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Determination Poems - Poems about Determination

Hunting for Mushrooms
The morning was dark and misty venturing out before the throng weaving between oak and elder the path I took was long I stumbled on a clearing and fell down upon my knees it was there I started digging through discarded wood and leaves burrowing through the top soil breaking deeper in the dirt my fingers and palms wore earth stains nails had worked to earn...

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Categories: determination, death, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member crack in the sidewalk
crack in the sidewalk nature's determination ~ city garden blooms posted on April 28, 2025...

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Categories: determination, city, flower, garden, nature,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Handle with Care
it broke and shattered one piece at a time it fell apart had come unglued little by little over time in the end there was no fixing it was beyond repair barely held together it was just for show i just got up one day and somehow was determined to get on with life trying to mend the pieces as well as could be expected AP: 3rd place 2025 Posted on April 26,...

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Categories: determination, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Self determination
Stand firm though winds may try to break your will, Dare to begin where endings cast their shade. Endings are myths that stubborn minds distill, Sow your own path though doubts may leave you frayed. Withstand the tide, for even storms grow still, Drive your...

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Categories: determination, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member SOAKED JUSTICE BLOOMING
Her soil, soaked in blood, sought to stymie fertile seeds; but justice stilled bloomed:- ...

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Categories: determination, allegory,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member runaway turbulence
suddenly my world got dark and spun out of control thrust in the eye of the storm all i could see was you and how i would find my way back to your arms Submitted on March 14, 2025 to contest THRUST IN THE CENTRE OF TEH STORM, ALL I COULD SEE WAS YOU sponsored by ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON -...

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Categories: determination, dark, longing, storm, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Force Determination
Don't be afraid On road of life Don't surrender. No matter what The weather is Bring your sunshine. Some road can be Traveled alone Strolled bravely. How far dream is Only one leap To go along....

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Categories: determination, courage, dream, life,
Form: Than-Bauk
Leave That Omen Behind
When you’ve had every chance and all resource in hand. When you’ve been in good graces and known where you stand. When you had God in Heaven reach down just to line it all up, and you still found a way to fail. How could that be? You look back in disbelief, regretfully and feel like a failure, jinxed...

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Categories: determination, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Wear My Suit
I wear my suit while my house burns I wear my suit while my wife dies I wear my suit when my son’s body arrives And I wear my suit for you Donald Trump I wear my suit while Russians torture I wear my suit as bombs explode I wear my suit for my lost future I don’t wear my suit because...

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Categories: determination, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I will be heard
Life's got me in a chokehold, but it's not the same asphyxiation that I crave. I loathe when pouring my heart out is seen as "very brave" When it's not bravery that compells me, But hope. Hope for a better future for those who relate And some kind of catharsis for my pain. It does not take bravery to tell a...

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Categories: determination, dark, deep, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Move on
Life is for the living It is for a short a season Whatever life throws at you Receive it with equanimity and move on When you make mistakes as all mortals sometimes do Do not run away from God Rather run to Him and make amends And move on with determination On your onward journey And God will...

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Categories: determination, 4th grade, bible, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My guardian Angel
You have been gone for a while Leaving a void of emptiness Difficult to fill and contend with All around me your presence looms large Your beautiful face lulls me to sleep nightly I see you every morning as I wake up Your sumptuous lips whisper into my ear Courageous words of determination To keep hunters...

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Categories: determination, absence, angel, best friend,
Form: Free verse
SET THAT FIRE
Daughter of Africa, Set that fire ablaze within you, The one they tried to douse with doubt, The one buried beneath years of silence. Set it roaring, let it speak for your ancestors, Who built kingdoms with their bare hands, Who sang freedom songs under the weight of chains. Their courage flows in your veins, Their strength is your inheritance. Set that fire, And light...

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Categories: determination, africa, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Scars Take Flight
The caterpillar never prayed— it coiled around the bark, turned aside the whimpers of wings a-flutter, and created a moat of silence. Promises? It made none— to itself or to the universe. Transformation was not a melody or a plea, just the still rebellion of survival. As the chrysalis cracked open, it wasn’t a triumph. It bore no grace. It was escape—raw, fierce, and unapologetically its...

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Categories: determination, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Still Don't Care
I don't care about the people who don't care about me/ And I still don't care.../ I will leave this world the way I came in/ And I came one deep... I don't need no pair/ I don't care about nobody who don't care about me/ I only care about those who offered something to eat/ When I was hungry and...

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Categories: determination, betrayal, care, confidence, deep,
Form: Free verse

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