Best Approaching Poems

Skulking between the thinning clumps 
Of tattered sedge
A balding coot despondently calls,
Scratching Blackbirds scutter deeply 
Into a Hawthorn hedge;
Whilst, creeping stealthily,
Gathering darkness onwardly crawls.

The blackened Moorhen washes the clinging
Soot from his feathered form,
Rising above the mirrored pond in awkward 
flight.
Gathering clouds mumble softly of an...

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Rainy day here 
    in the city 
Cooling us down from
          summer heat
 The steam from 
       the sidewalk 
will eventually 
    cease to...

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The graves have been dug
all bugles away
Medals awarded
for valor displayed

The soldiers in transit
to homes once so dear
But where is the peace
—when gunfire you hear

(Opening Poem To My New Novel: ‘Approaching Storm’)...

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The more we open our hearts to God the more the barriers that divide us vanish! 









© Demetrios Trifiatis
    30 November 2018...

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~Christmas Is Approaching~
(Pantoum)


Christmas is approaching 
Us so fast by now 
There's rejoicing more cheer 
Hearts in Christmas glow 

Up so fast by now 
Child Jesus will be born 
Hearts in Christmas glow 
All with His love trueborn 

Child Jesus will be born 
He brings only...

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~ Christmas  Is  Approaching ~
(Pantoum)


Christmas is approaching 
Us so fast by now 
There's rejoicing more cheer 
Hearts in Christmas glow 

Up so fast by now 
Child Jesus will be born 
Hearts in Christmas glow 
All with His love trueborn 

Child Jesus will be...

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~Christmas Is Approaching Us Again~
(Pantoum)


Christmas is approaching 
Very  fast by now 
There's rejoicing more cheer 
Hearts in Christmas glow 

Very  fast by now 
Child Jesus will be born 
Hearts in Christmas glow 
All with His love trueborn 

Child Jesus will be born 
He...

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What is it about the sight of the female form
That turns us to hot jelly from a tepid lukewarm
We fumble and fuss
Our complexion gets flushed
As we anticipate the approaching thunder storm


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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In the distant thunder I can hear the sound of riders drawing near
A gathering storm that will soon hit with great force
The first rider will ride in on a white horse a bow by his side
He comes in the name of peace and good will,...

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Spring is approaching
Its specter dances in air
Flowers will bloom beautifully
And Earth will be young once more
Enhanced by rainbows



Date written and posted: 03/12/2017...

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My goodness the time's really flying by
Nine o'clock and yet no new poems
Get your bum into gear my dear friend Jack
A new morning has already broken

Try not getting caught with your pants down
Scouts say, “Always Be Prepared”
It's very good strategy for many things in life
Like...

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A-nother winter storm approaching 
B-lackouts are predicted 
D-riving to the store
E-xpect large crowds...

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~Christmas Is Approaching Again~
(Pantoum)


Christmas is approaching 
Us so fast by now 
There's rejoicing more cheer 
Hearts in Christmas glow 

Up so fast by now 
Child Jesus will be born 
Hearts in Christmas glow 
All with His love trueborn 

Child Jesus will be born 
He brings...

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The years have not always treated us well 
We have taken a pounding from Anti Semites 
And enemies of various backgrounds
But I feel a sense of peace as Shabbat approaches 
Never used to go 
Always went out on Friday night 
But the singing and the...

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Banshee wails screaming

Fury approaching growing

winds and lightning death....

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