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Forestalled Poems - Poems about Forestalled

Minus The Plus
...Deficit of wonder climbing the walls Deficit of verbiage the message forestalled Deficit of promise the future on hold Deficit of time eternity — shoaled (The New Room: Augus......

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Categories: forestalled, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Silent Ovation
... Conductor’s wand in final phrase Forestalled the anticipated roar, Cast deafening hush of silent awe, Leaving the audience ablaze… May 10, 2021......

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Categories: forestalled, music, senses,
Form: Quatrain



Counting Crows
...Sometimes money isn’t enough, the wheat rejects the chaff Wealth attained by winnowing gain, the scarecrow only laughs Sometimes money isn’t enough, the numbers rise and fall Interest ac......

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Categories: forestalled, money,
Form: Rhyme
Whatever May Befall
...May tides of the sea thwart! May the manoeuvre of Sun and Moon be forestalled! May cool breezing be ceased! May raining billow be foiled! Whatever may befall! May the earth be restrained! May th......

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Categories: forestalled, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member So You Want To Mess With Me - In Trump's Own Words
...God what a mess, My head is spinning, Each day more stress, Am I still winning? Wall street crashing, The economy near stall, The media’s constant bashing, Pelosi’s new curve ball. My pla......

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Categories: forestalled, allegory, anger, humor, parody,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member My Friend, My Love
...I imagine being there in enchanting places Conjuring up insights of sensuous images Driving friendship to threshold of romance Confessing my love when she isn't around. When the uplifting sky a......

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Categories: forestalled, friend, friendship love, love,
Form: Verse
Recognition
...First off- you're E~did, fawned like frozen in a wrong beam of time- God is only justified by his own usury, and we don't do the forgotten as a figurine... We all are falling, forwardly......

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Categories: forestalled, brother, dance, deep, desire,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Fiddleheads On the River Walls
...I know it's there somewhere beyond the clouds, beyond the snow which gently floats and falls on arborvitae's shoulders like a shawl and o're the face of summer with a shroud. Above where prayerfu......

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Categories: forestalled, life,
Form: Italian Sonnet
My Modern Day Reality
...My Modern Age Reality The daily commute a daily grind Bumper to bumper you will find Asking “are you out of your mind” Hoping to spot someone that is kind Road rage is now the new adage To ......

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Categories: forestalled, fate, philosophy, woman,
Form: Rhyme
What Is Time
...Time is a thief- a thief that steals dreams- then youth- and finally life. Time is an enemy- an enemy that cannot be appeased- defeated- or forestalled- only sacrificed to. As long as tim......

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Categories: forestalled, time,
Form: Free verse
Float To Me
...“Float to me” Changing directions in a forestalled motion, balanced on the side of truth while practicing losing my step in the rushing waters of life… I slip Clinging to a lone bran......

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Categories: forestalled, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Outsiders and Odd Men - Xxviii
...Unquotable quotes: Outsiders and Odd Men – XXVIII for Colin Wilson (1931-1913) regrets for the “provoked” faux pas To each his own: to Colin Wilson his......

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Categories: forestalled, anti bullying, black african
Form: Epigram
Elements Part 2: Wind
...ELEMENTS part 2: WIND Fiercely, it seemed the furious wind forestalled The baseball game, bat and ball suspended. ......

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Categories: forestalled, baseball, culture, emotions, games,
Form: Alliteration
Mary What You Doing Now
...March 7, 2014 She patiently sits by the telephone Awaiting a ring from the one she adores It seems far too long since her husband's been gone She wonders if anyone's minding the store She fl......

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Categories: forestalled, song,
Form: Lyric
Worthy Words of Wisdom
...Worthy Words of Wisdom © Ben Burton Beware harsh words which sometimes pierce the lips Or enter cyberland through angry fingertips Though silence might not sit well with a friend Silence leave......

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Categories: forestalled, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

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