Best Forestalling Poems

The lights have fallen
to nightbreak.
There, on the sharp horizon.
Cracked open.
Leaching
pastel peach...
(Or is it apricot?)
...into the dimming blue.

The moon,
two stars -
aligned,
in a line.

Three drops of rain;
frozen in their falling.
An overnight shower,
lasting longer than it did...

By the tiny grace
of an unseen spider;
her webwork
holding these three,
three pieces of...

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Pivotal Fall


Our Spring is so welcomed when Winter is done,
We long for rebirth under warm sun.
New growth of Spring will recall
Green, lush Summer sprawl.
Then with ease,
Fall
Paints the trees
Bright shades to enthrall,
Forestalling Winter’s drab pall
Of snow, sleet and ice…not so much fun…
Our Spring is so welcomed...

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I turned to my wife
With desire in my eyes
And my loins a little disjointed
Forestalling sin,
She asked with no grin,
¨Kind sir, do you have an appointment?¨

You'll need to make an appointment
If you wanna have a shot at love

I was having a chat
With a sweet bureaucrat
Whose curves...

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Man was once content to stay
uncomplicated and free.
For flowers bloomed every day
and fruit hung from vine and tree.

God tested the soul of Man
forestalling self-awareness.
And for an infinite span
Man lived with this unfairness.

Only if Man disobeyed
could He gain free will of thought.
And when Adam wasn't swayed
a...

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MIDNIGHT	


Dead center on the pendulum’s arc
arrows pointing straight into the air
the momentary still between breaths
silently separating the tick - - - tock.

Death and reincarnation - darkness
born again to night’s blindness
shielding its creatures
forestalling the creeping touch of light.

Midnight, sweet pinnacle of ebony's depth
ink blot moment of...

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NOT CONTEST BOUND

I stood upon a rocky shoal, regret lingering across my mind
Its fingers traced the blood-filled lines along my bare arm
as if they were the brittle veins of leaves fallen from a tree
I was not blind to fear or its impending threat of harm
Its...

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gallant voice whispers
perturbing tranquility 
forestalling romance




















2-19-2017...

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sailing
free
building
clusters
of
sand
in the
desert
accretions
forestalling
time...

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My faithful quill recumbent
Motionless
Stark against the virgin parchment posed upon my desk
The peeping moon breaks through grimy windows
Mocking me as the mantel clock chimes the cheerless Midnight
Another day laid to waste
The poet’s canvas unblemished
Harmonizing with his imagination

My eyes, cast red with weariness, avoid the empty...

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After forestalling, the tree of life fell.
sending a sour apple straight to hell.

7/17/2018

Shaw’s Life or Death Epigram Contest...

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The spouse betook monthly outing
today May 4th, 2022 
to 3938B Ridge Pike, 
Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426.

No more bare cupboards,
fridge, and deep freezer
since returning with more than
our share of daily bread,
plus other sundry provisions
referring to this mister, who
frightfully squawks like an old geezer,
ruler of roost,
plus the missus...

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Collages diffuse vanilla vistas
such effulgence waltzing to violet tempos
though the forestalling of waterfalls
evolves into a gargantuan war
weapons whistle from the mountains
beatitudes of mirth shan’t ever be eradicated...

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Falling, I don't know what to do
Down the lane, all thoughts sink
Traveling through my own blue
Coming, I feel Thy eyes' jot blink
You give me a hand in my hand
All thoughts give way, blue brand

Your hand never let go
While I was led astray
By hustles years ago
My...

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No more bare cupboards,
fridge, and deep freezer
since returning with more than
our share of daily bread
referring to this mister, who

frightfully squawks like an old geezer,
plus the missus
also ain't no spring chicken,
being locked within crosshairs
elderly stage, she doth dread

ample carload for us,
alleviating this bum searching
for crumbs to...

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A cloudy sky with streaks of grey
dims down the faint light of the sun.
And sprinkles soon sully the day,
forestalling any chance of fun.
A pelting sound;
pommels the ground.

Showers morph into a drenching
as water floods gutters and streets.
Quenching thirsts, in need of quenching;
a deluge of drops, falls...

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