Best Augury Poems

Augury – 2-20-25  Edward Ibeh – Sponsor; Title Chosen - Augury; Pick a Title No. 49
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Augury

Embers of prophecy rise
In the haunting omens of owls
Divining tea leaves
Heralds speak future through opaque signs
And signals of frantic dogs
Before earth heaves in shock of slip strikes 
Or the...

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Through the maze of time I thread,
Even in the darkest hour,
It was a box of dream,
I opened and what a site it was,
It was an oracle of augury,
A plenitude of arpeggio,
And amidst this realm of melodies,
And the plethora of ecstasy,
There was sorrow, hatred, deceit,
And with...

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there are very blurred lines between
what is coincidence and what is augury
omen, or fore-token
for in my dreams and meditation
I have been confronted with regret and shame
sorrow, and grief about my life thus far
my past is full of
condemnation and self-reproach
humiliation, self-punishment  and tears
sending me on...

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If we notice that this world
will change over time
because cities rejuvenate
with the years...
If the landscapes change
before our eyes,
If green turns yellow
when it matures
that white, darkens in the sun..
Why don't we portend
that life will carry on
in due time,
or with another time...
life is already eternal
such a long...

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“There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” Shakespeare in Hamlet 
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Relieving from sorrows of ‘samsara’
Looking for an augury
Wasted Time is up
I will not close my eyes
Looking at the eyes of Buddha
Immersing in the 
Overflowing metta stream
Enlightening the mind

Wash the dirt off
Awakening the five faculties
Taking the piety flowers
Blooming in the heart
Offer Buddha feet

Locate in Ariya path
Leading...

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Each grain of sand is victim to the moment.
Our senses stretch so quickly to define;
the space we share so rich with our potential
while all we wish with all our heart - to shine.
Our stars were never so bright without 
the added light reflected from your...

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I scry through time with a crystal sphere
Asking of it my future, both far and near
Yet, the images I see were dismally unclear
(It should go without saying that I am not a seer)

I saw a black dog and it's rather cute
It doesn't bark though, perhaps...

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One dismal gloaming while I was alone
inside my cabin in the woods so deep,
the wind whipped at my door; it seemed to moan.
I imagined creatures and how they creep
within the dark. Then suddenly I heard
an owl’s hoot. I recalled what Mama said
about three hoots from...

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The earth got suddenly bereft of all life,
With a morose dullness so palpable and rife.
A tint of greyness crept over heaven’s vault. 
All movements came to a freezing halt.

The wall clock didn’t toll the midday hour.
The babies no more blabbered but did glower.
The hen didn’t...

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The sight of a peacock gladdens my heart.
Is this because it's a form of fine art?
Good things are going to happen, my mind says.
Is a peacock, in any way, a whiz?

A black cat crosses my day-to-day way.
I am doomed—in my heart of hearts, I say.
Impulsively...

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Augury; 
a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen:

Complacent the night lays above,
Unsure what the darkness lies of
Corners, cracks, and fields
Lies only the beasts that yield
Before the sunrise, yet to come
Never sure, but aware of some

The day passes to and fro,
Still gazing...

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She called for me. I saw her standing by the window, transfixed by something outside. I stood at the door and could faintly hear a melodious tune. She beckoned me to come closer, and I marvelled at what she had seen. There were three colourful...

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oracles as purveyors of all destiny
what was holding hints of that which shall be
the reading of cards with colorful themes
journey of select stars not what it seems

direct result of some predestined scheme
all caught up in some dice thrower's dream
digging through entrails of what's always been
for...

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