Poetry: Hard times 101 Articles

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by Doublecrown

TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST When life comes hitting hard at you In difficult times and daunting challenges Never lose hope When gates are shut and mountains so high When prayer fails and hopes' gone asunder Never lose...read more

by Peta Cameron

He goes to work to earn a crust He's covered head to toe in dust He works so hard he truly thinks He has earned that cold and amber drink So to the pub from work he goes Still dressed in dirty working clothes He sink...read more

by Shaheen Darr

Hard times for us? Now taste the other side of life While we have plenty They have nothing We throw away our food They eat our scraps Discard our clothes? They are naked Shop till we drop? Nonsense in thei...read more

by Jennifer Smith

[A] final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works. ~T.E. Kalem Sensless Hearts in sadness walk hand in hand... as another child passes away no reason other than mad...read more

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by David A. White

What the heck is going on? Why is this all happening right now? How should I have known it would be so long? And even still, I'm wondering how I'm not really in control Someone else has seen to that And now I'm at ...read more

by Joseph Lemah

Golden Values Having gold holding it, touching it seemed so good. Then it tarnishes grows dull when left alone unpolished. Suddenly gold isn't worth the effort, the time and yet when polished It...read more

by Seymour Nightweaver

THE NIGHT STALL The stall is open, the foods are ready, the lights are on, and the tables are set. But despite the joyful night, the atmosphere was different. No one laughed, there were no smiles, only grumble...read more

by L Dunson

The door opened you walked into my life like a breath of fresh air bringing sunshine and laughter to what was once a dark existence You wrapped yourself around my world protecting me from demons you embraced ...read more

by Jay Frankston

THE BUS I got on this bus when I was still in diapers. I didn't know anybody only the woman who carried me on. I grew into a boy on her lap looking at the other passengers and the scenery out the window. The ...read more

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by Montana Brooke

Do you hear me crying In the room right next to you This illness is slowly killing me And I can see my tomb Do you hear me praying That they will find a cure That things will all get better And I will hurt no mor...read more

by Casalan

Hard Times When dinner is eaten outside the house to avoid the fighting thats oh so loud. When the phone rings and will not stop, and they want their money or the lights will go off. These hard times seem to follo...read more

by Melissa J. Clark

Sometimes it seems so difficult To know the way to go To change your path so suddenly Feels scary and alone But know I'll be there to the end Whatever you decide You've been that kind of friend to me On you I can ...read more

by Toni Doswell

Hard times come to make us strong, We have to figure out what is wrong. Why we just can't sing that pleasant song. And why our paycheck doesn't stretch so long. Hard times come to make us pray We would ot...read more

by Anita Brown

Wearily my body wakes in the morn It doesn't care to face the day The crutches lean against the door My regular routine begins that way Hard times,I think as I crawl to my closet Sadness sweeps around me No end in ...read more

by Britney White

It's just not the same When i return each day I can't hear you laughing I can't see you smiling There is no more glow Only frowns And tears And long drawn faces I keep telling myself That I will see you again...read more

by Dawn Croarkin

"DOORWAY" I walked in the door Sat on a chair Beside me a man Suffering with no hair His hands slim and fair Held to his head in despair His suffering apparent Pain beyond imagine Did anyone notice his quest...read more

by Michelle Haverinen

hard times were the best times when we had no money every one was home. when we had to work harder, we worked together. when we cried we cried together. when it got cold we slept together. so yeah, the hards where th...read more

by Terry Brown

Winding Roads 1 I'm living a life of uncertainty Wondering what the next day will bring Hoping that everything will change When I dare to turn the page I'm stumbling along in a dark rage Then suddenly the sun app...read more

by Yolanda Osborne-Kohn

Poetry: The Phantom of Love His skin smooth like dark chocolate, black like the river looks at night as the tide moves... that ripples forward then back Oh how the moon glistens like his smile does too those won...read more

by Philip Stock

Trust You looked in my eyes Made all those piercing lies All the memories you left in my head Of things I believed you said Close your eyes don't look into mine You thought these lies would get you out fine I though...read more