21. I Bend
I bend but do not break.
I've been lost, but I'm not a loser.
I'm a wreck, but I'm not totaled.
I'm fractured but not broken.
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I really love this poem! I can definitely relate. Just recently I had to end a friendship, and I felt terrible about it. I felt broken, felt as though I had failed, but I came to realize that...
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22. Starting Right Now
There's a need for more bridges than fences
There's a need for more love and less hate
There's a need for more laughers than critics
There's a need for more use and less wasteFeatured Shared StoryThank you so much for the kind outreach and encouraging words! I can only hope to inspire others with a vast collection like you someday! I love your poetry and have learned a lot by your...
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23. I Am Not A Victim Of Breast Cancer
Analysis of Form and Technique
I am not a victim of breast cancer. I am experiencing breast cancer.
I am not dying. I am living.
I am not curing. I am healing and restoring.
I am not fearing. I am loving and trusting.Featured Shared StoryI am a two time cancer survivor. I had a wonderful doctor. The first time I had a lumpectomy and radiation. The second time was five years later and I had a mastectomy with radiation and...
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24. Enjoy Life!
Life's too short to be wasted.
It passes just once, so make the most out of it.
Live life the way you want it to be.
Live it to the fullest, feel free!Featured Shared StoryGreat poem with a feel good tone to it, good work.
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25. I Will Prevail
I have been told that I will never exceed.
I have been told that I am living in a dream.
I have been pushed to the side by many of my peers.
I have heard of the struggles that were present before me.Featured Shared StoryThis poem hits me right smack in the heart. I feel it in the depts of my soul. You see, I lost my son, my only child coming up on 9 years. He was only 20 years old. And he was such an old...
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26. Note To Self
Be like the willow that bends,
shade that it sends,
peace that it lends.
Featured Shared StoryThis is an amazing poem - saying so much in very few words. Things don't always go the way we want, and sometimes we have to adapt and do so cheerfully - a very important lesson. It is also...
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27. Believe In Yourself
Believe in yourself and you can achieve
Things you never thought possible.
Believe in yourself and you can discover
New talents hidden inside of you.Featured Shared StoryBelieve is my favorite word from the Bible. Thank you for this. It reminded me today of people and equality. Remember next time you get down on your luck that each of us are equally as...
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28. A Voice Behind
When into sorrow, my poor soul sinks
When a sound of despair in my heart rings
I'm strongly pushed to do my best
By a voice that says, "There is still hope you dare not rest."Featured Shared StoryIt is must-read poem for people who dream and dare to work for its fulfillment. One would experience all kinds of struggles on this path and have to be very strong, enduring all pain,...
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29. You'll Get Through The Day
Child, stand strong holding your head up high,
Believe me, your life path is far from over,
For a moment, you may wince in wrenching pain and cry,
Not knowing you'll soon find your own four-leafed clover.Featured Shared StoryThanks Ann! Yes, writing the poem has helped me and like you, l find writing poems quite therapeutic. So sorry to hear about your husband's terminal illness. I hope you continue to find...
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30. My New Endeavor
From window sills
To pictured thrills
A life that's now forgotten
Featured Shared StoryThank you for the kind words, Ann! Ironically, your story and poems are amongst those that inspired some of these words so I'm glad to hear that it at least resonates in some capacity! May...
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31. Don't Give Up
We wait for what we long for.
We long for what we need.
Impatience and anxiety
Give root to errant deed,Featured Shared StoryAt 70, I gave up reading poetry and attempting to write it. At 77, I was diagnosed with cancer and do not really know how long I have left. Instinctively, I turned back to poetry to ease the...
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32. Never Stop Being You
Analysis of Form and Technique
Never stop caring about the little things in life.
Never stop dreaming, and don't give into strife.
Never stop wondering are we on our own.
Never stop thinking has your spirituality grown.Featured Shared StoryWell, it's true. No matter how tough life has been and may seem, the best thing to do is to keep moving forward, even when it hurts with the assurance that you are not alone. God is there,...
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33. Imposter Syndrome
I feel like an imposter
Like I'm not good enough
Featured Shared StoryI firmly believe in writing for well-being, it helped me enormously through my husband's terminal illness. People on Family Friends are so kind with their comments and encouragement. So,...
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34. Life And Love
Life's like a book -- a chapter, a page.
Remembering our youth as fast as we age.
Life is a song; we choose what to sing.
Living is hard; what will it bring?Featured Shared StoryAn inspirational poem, equipped with sunshine as well as black clouds hovering over our head. A poem so appealing to recite again and again! I love the following lines...
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35. Live In The Now
Look not back on yesterday
or what you have left behind.
For only today is yours to claim,
and this moment only is your time.Featured Shared StoryVery easy read. Very good content. Advice I agree with. It can be hard for me to leave yesterday behind, but I can't relive it. So, I access it for what I did well and wrong. I try to learn...
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Very insightful. Self-love can be (and maybe should be) the first love we encounter. Even when we're not perfect.
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37. Your Wounds
Time doesn’t heal wounds
to make you forget.
It doesn’t heal wounds toFeatured Shared StoryVery nicely done. I totally agree with you. I've used this same approach in my own life. I think sometime we pay more attention to what we're about to go through instead of how much you've...
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38. Trials
Sometimes you may think you're alone,
And your feelings make you seem like a clone.
Deep down you are whole,
Not an empty bowl.Featured Shared StoryLife has never been easy for me. I was born into a broken home, and I suffered a lot of things.
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39. Brave American Knight
Driving home one day after hours of monotonous office work,
Saw a man sitting by the road; looked as one down on his luck.
Paid small notice to the figure; my lonely life was in a rut.
He was just another beggar holding out a shiny tin cup.Featured Shared StoryWhat a beautiful poem. God bless all the veterans: dead, alive, and the ones still fighting. To all of you, a proud salute, my prayers, and love.
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40. Start Fresh
I wanna start fresh...
and forget this place, the wicked world I live in,
but not forget how glorious and essential it was to me.Featured Shared StoryVery good words have been given to the stronger self-discovered after failures in life. Such attitude is essential to keep moving in today's very competitive life.
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