Forestall Poems - Poems about Forestall

Whirlwind of Untamed Fantasy

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Written: June 18, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Constance La France

Quote: "The lamps are different, but the Light is the same." By Rumi

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This Sceptred Isle

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In 1773 the sun never set
on the British Empire so goes the story
now the 'Teatime Islands'
crumbs of Great Britain’s former glory
but as the moon rose over the White Cliffs of Dover
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To Fly

...Did you know that even eagles age?
I sadly put my story on this page. 
Once young, I soared, regal and proud,
between lofty mountaintop and cloud.
Then, I felt the wind beneath my wings,
appenda...

Texting and sexting as therapy

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though many men,
(especially former Norwegian
bachelor farmers from Lake Woebegone, -
but one presently wedded
to another female for not quite
thirty orbitz around Mister sun) seek a booty cal...

From malady comes remedy

...From where so a fault comes to call,
There from hint comes how to forestall: 
Boils and blisters that burn,
Back by hot foments turn,
From ailment does its cure unroll.    
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The Flame of Fall

...#4

Intimacy, the flame of Fall, claim of season’s hue.
Slumber of pup, forestall of Winter’s lumber and stress.
Raising pumpkins, blaz...

Tomorrow

...Far off, it has begun to walk the planet,
first it must be buried in a nearby field,
while flights of dreams migrate
from unrealistic expectations.

Meanwhile,
worms' imperceptivity reshape rea...

Let God Be with Us

...Even though when we struggled, like it’s forever,
Things might seem to fall apart, yet we forge on,
Life in the world often came with enormous pressure,
And what we have hoped for, seem to be gone...

On Dreary Morns

...On dreary morns when rain is nigh
I'm weary of the misty sky
when Autumn's season comes to call
and russet leaves begin to fall.
To Summer I whisper, "Goodbye."

The lilacs...

Raindrops

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Recycling ourselves endlessly, we are the givers of life for all.
A misconception is that we bear the shape of a tear.
In fact we are flat although from the side, we appe...

EARTH

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"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth 
 find reserves of strength that will endure 
 as long as life lasts.”  Rachel Carson


Some thoughts of Earth ...

Flower

...You see all those flowers in the garden,
You like the rose more than the violets,
Sunflower seems to catch your eyes,
Marigolds never were your types,
Plucking up all those flowers you go home
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last turn

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a book …

waits a gaze …
to feed the hungry
starvation by ignorance and ill ids
(neglect, the inadvertent symptom, devouring)
it has done so for time immeasurable -
edges faded to sepia and
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The Water

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The Water


The water need not be so deep,
to forestall evil from its keep.
A wall that can be clean and clear,
preventing evil coming near.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Heart Guard-Smart Choice

...Choose wisely your what guards your heart; for we are products of our environment.

Written: October 21, 2023, For Miranda Hawley Contest
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