Best On The Brink Poems
Felicity On the Brink of DeathOur Felicity knows no rest and was
Often admonished by her Head Nurse.
It happened one day she was out for an errand
When a small boy was admitted to emergency.
With little thought she hurried to help,
forgetting she had no gloves on, nor a face mask.
The boy was...
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Categories:
on the brink, endurance, grief, heartbreak, recovery
Form:
Free verse
Star On the BrinkThe anorexia is not conspicuous,
being half-submerged, just
breaking through.
She’s a powdered mirage.
Her skin a hyaline shear
drawn over a necklace
of clavicle bones.
She knows her chest
is returning to childhood,
she wants to shelter there,
to be her own child.
Small breasts bob under
burgundy nipples,
buds made more prominent,
anchored as they are
to shipwrecked...
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Categories:
on the brink, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
On the Brink of CatastropheThis subject is too fraught for eloquent poetry
So please indulge me in a straightforward thought or three
For the first time in its modern history
Israel is on the brink of internal catastrophe
True, there's been bleeding before, sometimes severe
...
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Categories:
on the brink, anxiety, conflict, how i
Form:
Couplet
On the BrinkMisbegotten pair,
two-faced aggravation,
the seduction of sweet solace
or the inarticulation of despair.
Uneasy 'neath the spell of peerless rapture,
false respite from the ravages of fear,
or defenseless and imperilled
by a sadness that is too extreme to bear.
...
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Categories:
on the brink, loss, sorrow,
Form:
Quatrain
On the Brink of SappyDo you guys detect a pattern emerging
About to O.D... on the precipice I'm verging
Too much damn happy
On the brink of sappy
Must reverse this trend, with danger I'm flirting...
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Categories:
on the brink, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Caregiver On the BrinkBone-drained, there is no respite, no split second of peace. The “sundowner”, a hyper-active toddler in a man’s vehicle, never sleeps nor sits.
When I succumb to that one precious moment of rest; I am awakened to a furnace running full blast in a freezing...
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Categories:
on the brink, care, dad, daughter, father,
Form:
Narrative
On the Brink of NightMy wife and I stroll hand in hand
As evening drops its lilac veil
When, off the river, stirs a chill,
Which sends her cuddling to my arms
With face upturned to taste my lips—
The gloaming brightens as we kiss.
For quite a while, that pose we hold:
Two lovers on...
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Categories:
on the brink, love, sunset, wife,
Form:
Blank verse
On the BrinkOn the Brink
Many do reach this point,
Death’s an option . . .
Not the only one though,
As illusion is here too . . .
Just wondering what this is all about:
Life, Death, Heaven, Hell, Glory, Sorrow?
Half-Empty . . . Half-Full . . . And . . ....
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Categories:
on the brink, anxiety, change, death, emotions,
Form:
Lyric
On the BrinkOn the brink of crying,
on the brink of dying,
what are you gonna do?On the brink of cryin‘,
On the brink of dyin‘,
You’ve gotta listen to your soul now, too.
Now think of this situation,
This is a poem, but also a conversation
If you don’t want to hurt those...
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Categories:
on the brink, confusion, depression, friendship, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Form:
Lyric
On the BrinkIn the rain,
In the spring.
He needs a drink
A strong drink
He is on the brink.
The drain is up his neck,
But the sailor is on the deck,
Waiting to embark before the
check-in
He is on the brink.
He shuffled a deck of cards on
the table.
Held on tight...
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Categories:
on the brink, drink,
Form:
Free verse
On the BrinkThe days are getting longer;
The sky’s remaining light.
It feels like spring’s arrived
But Mother Nature says – not quite!
The temperature’s still chilly;
The wind chill ruddies cheeks.
The calendar confirms that spring
Is not for a few weeks.
Yet birds have started chirping
And buds are on the trees.
Puddles keep their...
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Categories:
on the brink, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
A Link On the BrinkAs you watched the abuse carried out,
My soul was broken, no doubt.
A connection can never be made,
As my nurturer and protector, I was betrayed.
Setting the stage for scant regard,
Not knowing how to protect myself by putting up my guard.
No loving childhood remembrances,
No...
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Categories:
on the brink, anger, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
On the BrinkHere I stand, on the brink,
Like a house on a cliff,
Ready to fall anytime,
Crashing into the rocks below,
But I have seen such houses,
Weathering severe storms,
Staying put for years,
I wonder, can I do the same?
Here I stand, on the brink,
Ready to accept my fate,
With all the...
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Categories:
on the brink, courage, depression, strength, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
On the BrinkWe are on the brink
of another world war
but this time
with a lot less gore
no need to go home and
lock your door
you'll never know
what the hell we're
fighting for.
take a look at the pale
blue sky,
for it will soon be glowing red
then comes the time, we...
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Categories:
on the brink, war
Form:
Rhyme
On the BrinkSometimes I'm left to just sit, just write
Just think out of spite, with or without the delight
Of the look on their face showing nothin' but fright
Sometimes I sit in the dark to just drink, just think
Just waste away, teetering on the brink, don't blink
You know...
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Categories:
on the brink, confusion
Form:
Free verse