Best Precipice Poems

I am standing outside my bedroom, on the precipice of lost innocence.
Wide eyed, and barefoot on cold hardwood.
Someone is hammering on our front door.
My father, looking a bit annoyed, shuffles anxiously down the stairs.
Tussled hair, a bewildered vein bulging in his forehead,
wearing his old, blue...

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Is it insane to want to watch your step,
to purposefully plant a foot?
 Must one’s eyes always be downcast,
if not pierced or piercing are we lost?

	leaves fall
	color flees

	we stand clothed 
		but bare before the storm

	across a distant lake the light shimmers
	like mercury under glass
	the sky...

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In seventy-eight, my steel-stallion, KZ1000, 
   pride, wind in my hair.
Its Sissy Bar, firm tether, bag secured, 
   my wanderlust's prayer.

Where sun, snow, wind sculpt my journey's theme 
   my odyssey untamed, my spirit free.
No car to claim, just...

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In 2028, the votes were tallied
and the winner announced.
The loser had been trounced
by a good woman of the people.

Soon, epaulets came into her office
and other shiny suits so fine
as the new President's eyes did shine
in warm greeting.

These men quickly cut her smile
telling her how the...

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Atop a precipice there stands a tree
Amidst a large canvas of white and blue
Below ships set sail on a tranquil sea
Around it, a flock of albatross flew

Coniferous tree, positioned on high
God planted it there for the world to see
Poignant green color complements the sky
A hundred...

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"What is our life but a succession of preludes to 
an unknown song whose first word is surrender."

          Quote by _Constance


My life has been one of high cliffs and deep dark pits,
oh, the map of...

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Rumi Quote "Doubt is a precipice on the way to God. Blessed is he who is freed from its bonds."
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Walking toward the edge, facing a gray sky,
Paradise magnificence is dazzling below.
Goals are shrouded...

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Steep, sharp, split, and, as an abandoned architecture, weak
How I managed to get to its top, I truly don't know.
Fear, frustration, angst, awe, and helplessness were at their peak.
Over the sea beneath the cliffs, worn-out yachts slowly row.

On whom should I put my faith at...

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upon this precipice of change
where all must succumb
hues of brown to orange to yellow
where limbs become bare
shadows dance in skeletons
once bodies in fullness stood
the air no longer needs temperament cooling
a cold wind dances in, destiny unafraid
and only the most hardy of those with wings
sing in...

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I stand upon the precipice
Feet teeter on the ledge
A step away from peril 
My emotions on the edge
Look down into the valley
Search for signs of life
A light within the darkness
To end my lonely plight
But all I see is emptiness 
Stark and hollow ground
No sign of...

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Stand I here upon the Precipice of Time
between madness and derangement-
In a grief so profound
ambiance of rage,
with darkening clouds abound
marring my every breath
Declaration to  your joy unsound.

Yet- from this stance
I envision you, my perfect
seraphim of light-
aching for you 
Ceaselessly grasping for that which
I have...

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Ignoring our fate
we dance at the precipice
as the oceans rise....

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I do not know how men many we were
or how we went, what we saw on the way 
nor do I know for what ungodly purport was ours
or what goaded us on into deeper uncharted territory 
despite our tortured souls and aching bodies protesting to...

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"The Precipice"



In the Autumn 
she wore a wedding veil
A cold winter would lift it
Kiss her lips passionately to 
speak words of 
LOVE
on a 
late roll call

“Well, that’s insanity for you” 
some snakes would hiss
others rapture-faced
on bent knees
plastered her walls 
with their 
revelation graffiti

bible passages
from well...

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Nigeria is on the precipice 
A country in dire need of redemption 
Blessed extravagantly by providence 
But ravaged ignorantly by
Leadership failure
Built on faulty foundation of
Impunity, corruption and nepotism 
Which has engendered overtime 
Inequality of crass proportion 
As insignificant few
Swim  in obscene opulence 
While embarrassingly...

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