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Toughen Poems - Poems about Toughen

Premium MemberThe Second To The Last Straw

...The Second To The Last Straw

Just Forgiving One More Time,
This Isn’t A Super-Wide Camel's
Back With A Minor Tolerance In Mind.

The Conditions For Unconditional
Can Quickly Toughen Love To S...
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Categories: toughen, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDAILY GRATITUDE L R KNOST

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Today I’m grateful to revisit the words of L. R. Knost…
She wrote:

It’s not our job to toughen our children up
to face a world that is heartless and cruel…
It is our job to raise children,
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Categories: toughen, children,
Form: Rhyme



Timid Tom

...Timid Tom had a typical token,
a tiny teddybear,
a tasty taco,
a tattered tophat

Tom had his things taken by taunting Tess
, but Tom toughen 
So he told the tall teacher
Now he is no longer ...
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Categories: toughen, anti bullying,
Form: Alliteration

Thank You

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Thank you  
How I keep saying  
Deep gratitude showing  
Generosity, kindness, beauty  
The wonder and joy of giving..
 
What would I consider or measure  
The value of what is received, the...
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Categories: toughen, beauty, dedication, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSo Naive

...Who am l kidding
It means nothing at all
Just another pile of bullsh*t
Into l fall

Am l so gullible
Thinking the best
To be disappointed, disillusioned  
My heart put to the test

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Categories: toughen, confusion, hurt, self,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberVanilla Pudding

...nobody sees you the way I do
in your wheelchair
with your unopenable arms
where everything crashes to a gray twisted landscape

my brother
alpha male
of demon strut clashes
in our shared chil...
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Categories: toughen, angst, bullying, caregiving, child
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberOgre

...I’m not much of an ogre he thought
As a chipmunk nibbled his twisted toe nail.

Nope, I like my fur fluffed and clean
And my nails…well, not painted
But neatly buffed and filed.
Damn! I hate me...
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Categories: toughen, humor,
Form: Free verse

Old Green Bottle

...Get drunk oh bottle
dance through the market Square
Covering your shame with linens of lies
a repulse and comic act
While  easing  into the saucer 

Get drunk oh bottle
beat ember of tired fla...
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Categories: toughen, wisdom,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhat If God Said

...What if God said
“I cannot love you all.”
“you will have to toughen up,
look after each other,
love one another.”

                            “What!!!  How can I love
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Categories: toughen, god, love, people,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWanda and Rudolph

...Your only four feet tall and you got a red nose taunts the scarlet witch 
"But I have antlers strong &  sturdy and I can outshine a blood moon anytime "
You can buck your horns but you can't delive...
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Categories: toughen, appreciation, humorous, relationship,
Form: Narrative

Oh, Insecurities

...I was unfaithful cuz I’m insecure
I was an unfaithful guy that’s for sure
Rough road I chose for myself, true
Toughen up, it’s all on you, bud — said a woman too

In the middle of the road in Ne...
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Categories: toughen, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Lyric

Resilient and Bold

...I shied away from the sunlight today
I lied to myself and thought it was the truth in a way
I tell myself…as my skin above my blood begin to boil rapidly in anxiety—
Toughen up, it’s all on you, b...
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Categories: toughen, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberMarmite Man Found Hiding In His Jar

...Sir Tom aka Marmite Man
It’s obvious you are the people’s choice
“But do not” rest on your laurels
As I too have a voice!!

I’ve noticed when addressing the people
There’s a recurring whinge of...
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Categories: toughen, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTruth

...Truth lies within us all
                  Tarnished by our egos,
                  Taunting evil voices
                  Trusting bad decisions,
                  Toughen, bruised and shattered...
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Categories: toughen, betrayal, conflict, lost, truth,
Form: Pleiades

Ocean Waves

...They hit shores like never before
Wonder what they were thinking about
To feel so sore
Why were they so rough
Was it time to toughen up
Sand and pebbles on my feet
With grumpy waves beneath my ...
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Categories: toughen, sea,
Form: Rhyme

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