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Understanding Poems - Poems about Understanding
Understanding Poems - Examples of all types of poems about understanding to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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Young One
...In my mind There lives a child Scared, trembling Wounds still bleeding Young one, I did not wish this fate on you But the world is cruel There is no safe place to hide They will always find ......
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Elizabeth Bohn
Categories:
understanding,
abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Symphony of the soul
... Ink flows like tears, a cathartic stream As emotions swirl, a maelstrom's dream Poetry's solace, a refuge I've found Where heart and mind entwine, a healing ground Through verse, I've learn......
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David Hurlburt
Categories:
understanding,
emotions, inspirational, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
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 spi......
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Steve Harvell
Categories:
understanding,
absence, character, endurance, image,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Seeds and Roots
...Where does it all come from... Our every thought and what we feel? As basic urges give way to instinct, And thoughtful action seeks to heal. Now some may oversimplify, t......
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Timothy Mattson
Categories:
understanding,
introspection,
Form:
Narrative
JUSTICE DELAYED, JUSTICE DENIED
..."Justice Delayed, Justice Denied" Yet again, Blacks are being showcased on front street Continuing to be abused and disrespected As, I reflect on my understanding of the Justice system It's cle......
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Floyd Neal
Categories:
understanding,
black african american, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Magic surrounds those who fine Truth
... Going deep within, magic will not live with untruth, lies, or deceit, magic becomes magic by surrounding our souls, hearts, and minds with the power of love and truth from the start, becoming one w......
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Harriet Shea
Categories:
understanding,
inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
In From The Rain
...These aren't empty sentences filled with nouns & verbs but is a testimony of spirit The witness sits inside peering from behind spirited eyes of vengeance Mad at a world that's full of cattle ......
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Jasen Ridley
Categories:
understanding,
introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Artireal Insomicycle
...Arterial Insomnicycle Losing sleep over losing someone is sleep never re-found, For the years we spend when Nature’s sweet restorer refuses, Fault found not in Medicine, for hospitals only treat......
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Kevin Carey
Categories:
understanding,
appreciation, break up, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Cities are wizards clad in robes of cement and thought
...Cities are wizards clad in robes of cement and thought, Constan?a, ancient priestess, wears veils woven from the whirl of time. Timi?oara, enchanting and magical, sways to rhythms of foam and salt,......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
understanding,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
In the cathedral of silence, beneath the vaults of stars and shadows
...In the cathedral of silence, beneath the vaults of stars and shadows, A man opens his soul like an ancient parchment in the hands of a divine scribe. His words are forgotten runes, whispers of a wo......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
understanding,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The importance of God's word
...Just like flowers and trees that needs water. Like living things that breathe and needs air. Like humans, to survive we need shelter. We too, needs our heavenly father and in our lives, make him t......
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Sarah Jean Torrepalma
Categories:
understanding,
god,
Form:
Rhyme
Love, Heart, and Gold
...You are the person of virtuous devotion The world has beaten you down and taken what you love Yet you never slayed by your emotion You took pity on those like you and with your wings showed them ......
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Tony Starqauvious
Categories:
understanding,
character, courage, growth, humanity,
Form:
I do not know?
A Poet's Crush
... I've seen you through a past sunrise; sunshine. You are like heat, warm to indulge in Identify you, connect with you, and more. Living in a world that is filled with poetry Opening the skies ......
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Poet Destroyer A
Categories:
understanding,
adventure, appreciation, crush, cute
Form:
Free verse
WE ARE
...We are stupid smart We are weak strong We are ugly beautiful We are ignorant informed We are discriminative understanding WE ARE ......
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Zarek Brewer
Categories:
understanding,
humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Preschool Teachers Know What to Say
..."please sit on your sitzfleisches,"the 4th grade teacher said Preschoolers do not understood German, so they continued to stand "Sit on your hindquarters!" This was stated a bit louder. The kids s......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
understanding,
teacher,
Form:
Light Verse
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