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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
Ended August 20, 2024 • 15 Entries • Created by HopeMartin
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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
Cover image for post let it die, by Mariah
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Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
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let it die

If you fan

those dying embers

you try so hard

to keep alive

in the end

all you'll be

left with

are ashes

in your eyes

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
Cover image for post Advice for the Weary Soul, by MClarice
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MClarice in Poetry & Free Verse
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Advice for the Weary Soul

When the weight of the world presses against your chest, and the nights stretch longer than the days, find solace in the quiet moments, the whispers of dawn breaking through the dark.

Do not chase after perfection; it is a mirage that leaves you parched and wanting. Instead, seek the beauty in the flaws, the cracks where the light seeps in and heals.

Love fiercely but let go when it’s time, for holding on too tight can break what’s meant to soar. Embrace the shadows within, for they are part of the tapestry that makes you whole.

Walk barefoot on the earth, feel the pulse of life beneath your feet. Let the rain kiss your face, and the wind carry away your sorrows.

In the silence, hear your own heartbeat, a reminder that you are alive, resilient, and enough. Find peace in the chaos, and know that even in the storm, there is calm within.

Remember, you are a work in progress, a masterpiece unfolding with each breath. Be gentle with yourself, for you are deserving of all the love you so freely give.

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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CloverWrites in Poetry & Free Verse
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You Cannot Save Everyone

You cannot win against someone who has nothing to lose.

Sound cannot travel in the vacuum of space.

Screams mean nothing to a person with no ears.

Tears mean nothing to a person with no eyes.

Nights spent awake mean nothing to a person with one foot in their grave.

A malnourished body will still perish if force-fed.

A caterpillar will no more quickly turn to a butterfly

If you clip another's' wings.

Someone who is ill will no more quickly heal

If you expose yourself to an illness as well.

Sometimes, love is parasitic.

You cannot drive if you are running on empty.

Risk does not always equal reward.

If you are tired, you should take a break.

Some people are not always healthy to be around.

The loss of a friendship will hurt.

The loss of a friends life will hurt more.

Do not intertwine yourself in others' demons.

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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Ev in Poetry & Free Verse
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Sidewalk Rule

If you knew me,

you would let me walk

on the side of the cars.

I like to feel them pass.

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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kpsplaha in Poetry & Free Verse
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A quartet to live by

Give yourself up for a smile

Share someone's pain awhile

If you can thus love someone fertile

That's a humble life worthwhile.

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
Cover image for post Echoes of Persistence, by CynthiaCalder
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CynthiaCalder in Poetry & Free Verse
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Echoes of Persistence

Seize this song called life,

Choose to hold it fast against

The reverberating lyrics

Within your mist.

Clasp it to your soul

Never relinquishing your hold,

Move with delicate abandon

To shape the force of reality’s mold.

This life you may treasure

Cannot escape your realm

If you but bind it tightly,

Steadfastly to your helm.

Choose growth and pure existence

Over each day’s trivial death

By choosing echoes of persistence,

Whispered in your every breath.

Seize this beauteous thing called life

You’re given as a wondrous gift,

Soar through the skies, enjoy simple days

For you see, time will pass too swift.

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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Sandlot in Poetry & Free Verse
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Ask Mabel

My online inbox overflows.

Snail mail covers my table.

Everybody wants my opinion,

so, they write to “Ask Mabel.”

Should I dump him or hug him?

Mabel, is she stringing me along?

Does the fork go on the right or left?

Tell me, Mabel, am I right or wrong?

Dear Mabel this, Dear Mabel that;

this advice columnist gig is crazy

for a 50-year-old chain smoker;

but my public pic is young and sexy.

Oh dear, here’s another one from her.

Once a week this Boston woman writes

she can’t find love and is beset by fears,

asking, “Mabel, what is your advice?”

She is deathly afraid of being an old maid,

so, I’ve told her to find hobbies, to ease up,

to not overthink, to give her plants a drink,

and for company, I told her to get a pup.

But here she is yet again, writing,

“Dear Mabel, I met a nice man from Ohio

at a paper airplane hobby convention

But he said, ‘You smell, and I gotta go.’

“Oh, Mabel, what if he was the ONE?

And that’s not all. My plants drowned

and my pup ran away. What do I do?”

Signed, “Lonely in Beantown.”

For the umpteenth time I begin

my reply, typing, “Dear Lonely,”

but I pause for a light bulb moment,

and I craft advice to help her and me.

I continue, “First, take a nice shower,

then, forget the pup and plants, and prepare

to move to Ohio to pursue your dreamboat

and write to the advice columnist there."

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
Cover image for post “Shower the people you love with love”-James Taylor , by JaneBronte
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JaneBronte in Poetry & Free Verse
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“Shower the people you love with love”-James Taylor

Saying I love you isn’t just duty

Take in the love, warmth, and beauty

Cherish the memories you have

Take a moment just to laugh

Live your life full of zeal

”Tell them you love them for real”

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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mstewart in Poetry & Free Verse
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The Woman Within

She's there within you.

A cloud floating by, a petal in the stream.

You'll miss her if you aren't careful.

But, if you're looking up, or peering down,

You might just catch a glimpse.

When you feel her peak out, hold on.

I feel her when my motherly instinct kicks in.

I feel her when I cook, as I measure each ingredient with my heart.

I feel her when I'm kind, when I'm humble.

I feel her when I learn.

She is the woman I've always wanted to be.

She is me, if I can only catch up to her.

I chase after each cloud, and try to grasp each petal in the stream.

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Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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poembyselly in Poetry & Free Verse
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Face your demons

Find peace in shadows, love deeply, face demons with courage, and embrace each new beginning.

©poembyselly

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