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Life's StrugglesLife's Struggles
"For only in imbalances we feel
the balance that keeps life on even keel."
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Categories:
inspirational, life, peace, stress,
Form: Sonnet
DISEASEWhen day turns to night
I have to pray with all my might
You tell me you love me
This is where you want to be
Life is good for you
But we have yet ...
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Categories:
stress, 5th grade, addiction, anxiety,
Form: List
Ooze
tension
out of doors
stretches
like a taffy-melt
on a glorious
summer's
day...
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Categories:
change, stress, summer,
Form: Imagism
Should I continue this struggleIn the morning and night, I have never been at peace.
Lost and focused in my thoughts without ease.
I am clouded with worries and cries every minute I see.
Struggling and trying to succeed is my mission...
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Categories:
stress,
Form: Blank verse
restless, helplessit starts with wandering thoughts
here it is; panic creeps in
flooding like a hurricane.
my throat gets tight; i can't breathe;
my heart, it pounds like a drum.
then i feel it in my gut
and i know...
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, dark, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
As I lay in the darkAs I lay in the dark, accompanied by only my thoughts
and memories.
I can feel the grip of the night, clutching with its embrace
of ill intent.
Plunging me into the depths...
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Categories:
confidence, stress,
Form: Free verse
Haiku 21621see, hear, smell, touch, taste
subconscious stimulation
short circuit pending...
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Categories:
self, senses, stress, today,
Form: Haiku
It Was A Good Morning Until
"Billy, it's time! Get up for school!'
"But, Mom- my arm is hurting bad!
Oh please don't make me, don't be cruel-
I must stay home- though I am sad."
"But, Billy, can you lift your arm?"
"I can't, it's...
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Categories:
stress, absence, mother son, school,
Form: Rhyme
The Wonderland: Your Loathed FantasyTalk of the troubler
and the troubled.
The dainty daubers
and dark doubles
at the end of each street.
Talk of a civil thief
and his broken tongue,
neat shirt, tainted teeth
and lusty lung
that trips your merry into grieve.
Talk of...
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Categories:
africa, memory, stress,
Form: Lyric
GOD BLESS
out on a tangent she sings offbeat
and dances to a different drummer
she's in a world that’s gone askew
god bless her soul
loneliness has ravaged her inside
left her heart an open wound
in pain and dire need...
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, depression, lonely, longing,
Form: Free verse
Sorry not sorryThis is just to say
I’m sorry for
loving him
Forgive me
It’s so hard to
leave him be
I love him
his smile makes
me so happy
He makes me
Feel loved
I’m happy again
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Categories:
stress, 9th grade, love, sad
Form: Free verse
EntrepreneurThe rain flings itself
Against the chrome
Splatters and withdraws
To its prickly realm
Like the timid entrepreneur;
Who must slam stopped
Before the crowd
Whose audience rumbles on
Without notice
Who quickly gathers himself
And evaporates....
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Categories:
anxiety, confidence, stress,
Form: Free verse
Beyond My ReachI hold the raging’s -
of this madman -
contained -
within these walls -
Painting only -
pleasant masks -
upon his face
The genius is -
it works so well -
That sanity -
no one can...
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Categories:
stress,
Form: Free verse
Struggling
His stress is too much to take,
drinking to self-medicate.
Laid off from the job he loves
Covid shutdown brings...
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Categories:
deep, feelings, perspective, stress,
Form: Jueju
My negativity my biggest enemyMy negativity, my biggest enemy.
I'm a complete waste of space,
A confirmed certified disgrace,
Im not good enough for existence,
I'm a failure and dont deserve subsistence,
It's like a commentary the constantly repeats,
Negative thoughts that never misses...
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, confusion, depression, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Stress Poems
Definition | What is Stress in Poetry?
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