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Befall Poems - Poems about Befall

The longing of an eternal: Inspired from The Sandman by Neil Gaimon

...As the dream king is sat at his throne...

What am I to do whilst I am away? What then would befall my kingdom? There is still so much to do but yet, I am administered so little time. I am here now...
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Categories: befall, allegory, death, desire, destiny,
Form: Free verse

Life's Journey

...The heart is small 
The pain is deep,
The scars are fresh 
The load is heavy 
'The body is weak
Yet life goes on,
With a smile and in pain.
There's a time of no tears
Nor shoulder to lean on....
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Categories: befall, introspection,
Form: Lyric



Premium MemberMY NAME IS CHANGING AGAIN

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The last couple of times we’ve had dinner with our family I have been enthralled
as we sit and talk around the table…by all the names I’m called.

Since James was given to me by my parents on th...
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Categories: befall, family,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberInterlude

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Lying betwixt and between is a pause,
For breaths held, to pirouette with drawn claws.
Lines prompted between curtain call and fall,
With mantra hummed to become or befall.
Hoping the wait is w...
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Categories: befall, mystery,
Form: Rhyme

True

...I rather prefer the 
scarce
yet
simple and faint 
whispers 
where the
quiet 
reaches 
the quell
as the
still in the storm 
rises  
till the rains 
booned  
befall
downward 
only to st...
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Categories: befall, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse



Evil Dress in Suits

...The morning filled with beauty and luster creeps slowly under the mangrove tree and anchored along the tropical coast where the skies, sea and my lover frequently meet. Something unusual was going on...
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Categories: befall, america, beach, boat, business,
Form: Prose

Battle Born

...The Centerfold On Frost Field.

As I lay on my back dying I heard the cry for help.

With the last of my endurance I stand on my feet.

Valiantly I break ground!

As I grasp my axes within tw...
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Categories: befall, 11th grade, adventure, anger,
Form: Bio

Flower

...flowers that have flourished in winter 
made beautiful in the frost,
from the same chilling breeze they have grown lost.
one flower stands out in its sunny meadow,
the other still frozen in a fie...
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Categories: befall, deep, flower, lost, love
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTransient Impermanent

...Transient Impermanent

cherry blossoms burst
a breeze scatters petals down
denuded branches alight

echoes of bells shrill
in quiet quelled silent shrine
no one ever came

empty teac...
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Categories: befall, nature,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberFebruary Fog

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There is in February fog
an eventuality that must befall us all.

As if the earth were vanishing,
or one were going blind, the fog sets in,
absorbing all that is familiar –
trees, houses, r...
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Categories: befall, analogy,
Form: Lyric

to be

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excitedly injustice
awakening stampede
stopping as imbibes
desperate necks
heeling creeks
jumping dashes
merciful joy
i am not there, please hold
the bridle and the hoof
i see nothing of b...
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Categories: befall, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Awake Beside A Stranger And My Neck Is Killing Me

...fallen so fast in love 
 in spite of my or your
 own good,
helpless in your arms,
 irresponsible 
as you are in mine

held in your gaze I embraced
 all the little dangers within you,
what te...
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Categories: befall, confusion, feelings, for her,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWill I Be Left

...Will I be left here?
My heart beats with fear,
my nerves and sweat smear.
Does he look at me,
should I look to see?
No, then hope might fade.
I want plans I made
to stay as dreams bade.

Thi...
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Categories: befall, angst, anxiety, baseball, courage,
Form: Rhyme

As all shall stay, be it, so be it, without me

...I have condoned myself to suicide
To death
To feel acceptance, the burge of pain, enlightenment
All with immediacy 
As if i was but a figment of a whorish imagination 
I often find myself the st...
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Categories: befall, suicide,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Bomb II

...To boil with all the energy of Hell
may set aflame untethered wherewithal,
for once expended nothing can foretell
the limits of demise that may befall.
A single match may flicker to a flame
or s...
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Categories: befall, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

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