21. Every Day Changes You
every day changes you
sometimes a lot
sometimes barely
but life never stops
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22. Change Is A Beautiful Thing
let autumn be proof that
change is a beautiful thing
even though it can be
hard to see at first.Featured Shared StoryGood job. It's funny how change can be the thing we need the most but want the least.
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23. Sea Of Change
The clouds never break
Like blue waters do
On this Island of Pain.
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24. Childhood Memories
I was happy when I was a lad.
It wasn't all good, but it wasn't half bad.
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25. Simpler Times
Take me back to those simpler times
When all I sang were nursery rhymes,
When stealing chocolates was my only crime,
When sleep used to come early, at nine,Featured Shared StoryThis poem is very relatable. I remember always wanting to act like an adult and dressing up like one. Looking back, I should have enjoyed being a kid for as long as I could. Let this remind...
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26. Equality
Famous Poem
You declare you see me dimly
through a glass which will not shine,
though I stand before you boldly,
trim in rank and marking time.Featured Shared StoryTruely inspirational poem. This is the cry of present time that it is the 21st century and people are still struggling for equality, which is far from reach for many.
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27. Winter Stars
Famous Poem
I went out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings—
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28. Let America Be America Again
Famous Poem
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
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29. Rainy Days When I Was Young
When I was young on rainy days,
Alone on my front porch I'd play.
I'd lose myself in another time
That I could create with my toys and my mind.Featured Shared StoryPatricia,
What a super poem, painting a clear and honest picture over a span of years.
The span of years equals so many lessons learned and wisdom gained.
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30. The Ghost Of My Past
Fumbling, stumbling,
around in the dark.
Fighting, igniting,
flames from a spark.Featured Shared StoryI love your poem. It has so much depth. I am using it in a speech I am giving for The New Opportunity school for Women on Berea KY. Thank you for your poetry.
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31. Men At Forty
Famous Poem
Men at forty
Learn to close softly
The doors to rooms they will not be
Coming back to. -
32. New Year
Another year is coming to a close.
We can forget our troubles and woes.
For me, this year was tough.Featured Shared StoryIt was very true what you stated about this past year. My new relationship was complicated, but with my new man, the love of my life, we will strive and move on with this special relationship...
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33. Seasons Yet To Come
They gave us all a calendar
At work this afternoon.
Suddenly it dawns on me,
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34. Before I...
Before I became strong, I knew what it was like
To be weak,
How difficult it is to love yourself,
To find the wholeness that you seek.Featured Shared StoryVery moving. Always good to read that someone has found light at the end of the tunnel. It's a bit like my poem Brighter Skies - knowing that when things are bleak and dreary there will be...
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Featured Shared Story
This poem!! I felt a tug in my heart because it was truly a story of truth from your heart! Very well expressed, and I can't say but one thing more. If we keep our ears open we learn from...
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36. All Because Of You
My life is changing.
The life that I've had,
It's changing forever,
But no need to be sad.Featured Shared StoryNice thoughts in your poem, Dana.
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37. Destined To Fly
I remember the day we met.
Too young to see the danger.
I didn't know the devil you were,
That you'd fill me with so much anger.Featured Shared StoryI'm rather inspired to witness a "rotted, dead flower" regaining his or her smile and faith in life. Drugs are illegal here in China, and we all know the anguish caused by drug addiction and...
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38. All The World's A Stage
Famous Poem
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,Featured Shared StoryHe gets tired of his childhood and hastens to grow up; then he becomes nostalgic about his childhood. To gain wealth, he would endanger his health; then to regain his lost health, he spends...
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39. That's Life
This life is a wonderful gift .. accept it, embrace it.
It starts with a new day .. wake up and greet it.
Life is a challenge .. take it head on and meet it.
Full of opportunity .. use it, don't waste it.Featured Shared StoryDanny,
Very wise words in this poem!
Nice pattern and flow to the words, too.
So sorry that I am seeing this 12 YEARS after it was published here.
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40. The Way It Is
I can feel my heart beating beneath my chest.
Why do you scream at me? All I do is my best.
My life is a nightmare, only I am awake.
Why was it my fault? Where was my mistake?Featured Shared StoryI get it. It's the same for me except it's my mom that hates me. I'm afraid of her, and you literally just described what goes on in my house with her.
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