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Tough Poems - Poems about Tough

Tough Poems - Examples of all types of poems about tough to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for tough.
This year was a tough Year for me
Our river runs low, unlike in Barbados, where rain graces the small island, turning it into a tropical paradise. Green pastures thrive, an a breadfruit can sustain a poor man throughout the year, while others...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, addiction, allusion, angst, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
Convict Mentality
A convict Mentality/ Is common sense to someone/ But, uncomprehensible to most/ People get it twisted/ They think an inmate and convict/ Are the same/ But they are not/ Two worlds apart/ An inmate can be anyone/ Who goes to prison/ A convict sets people...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, character, courage, crazy, dark,
Form: Free verse



Ease
The place I feel the most at ease, Is at the moment of time's freeze, When the world stops its chores, Feels like opening of heaven's doors. The place I feel the most at ease, Does not exist in this...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, anger, anxiety, conflict, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

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The Way to Sunrise
The Way To Sunrise Would we admire the stars, if it weren’t for the night? Without that darkness, would they have glistened bright? What gives justice its importance, its desire? Doesn’t the cold fade away to light the warm...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tough Old Birds
Tough Old Birds Miracle Man 8/10/2024 Life is not a game, where only the strong survive, though most days, strength helps. ...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, life, strength,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member tough talking Sadie
Sadie liked to talk tough because she was soft, an easy target she fell prey to people who take advantage of nice her tough words kept people away it is not that they feared her it is that they thought...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, woman,
Form: Free verse
TOUGH CHOICE: LOVE OR HOPE?
For I have to choose A hopeful new beginning Or love on the cruise That I have to give in. I have loved without hope Left shattered, unable to cope. A rose at a time I'm offered...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, 12th grade, flower, love,
Form: Free verse
Life may be tough
Life may be tough but stay strong. Even though things may go wrong. Your dreams may take so long. And you can't help yourself but feel sad all day long. Don't despair in life's challenges. Never forget to wear a...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme
Tough thoughts
I watch as time goes by, With no great urge to try, To make a move, Or break a sweat, I'm a lost heart broken guy. "HOW" I wonder why, A sudden urge to cry, I see her image, I loose a breath, I'm...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Breaking Up Is Tough
They say that breaking up is tough, now I know that it’s true, one day we’ll go separate ways, and all the blame’s on you. Maybe we shared some good times, up and down all those years, but baby far too...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, break up, funny, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tough Female Robot
She is the toughest female robot I ever met She had no softness, no sweet side and no pet. Stomping through the kitchen she yelled at me. I shook so hard, I lost my right arm and my...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thoughts Of A Tough Old Bird
Thoughts Of A Tough Old Bird Miracle Man Thoughts January 20, 2024 Seems my happier days have long been spent, so what each day brings will be more than fair. Thoughts each night are of tomorrows ascent, but God won’t put...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, age, god, life,
Form: Quatrain
Echoes Of Conflict
Should I mute the whispers echoing within, Or let them spill, unfiltered and raw? Should I end the chatter, or should I war, Against the voices that I can't ignore? Should I erase the people who haunt me, Or should...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, conflict, cry, dark,
Form: Free verse
Tough Love
You don't need a listener, let your heart muscles pound out a blind-folded poem. Practice hand to hand combat with your unlettered soul until it lays down defeated. Marshal the words, articulate their fractured forms. in the dark, wake up the light, it is your next...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love and Tough Love
mom fed baby birds pushed out of the nest by mom they must learn to fly...Read the rest...
Categories: tough, baby, bird, flying, food,
Form: Haiku

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