Best Signs Poems

wind whisks smoky veils
sun’s dust on spidery silk~
gossamer dreamscape

sky undresses gold 
filling the air with roses~
an opium kiss

trees adorned in brown
mirror the silent corn moon~
fallen escapade...

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You say: Wrong place—wrong time,
Maybe: Wrong place—not right time,
Not right place—but wrong time?
I say: This's right place—right time, 
In times and places,
What is the time?
Where is the place
For right not wrong?
Is this like signs
Tearing up the scenery;
What about my mind?
Don't what? I can read the...

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Heaven Sending Clear Signs Of Hope's Return
     (Sweet Hope Returns)(Part Two)

Solitary ray of light breaks grey dawn's pain,
flowing smoothly with emerging cool breeze.
Am I dreaming or truly going insane?
Is this apparition just another tease?

Confidence grows as majestic sun breaks through,
heaven sending...

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In the past you’d fought bouts of depression
but your sudden death came out of the blue
You hid so well the signs of your regression
and that you’d plunge and die in the blue bayou

I gather up my words and start stuttering,
at your funeral service I take...

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autumn's sky ablaze
shades of red orange and pink ~
sunset masterpiece 

geese in formation 
flying to warmer climates ~
honking their goodbyes

an arachnid's silk 
glistens with the morning dew ~
spider clings in wait...

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I’m looking forward as I always do
to springtime -when the robin’s trills I hear
which come from trees which years ago we grew.
They bloom in early April. What great cheer
I feel to see them blossoming anew!
Two ornamental plum trees’ petals peer
out from green leaves. These trees,...

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brown gives way to green
winter surrenders to spring
death succumbs to life...

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Signs




Once alive,
Transcriptions say well,
Stories now are history,
Mesmerising past flashes colours,
Unfolded through voiceless signs, 
Yet shows it off loud,
Well inscribed !




Septet II
Written May 20th , 2015
© Dr. Upma A. Sharma
For nette's contest "Give me a sign"

Placed 6th...

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Prozac Nation, dated September 8th, 2001
became the film that reminded some that
these days that we live in, with cell phones
that make us capable of connecting in a flash
mean we've broken our pencils and torn up
our stationary where letters once were dashed
off of the tops of...

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Lips lustered with Venus-enchantment flirt as 
Imagineer steers your swoon to the Moon on a love song.. 
Beyond oneness with another, the lover and artiste 
Relishes color in counterpoise to white rising light, and so flows
Abstracts across a sunrise canvas to laud a treaty ‘tween...

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Those BURMA SHAVE signs used to give us kids something to do,
As down the highways and byways in our 1935 Dodge we flew!
The chef-d'oeuvre from the quills of very creative poets flowed,
Nailed to fence posts for our cultural enlightenment along the road!

Take note of this...

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I pause to breach this final night we share
To leave a darker rose among the wheat
A single bloom to mark, though unaware
Of vanishing within the moon's retreat

Strange fortitude, this peace of mind you bring
When once I wrestled and despaired this fate
While I take my leave...

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On the Passover Lord 
Almighty blood
In our salvation
four back To back
Bleeding in the Heaven's
 
Eclipsed in blood
Sea waves roar 
Upon your throne 
On the Passover 
Hailing from the clouds 

On the feast of the tabernacle 
I bow to you my king
The moon bleeds 
Almighty power...

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Mistakes will sometimes appear on signs
 It's best to read between the lines
 While driving down the road
 You may see a sign that says "your car will be toad"
 That one's quite a croaker!

 You might see a sign in a car lot
 That...

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Sitting reminiscing
About the subtle signs
Along one’s journey
The roads not traveled
The messages so hard to read
Reminders meant for the soul
Heart longings heard
And those that aren’t
Life passing by
Not taking time to play
Invitations postponed
Believing there’d always be another day
Friends taken for granted
So few opportunities fully grasped
Yet life there...

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