Best Watchfully Poems

In the midst of my sweet childhood days
I came across a gorgeous machine.
It was known by different names
But I called it my time machine.

A big...

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She searches the closets door to door trying to find a trace or a hint of something that is or that was of her life....

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ABANDONED SNEAKERS IN THE STREETS

As we walked watchfully along the way,
a pair of sneakers lay silently in the streets;
abandoned by flight or neglect.  Their...

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Dark falls and savagery creeps watchfully like a royal tiger stalking its prey
Deceiving its unsuspecting victims
Put under a spell by its glowing, powerful eyes 

A...

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Indigenous forest so awash with trees.
Leaves strum a tune in the cool Autumn breeze.
Rustling rowans and galloping ash.
A rustic blanket for a well trodden path.

Plum...

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The wolf and the moon had a covenant
To meet whenever the sky is bright at night
There the moon exposes her radiant light
While the wolf howls,...

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Time passes…
And things are left with no traces—
Be it a dream confusion in a cold forgetful night,
Sneaking and trespassing on an ancient boyish fright,
Or an...

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Both were pets at home—
The cute parrot and the black cat.
We loved both—almost equally.
They too loved us beyond measure,
But didn’t at all like each other.
Each...

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Playing with the kittens
Full of scratches I was gettin

Sitting in the apple tree for hours
Dreaming of how God chose the colors of the sky 
Watchfully...

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A powerful hunter, of varied species

Watchfully gazing, they perch on high

Eyesight of excellence, strong hooked beak

Awaiting your prey, vultures, a splendid relation

Incredible wingspan, as they...

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He looked down and found me tarnished and worn.
   He reached down and gathered me in.
He polished and cleaned, brought forth a new...

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A SUMMER WALK
Dr. Jim Martin

Leaving one morning for a predawn walk,
Accompanied by no one with whom to talk.
I quickly observe the stillness in the air,
And...

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From the crystals’ broken of lights
Or dead link-the souls’ marines 
By machine pip-out targeting apical  
Snares by the roads — 
Through of demolishing the...

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Bird in a Cage

A small, gloriously yellow bird ended up trapped in a cage
Each day the confines grew more and more like home
Constraints seemed familiar
Lost...

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Looking like first flakes of new fallen snow
After the mowing, white clover is blooming
And the honeybees are beginning to show.

Spring squirrels emerge to begin grooming
Grasses...

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