Sidelines Poems - Poems about Sidelines

We watched our granddaughter Ava play her last official soccer game… Her final season as a goalie is complete… It’s one of those milestones in life we consider bittersweet. Since we were 37 years old we’ve been watching our children and grandchildren play soccer… and now we’re 72! Which means, with Ava heading off to college next year… after 35 years…our...

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I'm going to sit this one out, find a cave, on a hill to watch from, maybe a big old oak tree, just sit under it lean on its broad trunk, watch the freak show. The battle can rage in the valley below. I don't care who wins, it will be some rat bastard, some pimp of a politician. The White House lawn will be littered with...

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sitting on the fence taking up permanent residence because you like the view AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Stick With It The going can get tough And life itself is rough Don’t chomp at the bit Stick with it The world can be mean A lot of changes in the scene Don’t chomp at the bit Stick with it Prayers are never heard People are absurd Don’t chomp at the bit Stick with it You get no more than yes At the why’s you have to guess Don’t...

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Deep down, it feels very cold. I let it out. Endless exhaustive words. I embrace it. Live it. Cry it. I need an anchor. Hold me down. Tell me this is not another fleeting feeling. But I know the answer. Just like you do. I read it on your face even before you said it. I ran away. And got back wanting...

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Being cool isn't like anything else in the world. Except for in love with your dream girl. Why does the world demands— everyone to be cool? I want to be cool— I will do it on my terms. I am cool— by watching the world go on being on the sidelines....

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Hope is hated when wasted on naught When energy is drained by strained excitement And when at last realization strikes The ostensible happiness dissipates into despair Doubt sweeps over as cruel fact As others see a decrepit smile Sovereign frowns reign from within Embarrassment embraces prickling the skin Hands don’t know where to go Body and mind began to slow I see him walk past...

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Standing on the sidelines watching the endless fight. the anger inside you always burning bright. It never seems to end its like your own sick game but like usual im the one to blame Im never good enough thats what you always say treat me like im special please just for a day i want...

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when one thinks about the truth go down the cave of love are called angular rivers across the landscape of the resistance we know the existence of happiness is not an impulse in yourself or a mourning of the absolute risk with the air cleared up visions of our heaven comes off the stand and the...

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On the Sidelines by Rick Rucker On the sidelines do you stand, When you should grab Life by the Hand? Are you a participant, Or do you say, "No, I really can't?" If you leave living 'til too late, Will you start at the Pearly Gate? Will St. Peter just say "Tsk'" Because you never took a risk? Did you never take a fall, 'Cause...

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A dysfunctional family Always yelling Fights breaking out But there can be no telling The mother sits Acts as if nothing is going on Watches blood spilt on the carpet But the marriage goes on The father is in it Finds a reason to investigate Shots questions off And looks like an ape The eldest has had his turn Beating upon his brothers Turned against him and gets...

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I've tried so hard to solve the problem but this machine isn't stoppin The motion has been set and the time has not been spent I know I could have stopped I could have cought my heart instead of watching it drop Now I wait on a bed of nails And every beat causes another impale I could have predicted the end I...

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