Best Knocking Poems

Eight decades and a half "young" is my mom.
Nine years and half a century am I.
How quickly I have aged gives me a qualm,
but one good thing - I now CAN'T multiply!

And right behind my mom I'm following. . .
The white hairs keep appearing; it's...

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When starlings were swimming in the azure lake,
When bats and owls began their nocturnal ride,
When all the Earth under a dark blanket lay,
And man and beast into sweet repose retired,
My Muse, like a sweet temptress, came to me
To set this captive free, to give free...

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It’s Christmas Eve; there’s someone at my door!
But with the horrid sound outside my window,
I wonder who is knocking and what for!
Midst violent wind I see a surreal snow!

Within it’s haze, there is a grotesque sight -
gigantic and so out of place, I quiver!
A snowman...

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Let me tell you a story about my Christmas, past, present and future.
(All nice, yes sad, but no naughty in sight)

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It was midnight when I turned off the Christmas lights,
Me and my cats had snuggled in bed, all cozy;
Then there was a knock in the...

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Christmas Eve I heard a knock.
Pretty close to twelve O'clock.

  I asked, "Who's there!?"
"Me Santa, can you
help me, I'm in my
underwear?"

  I opened the door and the 
smell of Rum was in the air.
There stood Santa drunk and
wobbly, in his underwear!

 I asked...

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I remember Christmas Eve in Nineteen Eighty Four
The ground was snowy white
When someone knocked upon my door
I opened it to reveal such a sorry sight

Poor Santa stood there in his coat of red
Tears were forming in his blue eyes
For Rudolph was ill and had gone...

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Allah came knocking at my heart

I have no choice and played no part

But still Allah came and

Allah came knocking at my heart.

 

Allah came knocking with a song

He came with a message, and a message strong --

La ilaha illalah,

Words of peace from afar. 

 

Allah...

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When Azrael* comes knocking, it won’t be with bony fists,
I believe, he’ll be a Doctor, with a cure,
Or a Maiden with her posies, a Knight jousting in the lists,
Or a gently whistling, mournful Troubadour.

When my time has come for leaving, I believe, I’ll punch him...

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A toddler builds a tower
Then he knocks it down with glee
And every time the fun’s the same;
That is a guarantee.

This type of play’s preparing him
For what he’ll face in life – 
The highs and lows, the joy and pain,
The beauty and the strife.

The trick is...

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My heart's knocking on your heart's door
Your heart has never heard this knock before
My heart keeps knocking again and again
But your heart is scared and won't let me in
As the days go by and your heart gets to know mine
Our hearts will become intertwined
Our love...

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Several times I heard her knocking,
A noise I first found very shocking
Still it lingered,
‘Til I fingered

Her coral broach around my neck,
Thought I would be a total wreck
It gave me solace,
A renewed promise

When I set about making rhymes
I knew she was very near these times,
And seeking...

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Who's knocking at my door?
I hear someone at the door.
But when I go I do not see one there.
The sound comes there once more.
Still no one there.
The door bell does not go off. 
A knock I do hear.
I watch out the window once more.
And there...

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A snowman knocking on my window pane,
                       his breath puffing white in the chilly frigid air.
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and snow is falling softly this long night . . .

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January 28, 2016

lambic Pentameter...

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On Christmas Eve, fast asleep,
     since I counted all my sheep,
Snug and warm in bed, I lay
     till I wake on Christmas Day.

Who's that knocking at my door?
     God, it's only half-past four!
Half...

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