Best Foreshadowing Poems

We hang on hints or clues to see what's to come next;
I'll cite examples as proofs from a well-known text.   

He that crawls in fours when rooster gleefully calls,
Walks in twos like the blazing sun, but soon he falls;
Here's a hint, clue or...

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Thrift Store Foreshadowing
                              by Odin Roark

Inventory of past life inventories
Poised in dress-parade attention
Obliging his obligatory inspection,
Seeking...

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As the day lengthens
and sun grows high,
your shadow shortens
as the day goes by,

and i think of you 
in noon's repose,
and wonder where
your shadow goes.

Then there you are
on the other side,
in shadow's length
you no longer hide,

afternoon shadow
you slowly slide,
abiding once again
'til your light's revived.

One more thing...

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The crows caw at a distance, 
A storm is going to rage, 
A danger to existence, 
The war that's going to wage; 

The three witches have foretold, 
Macbeth will soon become king, 
Murder waits at his threshold, 
Duncan must to his life cling;

With the king's...

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Fate; is it something near or that afar?
Is it carved in stone or written in sand?
Eternal wonder — space surrounds the star.
Cosmos; uniquely dealt to each a hand.

Dearest Mother Earth, is my father...Time?
I feel that both have connections with me—
this search for myself spent stuttering...

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In the hear of a summer day
I dream of Autumn 
Autumn - where leaves change color and fall to the ground 
Autumn - where football season begins and 
millions watch the electric warriors on TV
I remember buying pencils and a lunchbox 
Now I await students...

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I've heard it all my life: Wahoo!
"Sticks and stones may break your bones
but words will never hurt you."  
It’s all in the accents and tones.

"A toodlerump! Jonathan Blasterscripp!”
yelled a classmate on the playground.
I’d slid in home on my rear, what a trip!
(At least, I...

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This decade did begin with hope;
year twenty-twenty- promise had.
We did not know its downward slope
would bring us to a time so sad.

Our country- so divided now-
the politics of clashing rules;
foreboding is the when and how-
the yes or no- if discord cools.

Foreshadowing the year ahead-
fear of...

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Foreshadowing all 
my needs, My wants are to vague 
My honor is wide
Nothing left for true reason
Insanity is my cave
...

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Historical Foreshadowing

Marring-
The once brilliant Sanctuary
-A commonplace Event-
Without a place.

An opening up
Of old and new torments
And
    Run
        On
           Thoughts

-Half Unanswered-

Stop at the border
-In semidarkness-
The edge of...

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He sees dark rubicond berries
that burst through the orange-yellow leaves;
leaves that fall in little dry flurries,
when they rustle through the early eve'.

He feels the sun, views it like a golden rose,
watches it sink its light through the trees,
alight the wings of the song sparrows,
and paint...

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People defend
Its own freedom
Now, digital....

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Lavender roses
tossed in bright, silver sunlight
Chrysanthemum spells.
Lilies of the valley ring
just when redbirds start to sing.

Marmalade clouds roam
into pink skies of evening-
Jade cactus passion!
Moon appeared, fortunes to tell
at the moment red sun fell....

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Crows gather.
Turtles float deeper
on the buoyant pond scum.

It's going to be a beautiful day
in Alaska.

Here,
the crows are crowding trees,
breeding shadows.

The sky looks like it wants
their black wings....

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Sitting on the sofa just isn't going to get it done
Chasing your dreams may just turn out to be a whole lot of fun
Your inner thoughts might just hold the keys to your future success
A person needs to get the very best life has to...

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