41. Touching The Sky
Come for me, sweet tomorrow.
Help me touch the sky.
Like a well-learned bird opens its wings,
I, too, want to fly high.
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Committing mistakes and then learning from them can be a great lesson of life. It can truly evolve a person into a nice gentleman. I remember, after passing out of the university, I joined an...
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42. We Are All Human
I've lived quite a while and learned quite a bit
About life and this world where we live.
I've found that it's filled with both good and the bad.
Some who take, while some others will give. -
43. Forgiveness Is Divine
Some people view forgiveness
As a virtue for the weak.
An act of mercy undeserved,
That serves no useful need.Featured Shared StoryHi Pat,
I was so pleased to wake this morning and find one of your poems. Everything you write comes from your heart. I have commented to you before of how I enjoy your poems and I feel... -
44. The Number 24 Bus
Life is like a journey on the number 24 bus,
So welcome aboard, young one; come, sit here with the rest of us.
Let's hope you're going to be on here for more than just a while.
Look out of the window, young one, and enjoy every single mile. -
45. Temperance
Get annoyed with someone
And explode in fury
But later after calming down
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46. Brevity
Life's brevity, so bittersweet,
depends upon just one heartbeat.
Brief as dusk and swift as dawn,Featured Shared StoryVery nice. So very true. When it's said that we are given a certain number of days, what can be said when someone dies, say at age 59.5, but then is resuscitated and is now 64? Oh, no doubt...
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47. Good Timber
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The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,Featured Shared StoryPoetry is a passionate way of expressing our innermost thoughts, emotions, spirit, and love, amongst other things. As I read this poem, I thought of a very humble gentleman who lost his...
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48. Equipment
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Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.Featured Shared StoryI lost my wife Donna in April 2021. Edgar Albert Guest's poem is inspiring me to carry on and get on with things. Life is too short.
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49. Perceptions
First impressions can be strong
About those we see around.
Yet how often are they wrong?
That is the truth I've found.Featured Shared StoryWhat a wonderful piece of writing. I love it! I agree with it. In my early 20's I worked in a convenience store, and I had a game I played where I would judge whether the customer would be...
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50. Make It Count
That friend,
Would you two have had more fun
If you knew how long he'd be gone?
Featured Shared StoryThis is an amazing poem that is so true. Keep it up. There are so many things people don't notice normally.
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51. Wisdom's Woods
For every time I've failed,
For every time I've screwed up,
For every time I've said, "I'm Sorry,"
And for every time I've not.Featured Shared StoryI love this poem! It speaks about how to get through the difficulties of facing failure. I really like it!
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This poem really hit home with me. I will be 60 on my next birthday and it seems like years fly by like days. I too look in the mirror and wonder where all the lines and wrinkles have came...
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53. The Chrysalis
We are never finished products,
No matter how long we live.
There's always something we can add,
Like learning to forgive. -
54. The Perfect Little Town
The little town was the perfect little town,
Where never would you see even one little frown.
No matter where you'd go around town to stroll,
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55. Lessons
There's beauty in struggle,
There's feeling in pain.
For every painstaking mistake,
There are lessons you can name.Featured Shared StoryWell, my goodness!! You job and/or your girlfriend are not worth you!! Just remember that! You can find a new job; start looking, and you will find another girl. There is sometimes pain in...
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56. Lessons For Living
I see you looking at your children,
Wondering what their lives will be.
If you verify some answers
Then their future you might see.Featured Shared StoryI loved this poem. The list of things that should be given to our children to have an amazing journey through this life, it's all here! This poem contains so much wisdom! Beautifully written....
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57. Secrets Under Trees
Tiny little secrets
Get buried in the dirt,
And if they were dug up,
Someone would probably get hurt,Featured Shared StoryI don’t know if that’s true, because sometimes it's better to hide the hurtful secrets because the world these days will probably laugh at you then do nothing for a few days then decide...
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58. Truth
There comes a time in all our lives
when truth will set us free,
so live each day as though you know
your last it may well be.Featured Shared StoryI just love this poem it is so true and yes it has touched me!
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59. If You Must Go
If you must go, then go for a while
Remember that first step is a hard traveled mile.
To learn what lessons life has in store,Featured Shared StoryI, too, was motivated by your poem. Like Arimoon, I also allow my past to hold me back. I am so hard on myself for my past mistakes, regret, bad decisions, etc... but with each new day that...
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60. Pebbles
Time has grown frantic
Moves by us so swiftly
Too often overwhelmed
Losing sight of life's gift
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