Do We Have the Courage?
/…both to acknowledge love
And open up our souls,
Would that love turn to heartache?
Or unit and make us…
By Linda Troxell
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Stop Being At War With Yourself
/"Stop Being At War With Yourself" is a short poem about how we need to face…
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…struggle beats upon your door
forcing its way inside,
try not to run and…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreNorthwest Passage
/…am seeking the northwest passage
to a China of your love –
whether some aesthete’s dream China
of antiquity (all skills, blue…
By Paula Bonnell
Read MoreSmall Courages
/"Small Courages" was written an alternative to the debilitating fear…
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…numbed by cowardice
small courages are far too often ignored
unseen in those times of…
By Russell Willis
Read MoreHer Courage
/…her strength couldn’t extend to her fingers
As she played the piano
Power wouldn’t reach her legs
As climbed…
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreYou Gave Me Courage
/“You Gave Me Courage” is a poem about someone being in despair with…
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...isn't it?
just as the rocks were tumbling down upon me
and all hope had…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MorePortraits of a Young Artist in Istanbul
/In nations and societies undergoing religious and generational changes, the courage of the youth may be carrying the most of the societal burden.
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…square paving stones lay in successive arcs around the steps to Taksim Park. Fanning across this broad space, they shone white in the warm…
By Gene Parola
Read MoreRichard III
/Neither hero, nor quite the monster he was said to be, He died a King. He died courageously.
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…corpse, naked and torn by wounds, was bound across a horse, with his head and long hair hanging down, bloody and hideous, and in this condition borne into Leicester for all men…
By K. L. Shipley
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