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Falling Short Poems - Poems about Falling Short
Falling Short Poems - Examples of all types of poems about falling short to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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reflecting
...Sorrowful are we reflecting on our own lives falling short of God......
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Karen Croft
Categories:
falling short,
god,
Form:
Senryu
Rewrite
...It's imperative to alter the narrative, so get out a round of ream. There's a knot in the plot, a lost theme with out a seam.. You pause and you pivot. The script leaves you livid, falling shor......
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Nancy Kaufman
Categories:
falling short,
poems,
Form:
Rhyme
I Smell AI
..."I smell A.I. as it coldly brushes against me, stiff and analytical in it's digital analysis of my heartbeat, falling short in quantifying that which is experienced within my soul,,,,, this while tho......
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Darrell Rose
Categories:
falling short,
anger, feelings, introspection,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
NARROW MARGIN
...By a narrow margin, I lost Too many times in countless plays For many times, I was like ghost Falling short from the light of days I dared the mountain top but fell Just before I could ra......
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R. B. Cawis
Categories:
falling short,
games, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
The Greater the High, the Harder the Crash
...So good at hiding yourself for nothing When you were singing that song you listen to, On and on Even though your eyes were closed, It looked as though you were singing to someone in particular B......
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Matthew Bailey
Categories:
falling short,
angst, conflict, fear, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Taking A Look Inside
...Should a man dare to look within? Search secret places of hidden sin? The lack of which could be exhilarating, But those long loss, debilitating. Even those revealed can be a gift, Confession,......
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Bill Baker
Categories:
falling short,
forgiveness, imagination, introspection, perspective,
Form:
Sonnet
Conflict; Resolution
...Mass destruction in a three second span Shorter than the thought that passed, I rolled my eyes and it was gone We weren’t even falling short We missed the mark entirely Stalling at t......
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Matthew Bailey
Categories:
falling short,
conflict, emotions, hyperbole, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Expedition
..."I shall return soon to this quiet place To be with my friends of the kindred kind Where poetry forms in a peaceful mind" Connie Marcum Wong i stand here peering across the span of a distanc......
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Sandra Adams
Categories:
falling short,
death, journey,
Form:
Free verse
You Owe My Dad An Apology
...I know now why I'm always mad It's a little deeper than just hating my dad or the beautiful family that I never had The inferno that burns within Fueled by rage and deception Was lit by my own o......
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Dustin Branum
Categories:
falling short,
anger, betrayal, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Churned Up Beloved a Morn
...The Simplest confession of this timeless magnum Opus, that mine is falling short in a world Such an yearning of repentance in me, that I am not the majestic Alexander , since I could. Only one hope......
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Tamanna Ferdous
Categories:
falling short,
love,
Form:
Free verse
They Say He's a Loser
...It was a normal afternoon All I could hear was a happy tune The tune of my life sweet as my dreams The air of celebrations around me as it seemed. I had a special person back then Whose presen......
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Black Beauty
Categories:
falling short,
butterfly, care, heartbreak, innocence,
Form:
Rhyme
Dorian Gray Revisited
...If (I / you) were to observe (myself / yourself), Would (I / You) really know (myself / yourself)? ----------------------------------------------- We prosper but we also strain - This "Game o......
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John Ransburg
Categories:
falling short,
12th grade, change, destiny,
Form:
Rhyme
Ghosts of Her Past
...It's early in the morning and she's never been to bed, swirling and twirling words are circling in her head.. She wishes to peel back time and live days in reverse. She wonders if this life has be......
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Nancy Kaufman
Categories:
falling short,
anxiety,
Form:
Light Verse
Sometimes, I Wish - From a Song of Bappa Mazumdar
...Sometimes, I wish, I simply wish, throughout the day Musing, on a moonlit night soaked in a blueish essence You and I, falling short of words. Silence, gone astray Pastime of eternity, where ......
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Tamanna Ferdous
Categories:
falling short,
missing you,
Form:
Free verse
Cry Mercy To the Merciful
...All of us have sinned falling short we have not been able to meet the mark God accepts only perfect righteousness failing that we're left in the dark But God sends hope from on high taking the......
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Gordon Mcconnell
Categories:
falling short,
bible, jesus, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
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