Poems About Responsibility by Top Critiquers
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Poems about responsibility by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
As Time Goes By
(I remember all of this)
For too many years I’ve ran and ran
On treadmills
On dark and lonely boulevards before dawn
I’ve been welcomed by cool breezes and beautiful sunrises
I’ve been greeted by other runners going their way
And then
For months, I’d slide down an idle path
I’ve gone for hours on early morning runs without music
Listening to my breathing
Hearing my thoughts out loud
I’ve also rocked to tunes with beats pounding
Only to run out of breath when the rhythm was too fast
(Gotta find the right...
For too many years I’ve ran and ran
On treadmills
On dark and lonely boulevards before dawn
I’ve been welcomed by cool breezes and beautiful sunrises
I’ve been greeted by other runners going their way
And then
For months, I’d slide down an idle path
I’ve gone for hours on early morning runs without music
Listening to my breathing
Hearing my thoughts out loud
I’ve also rocked to tunes with beats pounding
Only to run out of breath when the rhythm was too fast
(Gotta find the right...
#aging
#responsibility
#healing
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I AM STILL LEARNING
DISCOVERY
I use to think
I knew it all until
someone asked
me a question.
When I swaggered down
the steps of the university
with my BA in my hand,
the world said, "Sit down
and I'll teach you the
rest of the alphabet."
WAKE-UP
It has been a wonderful
journey since the day
I realized how wonderful
it is to be a continual
learner in the never
ending School of Life.
I'm still learning to live
every day admiring the
beauty in the garden
of life where I have been...
I use to think
I knew it all until
someone asked
me a question.
When I swaggered down
the steps of the university
with my BA in my hand,
the world said, "Sit down
and I'll teach you the
rest of the alphabet."
WAKE-UP
It has been a wonderful
journey since the day
I realized how wonderful
it is to be a continual
learner in the never
ending School of Life.
I'm still learning to live
every day admiring the
beauty in the garden
of life where I have been...
#fate
#aging
#luck
#dating
#responsibility
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the old city
the old
city needs
to be
reincorporated,
the skeleton
needs
new flesh,
opened eyes
out of
curiosity,
her lover's
life
breathed back
into her,
a crowd
of people
wandering
inside
of her,
debating,
discussing
how they
can continue
to keep
her alive
from
now on.
city needs
to be
reincorporated,
the skeleton
needs
new flesh,
opened eyes
out of
curiosity,
her lover's
life
breathed back
into her,
a crowd
of people
wandering
inside
of her,
debating,
discussing
how they
can continue
to keep
her alive
from
now on.
#identity
#city
#environment
#consumerism
#responsibility
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I'll Miss the Darkness
6am dog walk
Onyx was pacing at the door
No dump last night
Pretty baby had to go
Hit the street running
Past the fruit stand
Quick good morning to Kamal
Say it again on the way back
Onyx takes her time
Needs the right spot
I run her across the avenue
Past the diner
Sniffs all the garbage bags
Part Greyhound, nose like Bloodhound
Likes to offload by the white SUV
Cold morning, warm bag in hand
Love the early morning darkness
Nameless dog walkers
Though you know their dog's name
A lot...
Onyx was pacing at the door
No dump last night
Pretty baby had to go
Hit the street running
Past the fruit stand
Quick good morning to Kamal
Say it again on the way back
Onyx takes her time
Needs the right spot
I run her across the avenue
Past the diner
Sniffs all the garbage bags
Part Greyhound, nose like Bloodhound
Likes to offload by the white SUV
Cold morning, warm bag in hand
Love the early morning darkness
Nameless dog walkers
Though you know their dog's name
A lot...
#dark
#dogs
#morning
#philosophical
#responsibility
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Choose Wisely
Viz 2
#metaphor
#morality
#responsibility #choices
#responsibility #choices
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the final insult
I stood condemned for choosing sanity over family
nevertheless I stood my ground
doing what's best for me
but you...you threw poisoned darts
guilt-laden barbs
ever the daggers at tender back
feeling sorry for yourself
for taking my power back
I actually hate that expression
what power - as a child - could I really call mine
when you were supposed to protect me
instead you were grooming me for the monster who molested me
take it back indeed
I have a better idea
you take it back
take back the pain & the...
nevertheless I stood my ground
doing what's best for me
but you...you threw poisoned darts
guilt-laden barbs
ever the daggers at tender back
feeling sorry for yourself
for taking my power back
I actually hate that expression
what power - as a child - could I really call mine
when you were supposed to protect me
instead you were grooming me for the monster who molested me
take it back indeed
I have a better idea
you take it back
take back the pain & the...
#anger
#abuse
#LifeStruggles #responsibility
#LifeStruggles #responsibility
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Devils We Know
The devils we know
that are running
For president will they
do a good job who the
hell knows, will we be
fighting the system
to survive I hope not
because I want to vote
this year because I
don't want to be dragged by
a female poet to vote
Funny I was thinking
about not voting
and she said that she
would drag my body
to vote, thanks for
getting my head straight
that are running
For president will they
do a good job who the
hell knows, will we be
fighting the system
to survive I hope not
because I want to vote
this year because I
don't want to be dragged by
a female poet to vote
Funny I was thinking
about not voting
and she said that she
would drag my body
to vote, thanks for
getting my head straight
#women
#men
#politics
#gratitude
#responsibility
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MAGA
They've got a trigger finger itch
the likes of which you ought believe
are the first person shooter glitch
installed since Adam first beat Eve
and bruised that finger in the act
but blamed it all on the lady
since testosterone negates fact
and proceeds to call it shady.
Yet some of us are poison free
and see abuse through neutral eyes,
to mark susceptibility,
which bullies see as their next prize,
(in a one on one conspectus)...
but when meek numbers grow in size
those fuckers will respect us,
and all the...
the likes of which you ought believe
are the first person shooter glitch
installed since Adam first beat Eve
and bruised that finger in the act
but blamed it all on the lady
since testosterone negates fact
and proceeds to call it shady.
Yet some of us are poison free
and see abuse through neutral eyes,
to mark susceptibility,
which bullies see as their next prize,
(in a one on one conspectus)...
but when meek numbers grow in size
those fuckers will respect us,
and all the...
#politics
#PopCulture
#morality #responsibility
#morality #responsibility
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Retired Souls In Rhyme Confide
I fear as I drip my word
Teardrops would be overheard
No verse shall set its rhythm or whine
I dread my anguish is seen as I rhyme
Whatever deep into my soul unable to mute
I wholly surrender to the magic of the flute
To bring the sublime into the mundane is insane
My world of poetry, in your glossary no word for strain
Blind to the divine truth we wander astray
Tempted by sick feelings we fall an easy prey
Of all the stages, one and only age
When the Self falls into the clutches of rage
Granted is the time to ponder and reap ...
Teardrops would be overheard
No verse shall set its rhythm or whine
I dread my anguish is seen as I rhyme
Whatever deep into my soul unable to mute
I wholly surrender to the magic of the flute
To bring the sublime into the mundane is insane
My world of poetry, in your glossary no word for strain
Blind to the divine truth we wander astray
Tempted by sick feelings we fall an easy prey
Of all the stages, one and only age
When the Self falls into the clutches of rage
Granted is the time to ponder and reap ...
#spiritual
#LifeChangingMoment
#MyInspiration
#SelfReflection
#responsibility
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With Great Power....
How do I even begin to unpack
The weight I carry on my back?
It is suffocating my light
And blinding my foresight.
Times like these I need a friend
To help me try to understand.
My hope is getting lost
Because I can't pay the cost.
Too many responsibilities
Highlighting my inabilities.
I failed yet again
Oh God, I need a friend.
😭
The weight I carry on my back?
It is suffocating my light
And blinding my foresight.
Times like these I need a friend
To help me try to understand.
My hope is getting lost
Because I can't pay the cost.
Too many responsibilities
Highlighting my inabilities.
I failed yet again
Oh God, I need a friend.
😭
#anxiety
#hope
#responsibility #fear
#responsibility #fear
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peace, grace and mercy
moving towards
it
through indescribable
tiredness
captured by
sadness as pure as
any holy relic
in the distance
it waits
waits
waits like nostalgia
of an old black and
white movie
I will find it...
eventually
find it maybe more
towards the end
then now
but I know it's out
there
and when I find it
I will sit
light a
smoke
watch the sky collect
clouds like a child
gathering...
it
through indescribable
tiredness
captured by
sadness as pure as
any holy relic
in the distance
it waits
waits
waits like nostalgia
of an old black and
white movie
I will find it...
eventually
find it maybe more
towards the end
then now
but I know it's out
there
and when I find it
I will sit
light a
smoke
watch the sky collect
clouds like a child
gathering...
#responsibility
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Hopscotch Lines
A long haired girl
with a light blue dress
jumps across hopscotch'd lines.
Every bound blinds me
as I lose her, in the sky
Then, clouds ground her
Grey turns the day
As upon the tin roof
begin the taps
of the drumming rain
With that steady beat
we dance upon the concrete porch
With seven colors of chalk
strewn across its slate.
I marvel, at how
little girls build their worlds
in primarily bright shades
Seven sides then, to this day
Born into a rainy life
As...
with a light blue dress
jumps across hopscotch'd lines.
Every bound blinds me
as I lose her, in the sky
Then, clouds ground her
Grey turns the day
As upon the tin roof
begin the taps
of the drumming rain
With that steady beat
we dance upon the concrete porch
With seven colors of chalk
strewn across its slate.
I marvel, at how
little girls build their worlds
in primarily bright shades
Seven sides then, to this day
Born into a rainy life
As...
#separation
#daughter
#responsibility
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