Best Beforehand Poems
Confronting Old Age...I see you coming, old age
Approaching, at an ever-accelerating pace,
Your face is so grim
Your expression is so austere
Your look so menacing,
A frightening sight you are
Many battles I have......
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Categories:
beforehand, age, life, wisdom,
Form:
Personification
The Day the World Died...The day the world died!
Have you ever wondered why tribes and peoples from ancient times, until now have a day to remember and honor the dead?
There are popular festivals the world over, wher......
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Categories:
beforehand, bible, death, earth, god,
Form:
Didactic
I Began To Write Love On My Arms...[beforehand i just want to let you know that i wrote this in honor of November 17th. which is
To Write Love On Her Arms Day. im hoping to come up with a better one before than. but i
still hope y......
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Categories:
beforehand, confusion, depression, education, children,
Form:
Love, the Exit Strategy...As I prepared to come here, my family, relatives, and friends anticipated my arrival. By prepare, I mean that I was in a developmental process that took
nine months. I only knew that I was inside ......
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Categories:
beforehand, angel, death, god,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Riding the Subway For Twenty-Five Days...To me, it was a revealing experience…
That I could be that strong in face of adversity!
It came as a sudden shock..
There was......
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Categories:
beforehand, daughter, life, strength,
Form:
Free verse
A Thanksgiving Memory - Thanks...Back in Iowa, where my mother and several of my siblings still live,
my big family gets together for a reunion at Mom’s apartment,
using the reception area of the little place where she now resides......
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Categories:
beforehand, thanksgiving day, together,
Form:
Prose
Young Love...If only we could have
held more tightly, a bit
longer; perhaps while
fondly dreaming had learned
beforehand the many
dexterities of hearts...
but the moment
is a moving target--
once seized......
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Categories:
beforehand, longing, lost love, love,
Form:
Free verse
At the Break of Dawn...The squirrels are busy
They are searching now
Looking everywhere
Searching high and low
For the needed food
To keep the food stored
During the winter months
......
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Categories:
beforehand, day, light,
Form:
Free verse
I'Ve a Simple Solution At Hand...Back in 2013 the President 'resetting,' drew a line in the sand
Syria sprinted across it; faced no response from our end
So, Bashir Assad killed his own countrymen with chemical gas
hundred......
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Categories:
beforehand, america, death, future, life,
Form:
Political Verse
Feeling Thankful...I feel thankful today,
You loved me beforehand,
Your love makes me feel grand,
Your love that came my way;
I feel grateful today,
Your grace showered on me,
Your grace that set me......
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Categories:
beforehand, god, how i feel,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
I Got Bit...I got bit
Three times.
By what?
I do not know.
Up the leg,
Past the knee.
Itch
Unmistakable.
Beforehand,
I spied
An ugly spider,
With a white dot.
After Brunswick stew
And my husba......
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Categories:
beforehand, food, insect,
Form:
Free verse
Christopher Columbus Trilogy...In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
In the Pinta, Nina and Santa Marie
He found the New World,
And got spooked by a squirrel.
Thats the last you heard of C.C.
God had created the New Worl......
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Categories:
beforehand, history, imagination
Form:
Limerick
Point of a Gun...You are a 15 year old girl;
so young and able;
stature small , petite short not tall, they hardly see at the kitchen table;
And at school it's not cool;
you're chosen;
But not for love, just..
......
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Categories:
beforehand, angst, appreciation, blessing, children,
Form:
Ballad
How Sweet It Is...Rules: Use at least 10 candy names from those listed below.
(30 candy names used)
Tomorrow we'll explore our Galaxy,
not just by space ship, but with 'space nerds' too!
We sm......
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Categories:
beforehand, future, humorous, space, voyage,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Freedom In Christ...with eyes that look beyond circumstance, beyond all feelings of pain,
our father who sees our deepened hearts, his feelings of love stay the same,
off balance at times while we've searched for trut......
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Categories:
beforehand, faith, life, love, god,
Form: