Hard Times Poems - Poems about Hard Times

The rise and fall of civilizations is always clearer to track in hindsight like the stages and progression of battles in a war, but in the trenches, in the decades of decline, it’s hard to see any trajectory other than the fall as society gets richer and softer, more liberal and permissive until it’s so far Left, so far up on...

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Sometimes things are harder - than I feel that they should be. Some they make you stronger- So, why do I feel so weak? Perhaps because I'm tired- from all the battles that I've fought. And maybe I should think- about the lessons that they've taught. But sometimes it is hard- to try to find the silver lining. So when my...

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November 18th, 1932, Lincoln, Nebraska, main street fancy pretty new toys are in Jasper’s storefront window Betty points to a baby doll she would like for Christmas she does not expect to get it times have been hard for everyone she is four and she knows not to get her hopes up she is tired of being disappointed she keeps this wish...

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I bow down to the great Dickens Whose name has touched every soil, And whose art has touched every soul, His art "Hard Times" has travelled far and wide When at last built it's castle at Sherubtse college, Fortuitous me, met his art in the class And heard all of its elongated tales, And today I will tell you some of...

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Musician plays for tips family begs for food...

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Snows caps on the far hills it's gonna be a hard one. I drive to town for some lumber, check out a new generator old ones on the fritz. Folks got some winter gear on already. At the hardware store slow minded Jack Hawkins gives me a hard time. I hand him a list of ammo I'll be needing, some fishing tackle, tar paper...

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Right Turns Hard Times David J Walker Only a scooter as if a Scooter was just a toy The memory disguised as an errant thought Brought tears of joy To a man returning to a boy Before he could possible die alone at home again and again Alone becomes his synonym for a A European Fone...

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In that time where we lived to smile with our eyes and embrace with our imagination... We dream of a future that is at least like the past we live in or better than the present we stand withs so much absence... This is the normality that so much we long for destiny......

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Meghan Markle's lost her sparkle While Prince Harry seems more wary Old Prince Charles' star has faded And Princess Anne looks quite jaded The Royal Family no more a fascination Corona virus ~ our new pre-occupation...

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Surfing Hard Times! Is COVID a trickle or wave you must ride if you hope to survive (you've got soft underside) dark times circling below? One might bid you hello! The young should survive, but for old, it's no joke. Wear a mask to slow virus, speak 'truth.' don't blow smoke to stop loss or spread hate (though fear...

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Hard time I understand Is hard to be yourself At hard times Is not easy to stand Strong on struggling period It difficult to hold on When all turns negative But remember the value of Good times is the different Between it and Hard time Hard time It comes it goes It never permanent It elevate if your Find...

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Hard times are aplenty In the year 2020 Cuffed at the start With a broken heart Another application That won't lead to salvation Perhaps recompense For the times I didn't make sense The job market might be booming But homelessness is looming For a guy like me Who can't seem to see A way out No matter how I shout In the year 2020 Hard times are aplenty ...

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In the hard times, God is still there Giving me the chance to grow Discover the questions I need to ask And giving me the answers I request In the hard times, God is alive Showing me that I’ve grown And helping me to finally become Someone worthy of His time In the hard times, God is pursuing Reaching out to me with love Helping...

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He came from the Dust Bowl in a terrible time When his family were stricken with broken, dirt covered dreams. The patchwork wooden shack they slept and ate in had all but tumbled To a fate no one could repair or even had the desire to. No crops, no means to grow anything to eat In this sterile, fruitless, barren...

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TEMPEST AND SHIPWRECK The sea and oceans sways, Being calm at times, And erupting like a volcano many a time, Roaring like a lion In the world, But it lasts for a while and vanishes. The sailor that mans the ship, With his entire crew in the ship, In mind to take her to a destination, But the course changes, Consequently the Captain...

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