reason for all my hardship,
You turned me crazy like a round trip.
I know, i can overcome you by my own,
Because your my stepping stone....

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The They
Short feed chem trails
Quick bleed speed rail
Captain Crunch was a martyr
Working hard laughing harder
If your too smart for your country
You won't feel the breeze
Passed the place of no return
I do believe 
We pave the path true
Nor stepping stone nor base
But Tis the imperfect of they...

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An essential stepping stone
in the stream of self-enlightenment 

...Our bookshelves ...

where yesteryear's memories
become who we are

hear me recite from my 4000+ PS anthology on youtube under my pen name ichthyschiro..

catch my short forms @strandpoet on twitter..

read my kindle guides on amazon...

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And I am sorry if I hurt you.
But we were balancing on a stepping stone.
One that was beautiful none-the-less

But darling we had kingdoms in our horizons.
That I could not see 
From our little stepping stone.

And now, 
I am forever grateful to you,
For pushing me away from your chest 
And towards my kingdom come....

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WE ALMOST MADE IT,
WE WERE SSSSSOOOOOOO CLOSE.
JUST A TINY BIT MORE,
ONE LITTLE ITTY-BITTY STEPPING STONE…
THE THREE WORDS CAME…
IT WAS ALL DOWN TO THE QUESTION…
BUT SUDDENLY THOSE THREE WORDS CAME AND WENT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE MORE STEP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
WE WERE JUST ABOUT IN HEAVEN.
WE ALMOST MADE IT BUT…
ALMOST DOESN’T COUNT...

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Memories are a stepping stone
as we journey through the past.
A mixture of emotions
a sleep walk through the dark.

Each memory tells a story
in your mind you can relive.
Some memories long forgotten
some are precious gifts.

Walk slowly embrace each moment
treasure every single day.
And as those years roll on by
Praying our memories never fade....

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Hardship
 the precursor of grief.
Tornadoes
Tsumanis
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruptions
the fuels of devastation
 to those who cringe.
Every hardship's
 a test of endurance
a challenge
 a stepping stone
to a higher level.
Take the bull by it's horns
strive
believe
be thankful for this test
then look past your troubles
to the silver lining beyond....

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I am not sure what I think
Is there life after death?
Is our life now just a stepping stone?
Walking the streets alone
Wondering to your self 
Is there a heaven or hell?
 where do family and friends go?
Do they  live in Gods home? 
no one really knows.
Is there life after death?
I am not sure of that.

cory long 
life after death contest
1-10-2012...

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Alone

Cut straight to the bone,

In the middle of this combat zone,

Sounds so full blown,

To me it's just another stepping stone,

If I only had a clone, 

noone should have to be alone,

My heart beats slow,

For it's covered in stone,

 Inside feels like home, 

 I was ripped from my throne,

Here just to pospone,

Added to be the unknown,

My voice has no real tone,...

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Imagine: hearing the scraping as nails harsh against, their walls
Creche preludes sensing this foreboding; crawling, past these veins ?
Sanctum sanctorum and macabre's, man-of-war his abomination peering
Stepping-stone hallucinations; intuitive marked it's beast ? Ancient's, six'pence....
Monere, a child's eyes prophetic tides omega: hideous, standing where they ought not....

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Cut straight to the bone,

In the middle of this combat zone,

Sounds so full blown,

To me it's just another stepping stone,

If I only had a clone, 

noone should have to be alone,

My heart beats slow,

For it's covered in stone,

 Inside feels like home, 

Til I was ripped from my throne,

Here just to pospone,

Added to be the unknown,

My voice has no real tone,...

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