Best Unexpectedly Poems


Premium Member Exciting Unexpectedly

It is exciting
The snow falling in August
Unexpectedly.

It is exciting
To meet love at the market
Unexpectedly.

It is exciting
To have money in account
Unexpectedly.

It is exciting
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Unexpectedly.


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An Outing Unexpectedly Extended Haiku

away from the norm
her and i become big kids
in a bigger world....
© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.

Unexpectedly

unexpectedly
in the middle of nowhere
a brook for my thirst


True Love Unexpectedly

You ran away from me, 
I find you at the pear
I collapse in your arms; wondering,
if I'm gonna die here

If I die will you say " I love you"
If I live will you marry me?

If I die then let everyone know I loved them
Tell them to remember me and I'll be in harmony 

If I have another chance at life will you marry me?
If you do, it will be the world versus you and me
I'll be with you every day loving you till the end of time
I'll never tell a lie
I'll never hide 
I'll be honest and true

That and more will be in the trust we share
So, will you say "I do"

For those who find true love unexpectedly

Love Is a Dream That Comes Unexpectedly

Love comes in wild nights-
	In wildest night of my dreams
	When two hearts become one
	And all my sorrows are finally gone.

	Love comes like shooting stars.
	One can wish upon his fate
	To ask someone for a date
	Awaiting her best responses.

	Loves comes unexpectedly. And yes!
	No one knows whether it's good or evil.
	Sometimes love is honest, generous, peaceful,
	Selfish, hate, painful, and ruthless.

Love is a dream, a beautiful dream
That comes unexpectedly.
You deserve it and yearn for  it
That no one will ever question your heart.

Love is a dream that comes unexpectedly...

Pain Unexpectedly

If those who are so mean to me
Were to pass unexpectedly
Would happiness come to me?

Would the pain and humiliation go away?
Would love and gentleness find its way,
To fill my soul to remove the grey?

Or would hurt and anger keeps it place
Inside my heart and on my face
Keeping me from love's kind embrace

Pain comes unexpectedly 
Overwhelming and enveloping me
Uninvited and slow to leave pain steals all my energy


Premium Member Unexpectedly

Whatever arises

Appears as

What is happening..

Unexpectedly 

A thought arises

That I see with 

Unmistakable

Separation and edges.. 

Unexpectedly

A thought connecting

Several other thoughts

Arises as a story..

Unexpectedly

New thoughts of

Edgelessness and

Emptiness arise

As a paradox and are

Met with unease

Or resonance and

A feeling of

Freedom...

Life Changes Unexpectedly

I sat and watched quietly
   the shuffle of her feet,
   the forceful lean upon the walker
and I wondered –   how did it come to this?

Just yesterday she knew my name,
   last week she appeared to be herself
   and spoke clearly plans for the holidays
and I concurred –   we’d travel to be with family.

Then in the night, the darkness came
   it surrounded her in triumph,
   unawares she called out to me
and there it was  - the strangest feeling of not knowing.

She’s not that old, barely forty-eight
  you know it’s the new thirty-one
  when all the world lay at your feet
looking forward to retirement -  never meant  to come.

How many years lead to this
  while we were planning futures and travels,
  working hard and saving up
for  years to share -  then reality set in we were already there.


A view of Alzheimers from the outside.
© DM Babbit  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Night Fell On Me Unexpectedly

Night fell on me unexpectedly
Like overwhelmed by lust lover
Hiding in shadows of my dreams
In faint moonlight emerging
From the top of eucalyptus trees
Like a gigantic night bird
Grabbing my hair and pulling me
Towards his body and landing 
On my lips with his airy wings
Enveloping me and devouring  
With fiery consuming passion
That I drowned in

I did not want to escape
I had no willpower to move 
I surrendered to lust
That we shared all night
And both slowly sank
In sweet vast ocean 
Of bottomless well 
Of never experienced
Pulsating sensation
Both of flying up high 
In the starry nights sky 
And falling deep down into
The dark bottom of ocean
Of burning sensations
That lasted all night
Till next morning I woke up
With my head spinning around
Feeling sick and nauseous
Filled with strange ideas 
Never known to me before
Like a pregnant woman
With a precious secret
Of creating new life
Deep down in my psyche
I held a secret
That I never revealed
To anyone

Unexpectedly

Unexpectedly- and much too quick- I found myself wrapped in your arms.
I should have known that I’d fall far too fast for your charms.
You were too good to be true, this I knew. This I knew
Because it was in my mind that I created you-
A man with a gaze that could pierce through your heart
And an unreal love for the same lyrical art.
I thought I was safe- you existed only in my head-
But imaginary people are lethal when they tread
Through your dreams
And nothing is ever exactly how it seems.
My fantasy creation- I had but a week
Until you decided to leave me alone.
Now you won’t even speak (I am too weak).
The idea of you was better unknown.

A Son Unexpectedly Passes

A SON UNEXPECTEDLY PASSES

an intention not explained,
of an action designed
to focus on a plight;
but never articulated why.
and as the bell tower clangours,
and olde bones neath shallow graves,
groan under weight
of another who comes before their time,
and many cried ‘Oh Why!’
an intention not explained,
of a son unexpectedly 
passes before his moment and in his prime,
and a family cried.

Francis Cooper – Mac © 13-Jul-20

Premium Member Unexpectedly

unexpectedly
snow came down....
drifts cover citrus

She Stopped By Unexpectedly

I just saw you.
The other day. 
You were so nice. 
You looked so great. 

Such emotion 
when we two meet! 
You are so tough. 
You are so sweet. 

For a moment 
I saw you melt 
When I hugged you 
and love we felt. 

How do I tell 
These things inside? 
How to confess 
These things I hide? 

You fill me up, 
then leave me empty. 
You push me back, 
then you tempt me. 

You cut me deep. 
You patch me up. 
You make me thirst. 
You fill my cup. 

You make me cold. 
You make me burn. 
You make me flee. 
You make me yearn. 

All of these things 
you do to me 
And so much more 
you’ll never see. 

Is this love real 
or just a toy? 
Am I your man 
or just a boy?

Is this for now? 
Now together? 
Just your dalliance 
or forever? 

Can I stay true? 
Fidelity? 
Can you open 
yourself to me? 

I am your love 
you seemed to say. 
But you left and 
pushed me away. 

Then just get out! 
Leave me alone! 
Get off my couch! 
Now leave my home! 

Don’t walk away! 
Don’t ever go! 
You have to stay! 
Please come back home! 

I will let you bind me I will let you show me 
I will let you blind me I will let you know me 
I will let you grind me I will let you grow me 
I will let you find me 
Please come and find me 

I will be bold 
and I will mold 
myself to you, 
if you I hold. 

Please just show me 
that there are ways. 
That there’s a path 
past youthful days. 

I’m almost there. 
I’m almost ready. 
I’ll be better. 
I’ll be steady. 

I’ll never know you. 
But I will try to 
do what I can do 
Because I love you.
© Nad Simon  Create an image from this poem.

When Death Comes Unexpectedly

You had two months to live
No one told you, no one warned you
No one knew

I can’t look you in the eyes
I tried, a thousand times
But what once felt safe seemed savage
What once was certain proved damaged
The wreckage was drastic

Do I blame myself?

Or do I blame you?

You had two days to live
No one told you, no one warned you
No one knew
The one thing I wanted
Was to tell you what I wanted -

The truth

To look you in the eyes
And say those haunting 3 words -
I never did

You had two minutes to live
No one told me, no one warned me
I didn’t know
But you knew
You knew
What you were thinking
What you were wanting
What you were longing for
Is what I long to know
But I don’t know

I may never know
 
Truth is I still feel afraid of what was left before you parted
Ashamed of what has never mended
Scared of second chances
A chance I should be dying to take
But what if I still can’t look you in the eye?
What kind of a person would that make me?

I’m afraid to know

Meanwhile healing comes so slowly 
And not from a lack of trying
Believe me, I try
Just wish it didn’t need to take you dying for me to figure that out
But now I know

Now I know

Unexpectedly

Unexpectedly I grew old.
Yesterday I was seventeen
With all my hopes and silly dreams.
I was often told,
Do not grow old,
Old age is for the very brave.

But I didn’t listen, hadn’t a care,
Chose to ignore the odd grey hair,
Chose not to believe what harsh sunlight revealed,
Preferring candlelight and what it concealed.

Found ways to excuse the much slower pace,
Getting through life was never a race,
Found missing items in the oddest of places
And laughed off the memory lapses.

Then waking one night to silence and darkness
I knew it was time to confess,
I had wasted my life, had not taken chances
Had not taken part in life’s myriad dances,
Never seized the moment, never chose to dare,
Never waltzed through life with hardly a care.

And now I knew  I could no longer ignore 
What the rest of my life had in store:
A time to reflect,
A time of regret,
With only myself to blame.

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