Best Nigh Poems

** Nigh Another Birthday **

I’ve passed so many birthdays,
That a few dozen of those special days 
    Fall away in a gray haze, 
With too many forgotten by everyone  (then or lately),
And were spent like most of my other days,
Which I...

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There was a venturous gent
Who travelled the earth’s extent
But at the North Pole
It took quite a toll
Deciphering their accent

It started when he heard elves
Discussing amongst themselves
Saying: ‘le’s make oys
For he girls and boys
And pu all his suff on shelves’

Then said: ‘beer wear warm bandannas
Visiing Monreal...

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The end of the world is now nigh
the signs are all clear in the sky.

With tempest and storm
and tsunamis that warn
of disasters that leave all forlorn.

When the earth says enough is enough
and nature decides to play rough.

Devastation will reign
bringing slaughter and pain
awash with the blood...

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As days get shorter and night stretches out.
Summer fades away and earth gets colder.
Soon, Oh too soon snow will again rule and 
the earth will slumber under its folds.

Until then we enjoy the fruits of bounty
smelling the last of sweet summer flowers.
Crops stand ready in...

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An old childhood chum named Red Booker,
Fell in love and was married to quite a looker.
She caused men to stare,
But old Red didn't care,
Because everywhere she went, he took her....

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An old childhood chum named Red Booker
Fell in love and was married to quite a looker
She caused men to stare
But ole Red didn't care
Because everywhere she went, he took her!...

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Warm winds rid the land of snow, 
as daffodils start to show.
And as cold spells ebb and wane,
winter's Ice Queen ends Her reign.

Leaves unfurl on bush and tree;
ice breaks up, and creeks flow free.
With each dawn, the sun shines strong;
night shrinks, the day stretches long.

Winter...

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To Trump's great delight
His parents were white
But just out of spite
Could researchers cite
An African knight
Where DNA might
Age milky white
To make it alright
For Blood-Quantum white
Or would that incite 
A flight or fight plight?...

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Dawn sheds light on nebulous  dreams
 That dwell deep within silent screams
As  fears  dissolve  into  the light
  Dreams  perceived will yet be bright

 Dusk's fading light in tangerine
 Paints the horizon against evergreens
 And  distant orbs it...

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In sorrowful drift
Its moment in time ceases
To our earth it falls...

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Nigh Night
A nigh night t’night,
Come mek wi go dung a Miss Jane.
Mek sure yuh wear something red
Cause wi gwen pass di cemetery before we reach Miss Jane
For duppy get mad when rum and drum a beat.
Cause when rum and drum a beat, duppy come from...

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Silence morphs the call of falling dusk
Gathering under fiery skies, 
Stilled leaves in somber silence hang
Moping at the darkness that plies.

Dusty paths the home-bound cattle plod
Syrupy chirping of birds in flight, 
Smoke from the earthen ovens pause
Wistfully staring at twilight.

Frenzied bats eke out their weary...

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The night is nigh with parting day
Winds blow slowly over land
As I plod homeward, my weary way
And sunset dips behind the man,
Far from the maddening crowds and stressful life
The pleasing anxious night is nigh
Leaving arms of warmth this blissful day
A kindred spirit shall be my...

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The night is nigh with parting day,
Winds blow slowly over land,
As I plod homeward on my weary way
And sunset dips behind the man,
Far from the maddening crowds and stressful life,
The pleasing anxious night is nigh,
Leaving arms of warmth this blissful day.
A kindred spirit shall be...

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I dreamed my way here
I’ve had my cringe moments
I feel pressure, I lose perspective
I’ve wholeheartedly failed
I misspeak, underthink, overreact
I try to do the right thing
the right thing isn’t always clear
I’ve tried to hold on
I’ve let go with grace
I’ve charged ahead
I’ve stepped aside
I self-sabotage, then try...

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