Featured Poets Of Instagram - Page 2
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1. Teach Them Well
You are not defined
by the way other people
see you
treat you
love you
You are defined
by the way you
see yourself
treat yourself
love yourself
Others will do unto you
as you teach them how to;
teach them well
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2. What Healing Is Meant To Look Like
in Short Poems
I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,
but washing
the smell of you
from my hoodie
feels like
a good place
to start
Latest Shared StoryI'm very fond of short, powerful, poems, and this is one for sure. Recovery can be the hardest thing we do, but it's always, always, worth it. Good write/read.
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3. Put Heartbreak To Rest
in Short Poems
Put heartbreak to rest.
Untangle your soul
from its tight grip.
Say goodbye to the
parts holding on.
Move forward in peace
and discover the new,
evolved you.Latest Shared StoryThese are the word I needed just to be in peace. I have experienced broken relationship ties from friendship ties, family ties and relationship ties. It's hard to let go, but I have to....
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4. Slow Down
slow down when your world
is spinning too fast
when day and night are stuck in dusk
make sure to enjoy life
soak in the sunshine
admire the moonlight
witness how the clouds gather
and disperse
how the wind chases the leaves
across the street
treasure the little moments
that world will still spin
but you won’t fall off for taking
a well-deserved break
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5. Winter Lullabies
in Winter Poems
Winter speaks
in blusters
and lullabies fall
with the snow.
Some float
through the air
like flecks
of magic,
and some
settle like dreams
that didn't want
to be caught.
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6. Missing You In Every Part Of Life
I miss you
In all the pauses,
The loudness,
The quiet,
The chaos,
Of my everyday
I miss you…
In all the spaces
You once lived,
In my heart,
My mind,
My skin,
My body & soul
I miss you…
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7. Fighting For Their Affection
If they make you
work for their attention
fight for their affection
beg for their love
realize
you will spend a lifetime
yearning
wanting
chasing
something
that was never yours
and never will be.
Latest Shared StoryA sad truth that takes many of us far too long to realize. Just because we want something or even think we deserve it, doesn't mean we will get it or even need it.
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8. The Comfort Of Pain
Live with it
long enough
and pain begins
to feel familiar,
even comforting.
I guess when
it’s the only constant
even heartbreak
can find a way
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9. Even When; Especially When
Even when you feel like a million scattered pieces,
you are still whole.
Even when you’re unsure of the path you’re walking,
you still have purpose.
Even when your lover leaves you empty and begging,
you are still loved.
Even when you’ve tried and tried and failed and failed,
you are still worthy.
Even when;
especially when.
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10. Moving On Was Never Meant To Be Easy
Moving on was
never meant to be easy.
It will hurt, it will be painful,
it will be exhausting,
but it will always be
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11. Exhale Anxiety
I send anxiety
a cease and desist letter.
I close her mouth.
Unbind her gnawing disquiet,
slow my train track heart.
I manifest settle,
a steady river in my veins.
I proclaim calm,
a relentless hymn on my tongue.
I end the riot in my chest
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12. A New Beginning
sometimes I wonder
why life feels
so uphill most of the time.
but maybe
the mountains are rooting for us.
maybe they want us to see sights
we would never get to see without them.
because in that moment,
when life takes your breath away
for all her beauty, you are reborn.
and I don’t think there is anything
more perfect
in this world than a new beginning.
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13. Her Cup Never Ran Dry
in Faith Poems
no matter how weary
she kept pouring
but her cup never ran dry, for God
renewed her strength daily, and
gave her a peace
beyond all understanding
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14. Just The End
I regret the end.
The way we couldn't
leave one another
without wounds.
The way we made
it seem as if
all the love we shared
was wasted time.
Latest Shared StoryWow! Good job. Sometimes hindsight will have us saying "What if?" And in the final review of an ended relationship, there may have been something else we could have done to make things work...
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15. Bright Light
in Hope Poems
I see you, darling.
Holding on to your hope with both hands.
Feeling exhausted with all the turbulence.
But not letting go.
Shedding and bending
and growing and trying. So much trying.
And you are right,
your old life is a bad fit for you now.
There is more for you out there.
There is more for you inside too.
Keep holding on to your hope.
The world needs more of that right now.
Latest Shared StoryWow! That is an awesome piece. I really like it. It's very moving. I love the flow and the word choice. I am so glad I stumbled onto it. Thank you.
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16. Dear Diary
in God Poems
God Is Still Goodin my weeping, He is still good
in my fear, He is still good
in my weariness, He is still good
in my pain, frustration, hurt, and shame
He is still good
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17. Your Love Goes With Me
Your love
Goes with me
Today and every day.
I feel it
When I’m listening
To the songs the trees make
Or the music we listened to
On sunny summer days.
I feel it
When I look at
Old photos of you.
I have your same eyes
And so much
Of the same outlook as you.
I feel it
When your old ring
Clangs against my heart,
Hanging from a chain
That I wear every day
And never take apart.
I feel it
When a familiar scent
Mixes with my memories
Of you,
The cologne on your clothes
And the way the smell
Shocks my senses anew.
I feel it
When I eat your
Favorite food,
Perch dinners
Or Payday candy bars,
All the things you were into.
I feel it everywhere
I feel it in everything.
It trickles into my days
In a million little ways.
Your love will never be lost,
It comforts and persists
And it stays.
Your love gives me strength.
Your love makes me brave.
Your love
Goes with me
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18. Your Brilliance And Grace
in Short Poems
Beautiful Girl,
you don’t even realize
that some people
look at your madness
and see nothing but
brilliance and grace.
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19. The Hero Of Your Life
You are the only one
who can save you
no one else can
do it for you
no matter how
hard they try
You deserve to be the one
who sees your own light
you deserve to be the love
that holds you in the darkest night
you deserve to be the hero
of your own life
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20. Let Them Miss You
Let them miss you.
Let them wonder what wild joy you’re chasing,
why you didn’t think to invite them along.
Let them hear your laughter from afar,
watch as it pulls the sun from the sky,
marvel at how easily you become that light.
Let them yearn to be your moon,
long for a chance to reflect the warmth you provide,
admire how you can be so vibrant and alive
without them beside you.
Let them miss you.
Let yourself learn how okay you are
on your own.
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21. Even Though I Could Drown
There's something about
how the sea draws me in
much like your eyes
even though I know I could drown
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22. Life Isn't Black And White
in Short Poems
You can be unhappy and still be in love.
You can be in love and still walk away.
You can walk away and still feel the weight of loss.
You can feel the weight of loss and still stand tall.
You can stand tall and still be grieving.
You can be grieving and still find joy.
You can find joy and still miss what you had.
You can miss what you had and still long
for more.
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23. I Hope You Find Peace
I hope you find peace in your battles
I hope you find light within the darkness
I hope you find comfort in your storm
I hope you find your smile within the tears
I hope your heart beats lighter
when it starts to feel heavy
I hope you find the kind of love that stays
I hope you find someone who welcomes your broken pieces home. -
24. Butterfly Wings
in Change Poems
We all need
some measure of comfort,
the safety of a cocoon,
But I remind myself
that change is good,
that I cannot spend
my whole life
being a caterpillar,
that courage
wears butterfly wings
and the sky has never looked
more inviting.
Latest Shared StoryGreat job. I really like it. Putting on our wings and taking another chance could be the very best thing for us.
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25. There Will Be Days
There will be days
when your heart will break.
And there will be days when
your heart will soar.
There will be days when
your heart will doubt.
There will be days when
your heart will believe.
There will be days when
your heart fatigues.
There will be days when
your heart pulsates thunder.
You just keep going.
Keep walking.
Because that’s how we find
beautiful places.
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26. The Time Between
in Short Poems
Somewhere between
hello and goodbye
a whole life happened.
And now, I am left to wonder
just how long
I will be
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27. It Feels Like A Lifetime Ago
Feels like a lifetime ago
that I loved like that.
Wanting more
and more and more.
There are no photographs.
No forgotten sweatshirts.
No saved brunch receipts
or concert tickets.
No proof that I was madly
in love with you.
We carved our names
into nothing.
My skin aches knowing
all I have left
is a fading film reel
of your smile.
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28. It's About The Journey
How about sad but hopeful.
Lonely but looking inward.
Resting but planning your next step.
How about fumbling but trying.
Anxious but learning patience.
Questioning but at peace with not having
an answer yet.
How about unsure but trusting.
Scared but overcoming.
Lost but knowing it’s about the journey
in the end.
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29. Worthy
Sometimes
you’ve got to look
straight into the
tired eyes of the
woman staring back
at you in the mirror
and tell her that
she deserves the
best kind of love,
the best kind of life
and devote yourself to
giving it to her
all over again.
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30. Every Day Changes You
in Short Poems
every day changes you
sometimes a lot
sometimes barely
but life never stops
it evolves
and you are growing
even when you can’t see it
you’re doing the best you can
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31. I Want To Tell You
There’s so much I want to say to you,
words I buried in my mind
but when it’s time to sing the verses
the melodies come out wrong.
I want to tell you
that I still miss you
even though I know I shouldn’t.
I want to tell you
that I wish to hold you
even though I can’t.
I want to tell you
you are the one
even when you couldn’t be.
But most of all
I want to tell you
that I love you
and I never stopped
But maybe one day
you’d keep telling me, instead.
Latest Shared StoryBeing in a one-sided love situation is never good. Putting yourself on hold for an undetermined amount of time can put a person in a space that's hard to come back from. There's no easy way...
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32. I Won't Settle For Anything Less Than You
I want it all
The insanity
The good,
The bad,
Your broken pieces too.
The sadness,
The laughter,
even the darkness in your light.
I want you wildly, madly in love
with all that I am, all that I have been
and everything I will become.
Give me your moon
and I’ll hang the stars
across the sky for you
because darling,
I won’t settle for anything less
than you. -
33. Daily Reminder That You Are Worthy
And on Tuesdays you must look at
yourself in the mirror and say
“I am worthy. I need to be here.
And I am grateful I am.
There is beauty in my life and
I will find it. There is strength
in my soul and I will trust it.
There is purpose in my path and
I will unravel it. There is magic
in who I am and I will
believe in it.”
And then go climb your mountains
for today. And go find some
spectacular views.
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34. Hold Tightly To Your Smile
in Hope Poems
You get through the bad days
because you have no other choice.
There is nothing else you can do
but hold tightly to your smile
and try to stay positive.
Focus on finding happiness in the little things,
and making small achievable goals
for yourself to feel purposeful.
To constantly remind yourself
that it could be worse
to make yourself feel better.
Giving up is not an option.
Crying all day is not an option.
Losing yourself is not an option.
You have to remember that
it is going to be ok.
It always is eventually.
You got this.
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35. Just Us Two
Pull away the world
so that it is just us two.
Silence the chaos
inside and outside our heads.
Let us follow the purity
of our foolish hearts
if only for right now.
Search my eyes
for who we used to be.
And when you find us,
kiss my lips so hard
that I believe
the poetry is real again.
Latest Shared StoryTalk about rekindling something lost; that will do it. Good read and flow.
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36. The Girl I Used To Be
in Change Poems
Try as I may, try as I do,
there are days when I wish
I could go back
to the girl I used to be
and tell her about
all the roads to avoid.
But if I did that
I may not have become
the girl I am now,
and I am too proud of her
to risk taking even one piece
of her journey away.
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37. Holding Onto The Wrong People
Why do you
try so hard
to hold on
to people
who so easily
let you go
There are people
who know your
precious valuable incomparable
Worth
They will stay
they will walk
through hellfire
to make sure
you don’t get away
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38. We Rise
we crawl
we walk
we run
we fly
we fall
we break
we rage
we cry
we learn
we heal
we dream
we rise
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39. Ripples
The future of the world
is in your class today
So teacher do be proud
and trust in what you say
For every word you utter
and everything you do
can realign a destiny
for him and her and you
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40. The Marching Heart
in Short Poems
I believe the beating in our hearts
was put there to remind us
that even when we feel alone in the world,
a part of us marches on,
that even at our lowest
we carry something inside of us
that we can lean on and turn to,
that even when there is no one else,
we always have ourselves.
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41. Hearts Are Resilient
Hearts are delicate
yet incredibly resilient.
They break and break open,
yet they beat
and brave the pain.
They’re filled
to overflowing
only to be poured out
day after day.
And yet, they remain.
They fight. and they remain.
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42. Let Love Grow
I want to live in a world
where nobody is afraid
to fall in love
or admit it
and let love grow
like wildflowers
in the most unexpected
(but beautiful)
places.
Latest Shared StoryVery well done. And I would like to live in a place like that too. As a matter of fact, in my own world, I do.
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43. It Takes A Certain Courage
It takes a certain courage:
Just to be,
to fight for your happiness
and sense of calm in this world,
to get out of bed and meet the day,
to choose to be openminded
rather than clinging to your beliefs,
to set boundaries,
to say yes,
to say no,
to try again.
You are made of that kind of courage.
Chin up buttercup and go make some
beautiful moments with your bravery.
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44. You Are Enough
You are enough
You have always been enough, and
You will forever be
Enough
no matter what you see
how you feel, or the lies you may
believe
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45. The Thing About Love
Love Can Put You Back TogetherThe thing is:
Love will break you.
That is a guarantee.
Yet at the same time,
it is the only thing
that can put you
back together.
Latest Shared StoryWow! This is too cool. I really like it. And I really agree. Very good job.
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46. Finding Hope
in Short Poems
Finding Hope In Unexpected PlacesI am learning to find hope
in the smallest and most unexpected places
like the whispers through the forest
and the velvet evening sky
and the way your love is bringing back
all the parts of my soul I thought I had lost.Latest Shared StoryThis poem speaks to me. I really like it. We spend so much of our time focusing on things that really don't make life better and we miss out on many of the things that do.
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47. Strength Comes In So Many Forms
Strength comes
In so many forms.
In giving people
Second chances,
In giving up
Painful habits.
In giving ourselves
And others
Life-changing love.
In giving energy
To fight for
The things that matter.
Strength comes
in so many forms.
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48. You Have Shattered Every Memory Of Us
You have drowned every emotion of us,
Held it under water until it could no longer breathe.
You have shattered every memory of us,
Like glass, touching it I risk hurting every time.
You have burned any future of us,
Only left ashes of what could have been.
We could have been great together.
We could have made it.
Latest Shared StoryThe hard truth of having one too many last changes. Sometime there is no coming back from crossing the line. We may not be able to fix what we broke, but learning from it can help prevent us...
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49. The One
Finding The One Who Accepts YouI hope you find
the one who quiets
the screams.
I hope you find
the one that
understands your
silence.
I hope you find
the one that is
patient while
you're healing.
I hope you find
the one who accepts
all of you.Latest Shared StoryAnother job very well done. Very insightful and very easy to read. I like this style.
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50. Better Will Come
in Short Poems
Have faith
that although it may seem
like the good has come and gone,
there will be better.
The better will
enter your life suddenly,
unexpectedly,
taking your breath away.Latest Shared StoryWow! I love it. My kind of writing. Short, to the point with powerful words, and a great message. I have witnessed firsthand how better has come, many times.
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