Close Call Poems - Poems about Close Call

My wife and I enter a restaurant across the street from the airport, our kids in tow. There is quite a crowd with little room to maneuver. Our name goes on the waitlist. Ugh. Carol and I are taking turns holding our 2-month-old son while the other holds the hand of our 3-year-old. As I take...

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You are a spoiled child. Your puppet lost the election. Like an angry child you strike. If Trump won the election, America would be yours. I thank God everyday we have elections so your dream died before it became reality....

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It seems she hangs in the air I brake - I see her eye - her form A deer in perfect freeze frame She’s gone as abruptly as she appeared from nowhere. Bite Size Poem no. 5 Poetry Contest Line Gauthier Written June 3rd 2021...

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Their day at the beach was much hotter than usual. Soon Gramps would totter right down to the ocean. We warned him his notion was bad. We’d seen sharks in the water. Alone, he was happily splashing, but soon, barely clothed, he was dashing to shore. He was screaming, though no blood was streaming. Just shorts, the big creature was gnashing. 7, red (garnet, birth...

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Call me anytime, anytime you aren't busy You can call me when you get around to it I tell you every day, yet never hear anything Never get a call return, because you are busy Didn't get a call the last time I tried to stop breathing But I thought of you, and couldn't do it Call me any day,...

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Leaf I was that day as curious As the winds roaring malign so furious A better life awaits, all glorious Deprived me of my senses, how spurious Shuddering, my eyes sparked fire As my feet choked in the deep mire The haze got clearer My life got dearer The courage that I acquired I began to retire What was I? A cavern to fear Death Or a...

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Canoeing in shallow waters Sunny calm and heavenly Till ever so suddenly came a squall That’s what they call crazy storms That come out of nowhere Without warning I really thought it was all over for me Thought I’d be meeting my maker Somehow panic gave way To a cool level head A rational inner voice echoing Paddle as strong as you can Strong and steady Amazingly we...

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Sitting in the basement Two friends were fairly wasted With an idea, both of them could taste it So they decided they would make it They tried to pull up the internet With a computer not even turned on yet So they smoked another doobie and Came up with a master plan When the internet finally did come on They Googled how to make...

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As I read todays Sunday paper, it brought back a lot of heartache, it'll be 5 years this coming Wednesday, when there was a terrible outbreak.. I remember when I was little, and for the first time saw The Wizard of Oz, thought the twister in it looked so real, thinking Dorothy really did go through a horrible ordeal... Fast forward to 2011, when my husband...

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Constant jeopardy is something we must accept. An asteroid whizzed by on a near-intercept. Two million miles is not a distance that is far. It was a reminder of how vulnerable we are. The close call happened to be just last night. Many around the world are startled with fright. There are plenty of big rocks floating around in space. If one...

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God wasn't ready for me to join him. . . any more than I was ready to make the journey....

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Death whispered my name today, a soft seductive coo in my ear. Proceeding onward to invade my very soul; And over my body, I felt the creeping cold take hold. I closed my eyes to join the dance, the romance of the dead; Leading me from what I used to be, into where I'll spend eternity, where waltzes will never end for me. So Free. The...

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CLOSE CALL IN IRELAND I once had an affaire de coeur with a foxylady, in fact a randy colleen In Ireland with a tough older brother looking to punch me out. But I cold cocked the rambunctious hooligan, A real old blowhard who knew diddly squat ...

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William Tell 'tis said Split an apple on son's head Son nearly dropped dead Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved Placed No. 9 in Carol Brown's "Apples? Oranges?" Contest - May 2011...

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The drums were banging as The executioner was looming Hiding was impossible as He could always find me It was then that I could feel him Standing next to me He said come over this way I can keep you safe I can’t hide you forever I can’t drag you along But if you’re stuck and hurting I’ll be here to push you on He was my...

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