Forestalled Poems - Poems about Forestalled

The Aesthete

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The human body may be a marvel,
yet the aesthete prefers his were marble
or gold or some other precious metal
with a life approaching to eternal!

For flesh and blood fail miserably
as a ho...

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...

Silent Ovation

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Conductor’s wand in final phrase
Forestalled the  anticipated  roar,
Cast deafening hush of silent awe,
Leaving the audience ablaze…

May 10, 2021...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Elements Part 2: Wind

...ELEMENTS part 2: WIND

                                  Fiercely, it seemed the furious wind forestalled
                                    The baseball game, bat and ball suspended.
          ...

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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