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Shortfalls Poems - Poems about Shortfalls

Africa What I See In You
...When I Google you, I recognize the struggles and muggles you face, I recognize the brutalities and the scars from decades of suppression and oppression which you endure; The broken promises, faili......

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Categories: shortfalls, africa, corruption, fate, future,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shortfalls on the Long-Haul
...In long-haul dreams, we set our sights far-off on distant shores, Assuming that each step, each choice, each twist, will open doors, Will keep us heading steadfastly ahead, right on course! Yet ti......

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Categories: shortfalls, anger, self, voyage,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The first early teacher's
...Those of our christian rights drew us a beautiful picture perfectly placed within family values Father and Mother related To worship the Child an Infant conceived Sacred teaching every single o......

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Categories: shortfalls, blessing, child, family, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member He is the one
...It doesn't matter what our shortfalls are in life God is the one who sees all......

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Categories: shortfalls, god,
Form: Monoku
On the Shortfalls of Narrative, Part Ii
......I say all this as a writer who makes narratives all the time, I love stories, they’re lots of fun, and when done well they’re quite sublime. But every time I write a tale I cannot help but be......

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Categories: shortfalls, how i feel, humanity,
Form: Rhyme



On the Shortfalls of Narrative, Part I
...hear the phrase all of the time, ‘It doesn’t fit the narrative,’ used in news, academia, and in political missives, a phrase that I find curious since so many do seem to yell that the narrative......

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Categories: shortfalls, how i feel, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If Only I Could Paint
...Oh that my art were of color or stone that through these hands I might bring to light the passions which lay within the depths of my soul, a soul outstretched in yearning to be known yet confined wit......

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Categories: shortfalls, art, music, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
In the Buoy of November
...The door is open, To the month that precedes the year's end, The curtains have given way, The eleventh month has taken the stage, A transition to the change of time and season. The plans for t......

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Categories: shortfalls, hope, inspirational, light, november,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Straight To the Point
...There is one thing a liar hates calling it poison and that is to be educated by the truth morally wisdom has superior knowledge based on fact We can cast shadows over everything when justifying......

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Categories: shortfalls, bible, deep, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Team of Champions Enduring
...TEAM OF CHAMPIONS ENDURING "When faced with obstacles, failure is imminent, seek opportunities to succeed" - Floyd Neal Team of Champions Enduring we started with differing perspectives, anti......

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Categories: shortfalls, appreciation, character, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hidden Clues
...When I pause and seek to listen, To that voice that's deep inside. My search often finds only silence, As if intuition has abandoned and died. This moves me to sounds I observe, Wi......

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Categories: shortfalls, introspection,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member One Way Or the Other
...When a person promotes abortion telling nothing but lies surely that in itself is a direct product of hate speech The cloak and dagger of pity reality has many masks behind a veil of masked dece......

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Categories: shortfalls, abortion, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Narrative
Master of Your Fate
...If you quit, they will take your investments? they think you’re past your prime? They’re ruthless? Let’s do a reassessment. Once upon a time… Used to be, you would wake up full of pep You’d ra......

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Categories: shortfalls, 11th grade, introspection, jobs,
Form: Rhyme
A Piece of Clay
...Very adornment it is,refuse to go away.Appearing again,again in my memory lanes like vehicles.A piece of clay to rumble the ways all I wanted to make everything that for me in my school days.Now work......

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Categories: shortfalls, child, cool, growth, judgement,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member The First Early Teachers
...Those of our christian rights drew us a beautiful picture perfectly placed within family values Father and Mother related To worship the Child an Infant conceived Sacred teaching every single......

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Categories: shortfalls, anti bullying, baby, baptism,
Form: Free verse

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