Best Early Warning Poems

This is a test,
this is only a test,
of the early hubris
warning system.

The first fifty years or so
you didn't pay any attention
when we knocked you on 
your butt.

With all the arrogance of youth
you hopped right up and
trivialized our warnings.
"I'm good, what's the big deal?
Take your best...

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The Early Warning French Window
David J Walker

The unmistakable tapping
At the protruding 
French windows in
The breakfast nook
Is the early warning system
I’ve relied on 
betraying the otherwise
Silent arrival of a wintery day

Sleet and ice announce its 
Comings and goings 
before the unseen dawn 
The darkness extended to...

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A-n early warning advice 
N-ever lets you feel afraid; 
A-llowing you to be safe, 
B-ecause the dangers fade. 
E-arly warning advice 
L-ets you heed the reminder; 
L-isten to the Lord's counsel, 
E-ither ear must carefully hear. 

B-ring an early warning advice, 
E-very day, every night;...

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