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Endurance Poems | Examples of Endurance Poetry

Endurance Poems - Examples of all types of endurance poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for endurance.
Man On A Roller Coaster Sonnet
It jolts and shakes as it carroms around, my joints seethe at the pressure exerted, it rips upward until high off the ground, I hear the excited cries of my kid. Oh, to be young, and has such a...Read the rest...
Categories: age, child, endurance, how
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Seeing
Many question life's existence of being Is it the heart to which we live Or a soul breathing both light and dark Kindness, hate; emotions to believe Mind alter illusion, heaven or hell Our spirit's living between two...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, character, endurance, image,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Life Is Not Fair
Life is not fair It will never be Good days come around As do tragedies When difficult times come We often ask "why?" Sometimes we pray Sometimes we cry Trying to balance it all out And dealing with the stress...Read the rest...
Categories: endurance, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Weedy Eschatology
Weedy Eschatology By Mark D. Stucky The aging street mourns its faded splendor. It remembers having red tulips and roses in manicured, fertilized, emerald lawns in community yards lining its borders. But neighborhoods gradually decayed, and nobody’s planted flowers in years. The asphalt’s...Read the rest...
Categories: character, endurance, hope, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Hidden Broken Leg
First Part: All I see are my toes! A constant burning and stinging sensation under this weighted plaster cast has got me bedridden. The cast is made out of plaster and is white in color that...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, body, endurance,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Kindled Fire
A kindled fire... Keeps on burning Inside of me Never will it extinguish Despite all forces against it; Lingering fuel for determination. Even I can't smother or Dim it to a smoke. Floods furiously rage within, yet It keeps on...Read the rest...
Categories: endurance, meaningful, strength,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Steadiness of Your Hand
carrying me through life's tightrope, the steadiness of your hand; the strength, hope and faith in it keeps me from falling. ...Read the rest...
Categories: care, endurance, life, strength,
Form: Dodoitsu
Self-hatred
It is addictive. Used to it like the wicked bitter pills that one swallows to numb the pain, to block the feelings. Lethargic yet nerve-wracking; A tightness in the chest that never goes away. Faint, throbbing, persistent. It is inherent to me. the salinity...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, depression, endurance, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member sailing
boat on lake erie steady sailing on water captain of our ship...Read the rest...
Categories: endurance,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Acknowledging THE CREATOR NOT HIS THINGS-
Bleeding hearts do not bleeding so blood They are just humanity non conform greed’s sought Mixing having and having not Knowing non acceptance of Elohim, so Acknowledging the just created things Not Our Creator Elohim Written words by James Edward Lee Sr....Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, anxiety, appreciation, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Persevere
"I shall be like a tree planted by the river ... " Psalm 1:3 P ---------------------------- prayerful patience ...Read the rest...
Categories: 11th grade, endurance, passion,
Form: Alliteration
No Duh
I feel it, can't hold my cigarette because my hand is shaking My nerves are acting up but my feet are still and planting Yeah I'm tense, I might faint but I'm not going to be failing Yes,...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, body, conflict, endurance,
Form: Couplet
Your heavy chains
I walk where the land meets the sea Heavy chains dragged, trails cross the sands. The last time I saw you, You were breathing the scent deeply in. Just like me, you were born of flesh And just...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, endurance, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE DEVIL WANTS YOU IN YOUR UNDERWEAR---SCARED
The devil wants to see you in your underwear; That's when he knows your not in public; You are covered in shame and you're scared; The piece of minor cloth covering, under your covering; For he know God's gonna...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, anxiety, confidence, endurance,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Bundles In the Air
Trucks lined up one behind the other with the little that they have left and the drippings from the fountain piled up on top looking for a suitable place to make the next stop but...Read the rest...
Categories: endurance, america, anger, business, community,
Form: Narrative

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