Best Mountain Climbing Poems

My daddy was a mountain climber
Cause life's a mountain all men must climb
From the foothills of adolescence
To the last days of our lives

My daddy always raised me
To do what I thought right
The lessons that my daddy taught
Have helped me throughout this life

He lived on mountain...

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I’m climbing  
Above the canyon…the sun
Hits  		the 		rocks

I ascend
As 	I 	take 	risk 	after 	risk
UP I GO!

I’m climbing
I 	rely 	on 	my 	own 	strength
I’m doing FINE!

I descend
While	 I 	urgently 	hold 	on
For dear life…...

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A Mountain climbing I will go
over the foot paths
Over the cobble stones
Up and up I go step by step
higher and higher I climb
Over the boulders and over the rocks 
Onwards and upwards
to the tip pity top I go....

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The road to glory is steep and thorny 
And the wind is tricky and phony 
The more I try to reach my crown 
It tries to drag my two feet down 
Without even knowing that it's there 
For, snares are everywhere 

If my steps are...

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ice pick digs deep
breath spews thick mist
foot hold must stick
peak steep cold slope
stay calm keep hold
success not cheap



1st placement
Charles Messina sponsored
Bauk-Than 3 rows of rhyme highlighted in bold and italics
Written 25/12/2020
4 syllables 2nd, 3rd, 4th words/syllables rhyme
4 rows with three rhyme patterns...

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I never cared to do the dangerous things, and liked to play it safe,
But the strict bonds of ordinariness, can oftentimes start to chafe.

I always preferred to cover my bets, for I hated the idea of failure,
Like the early days of colorful gardens, when greys...

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Climbing up
The rugged slope
I follow a rope of mountain creek a map has never found

Cold rapid pulse
I hold from its succulent wrist

Cup my thirst
To the empty canteen of my hands

Sip to lips

My body vibrating against the loose blue canopy
Overhead
Heart pounding
Out of breath

I slip
From the beating...

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