Category: Poems
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Daily Prompt – Dec 10, 2025
What is something others do that sparks your admiration? If a person can get up out of bed Eat breakfast Exercise Shower Get to work Do a good job Love their family Sacrifice their well-being for those worse off Show compassion to strangers And die for their beliefs Those are the people worth admiring
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I am Healed
In my joy, I am healedMy wife is blindMy leg is crippledWe live impoverished But we live with each otherI know I am to work as much as I canI know that she will never see meBut I still love her more every dayI heard one day that a teacher was coming through townA teacher…
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I need direction
Do you need time? I am so lost I thought that being in the army My loneliness would go away It did for a time But I come back home And old ways set in My pain is imagined and real I seek companionship And I fear being alone And yet that time is coming…
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When the towers fell.
What major historical events do you remember? When the towers fell I was in middle school The teachers pulled us from gym class Moved us to the library And made us watch history in the making Symbols of our country Were destroyed in an instant Planes crashed into buildings My heart plummeted at the sight…
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The Will of Iron
A man is born Raised in strife Bathed in battle Loved with loss Built too Grand Legacy is Made Children Grow Brothers Pass Life goes on Pain will dull But Never goes away
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Walk in the park
What do you wish you could do more every day? I wish I could walk in the park Unrestricted by time I could walk without concern Explore hills and forests Go fishing Walk in the grass Draw birds Catch grasshoppers Learn about wood craft I wish I had more time No job And just walk…
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Fire Wrym
Oh the fire wyrm The endless snaking and shiftingGobbler of mountains Bears fangs Dog crawlsMen that fightAre devouredThe rain that hits itTurns to MistThe fog that it cloaks itselfAllows it to move unseenA mighty warriorWith Odin’s blessingCan behead the wyrmBut beware its mateKill her first Or else You will be overrunBy wyrms For another myth, try this one https://thecomearound.com/2022/12/05/the-valkyrie-and-the-dragon/t
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Seven Stars
Seven Stars One black hole 490 lighyears A sacrifice A light in the sky Would that we knew Many don’t consider A sacrifice of raw power in its purest form Light How much light would you sacrifice to gain life? Seven stars Years away About 490 One hole to be filled A bridge burned A…
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Changing the guard
You who stormed the beaches Loaded the cannons Got surrounded Held to last Broke through Won to the castle Breached the town Secured the bridges And marched to victory Thank you! You won the war You gave freedom to the trapped You healed the wounded You demonstrated self sacrifice You continued to patrol You showed…
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The Black Knight
In the fires of the village A looming threat roams As tall as mountains And scaled like a fish Wielding pointed spear With blade at his side The houses burn Their ashes cling to his shiny armor He has become a demon Those weak villagers Clinging to life Try to resist To fight back Swords…
The In Constant Chronicles 