Best Surprises Poems

Sunup Surprises

Sunrise celebrates dawn's exquisite amethyst flush
 Mauve melding into magenta's fuschia blush;
Sunup razzle dazzle watchman - copper rooster - rises
 Signals first light hues in shades of coral-pink surprises

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PARALLEL AUTUMN SURPRISES


A ferris wheel of no return, she stood with rosy cheeks so fair; both day and night just wide rocky bridges of light and dark. All she needed was bulb of fresh start.. Three months pass after the love explosion happened, her pillar...

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We all need purpose to get up each day
To combat the negatives, send them away
Most days are good
As we hope they would
But surprises are waiting to our dismay


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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                      waterfalls gurgle
               to hanging ice formations
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Life is indeed full of surprises..

Life is so huge to understand
It pricks us to cry, and lulls us to smile
Yesterday, we were full of love
Today, we helplessly fall out of love
It buoys us up to make the most of it
And be the best of everything
It...

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Surprises Spice Up Life


Life’s full of surprises that spice up our Life:
Common surprises; strangest of surprises...
Drive around town; visit the eventful circus
Go to Church; visit the school, the cinema
Immerse self in adventure; in treasure hunt,
You’ll admit that Life’s full of surprises!

People endeavour to outwit one...

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One winter long long ago
It was our first year together
My husband
God bless his heart
Decided he’d go shopping
You guessed it
T’was Christmas eve
We’ll say up front
The man’s on crutches
And despises shopping
To the nth degree
But off he went
Into a small pharmacy
Loaded up his cart

Imagine my surprise
On Christmas morn
When...

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May is mild and colorful,
dilly landscapes invite
for a stroll amid trees;
greet the sonorous robins
and the gentle butterflies.

There's no quitter place
than a forest towards dusk
as flashes of light die out
and young leaves lose sheer,
all flowers seem unhappy.

I'm unhappier than they are
leaving all these wonders
that captivate and...

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As the sun sets and the moon rises,
hearts are filled with love and fire.
The night is sure to be full of surprises;
bodies teeming with passion and desire.

Hearts are filled with love and fire
as the couple makes their way upstairs.
Bodies teeming with passion and desire;
hoping to...

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More Surprises to Come

More surprises to come there soon will be
After taking a good look at you and me
And our wives who are with much beauty
For lunch will have pies that they call cutie.

When we drink tea how big will be the spot?
And if women...

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Surprises

La bouche mousse
Le cœur s’émoustille
Ce qui est long
Paraît interminable
Ce qui est prêt
Devient inaccessible
Comme la vie est pleine
De surprises!
Et qui sait de quoi 
Demain sera fait. Sire !

Mars 2012

in DES CADENCES ET DÉCADENCES
my poems in French...

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I couldn't waste any more kisses
on another...not as deserving as you are,
your faithfulness was promised to me in a consecrated  embrace.


Take away the passion emanated by desire,
and the thrill to feel loved and touched by warm hands...
won't arise as a brilliant colored sunrise we...

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winter turns to spring ~
I peel back the onion's layers
on the edge of a smile...

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You Never Know What You’ll See on Elm Street

Take my hand – follow the plan,
Let’s go for a walk down wide Spruce Street;
Friends to play with and neighbors to greet 
But now that we see all that we can
Let’s turn the corner and go to...

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