Best Forewarn Poems

The Moon is almost...

Sullen skies forewarn the frozen shroud.
 Gale November winds sway bare limbed
trees, whistling in chorus with arrows of
Geese straining to steer south.

The familiar sound of the revolving lead 
Goose never wavers, but for tonight.

 A strange howl emanates from the current
commander, abandoning...

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I know nothing of the scrawl 
   the meaning of it all
  it escapes me as my breath
      is drawn
   no words please to forewarn
          ...

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For people, like lake waves, can change their hue,
Chameleons, shifting colors and guise,
Like snakes, shedding truth for deceitful lies.

A handle on an axe, loose and askew,
They'll turn on you, causing pain undue.
They praise with ladders, then swiftly take away,
Reveling in your troubles, as if in...

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Looking for love landed me in trouble
Life as I knew would soon burst like a bubble.

I was already 5 months along before my mother found out.
"It's too late for an abortion", she said with a shout.

Being just seventeen, I understood she was upset.
I didn't plan...

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Tell me,
Father Time,
if you would share this space
it would mean everything to me
to us, so kind

Choosing healthiest seasons 
for your highest priority,
comprehensive
social-political-economic-cultural issues:

1. Chilling domestic economy 
flat-line trends,

2. International peace intent 
and springtime praxis,

3. Continuous Summary Improvement 
health care practices 
mediating full growth co-engagement 
resilient...

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The Skateboarder
Dr. James E. Martin
©January, 2014

A skateboard he tried to ride.
He didn’t there long abide.
It went airborne,
It did not forewarn,
He landed on his under side!...

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Saguaro cacti rise up like mighty sentinels 
boldly claiming the high desert plains
tall and proud, their prickly arms
forewarn intruders to stop and beware.
 
A daunting presence, bold and majestic
toughness flows through their cacti veins
Saguaro endure long hours in the barren wilderness 
with roots that persevere...

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Quiet  Woods


My feet traverse along a path unknown
In deep dark green I find a place so rare
To spend in quiet solitude, alone.

I fancied that I saw a vision there
And moving not a muscle to forewarn
A weasel, in the bushes, held my stare

No sound, save...

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First Tier!
A leprechaun from Ireland
made it to the United States.
She came in spite to 
destroy St. Patrick’s Day.
She docked in Mass. joined in the Parade.

Second Tier!
She was enriched; her appearance changed quick.
Ms. Aideen Mac Cool wealth was
not known to anyone.
She fight with sticks and 
hit...

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During the dark dreary cold winter weather
There're times of sunshine and warm rather,
Likewise the moods of a woman you can't trust
Soft as snowflakes at times or cold hard crust.

Hotter than fiercer fire or colder than ice,
Happy or sad - Oh, you'll pay the price!
Placid or...

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Forty-Eight that parallel...
above which no man need go.
For there doth dwell the demon...
with his sultry bride from hell.

Water's frozen, sky's a'fire...
sea o'forsaken desire.
Doth sure now lure a'many sailor-lad...
'twixt depths of irk and ire.

So 'twas set black sail aloft...
from deck o'ship so fleet.
As day broke solemn...

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all in the astrological
a probable obstacle
opposing a closing
on misquoting 
avoiding acknowledging
a declaration
of ever changing information
staging the hesitation
as engaging the conversation

    shorted 
    and circular
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abominate, abhor, abuse, admonish, adumbrate, afflict, advance,
agitate, agonize, alcohol, announce, approach, awaken, bait, bark,
bawl, bedamn, bedevil, berate, betoken, bluster, bode, bother, break,
brew, browbeat, bully, caution, censure, chide, clutter, comminate,
complain, complicate, confuse, cow, crucify, DAD, damage, daughter,
deplore, detest, devil, disarray, disorder, disparage, distress, divine,
embroil, enforce, enmesh,...

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I tell you now
For in the telling
It is good for my soul
That this be my confession
Forgive me
But did you know

I am your limo driver 
I do forewarn you now
When the petition is up
With you and party comfortably stowed
I hear everything 
Every word or groan
Every laughter...

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In the world of mick wickery

The t is the toughest test

The hidiest to find through the hole

 

Look my friend

No amount of forewarn

No amount of book can teach

The smile that hides a bob

 

The-that which seems and is not

 

Who would have thought a predator

In...

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