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Forestalling Poems - Poems about Forestalling

Our Natural State
...Free from the world’s stress, Away from its nonsense and mess, The mind is free from distress, Nothing suppresses the soul’s access. Free to embrace the light, There are no tendrils of the nig......

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Categories: forestalling, inspirational, self,
Form: Monorhyme
Vision of the future
...I was born through the whispered wish of angel purple clouds draped my newborn sky I tasted dreams in chocolate ice-cream swirls the tender embrace of bruised knees and flushed cheeks gui......

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Categories: forestalling, analogy, birthday, family, father
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Black and White
...“Moves are slower, concentration intense, as style and wits are pitted. Finally, the remaining white knight makes a brilliant challenge admitted. The black king weak from the affray, a pawn keeps d......

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Categories: forestalling, games,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Forlorn Eyes of Poe
...NOT CONTEST BOUND I stood upon a rocky shoal, regret lingering across my mind Its fingers traced the blood-filled lines along my bare arm as if they were the brittle veins of leaves fallen from ......

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Categories: forestalling, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Three Secrets
...One of the many secrets of life: There is no true freedom. Man is slave to his own ignorance And to his own personal sense of reality. This, in turn, leads to another secret: The only true sin i......

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Categories: forestalling, death, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Rain
...A cloudy sky with streaks of grey dims down the faint light of the sun. And sprinkles soon sully the day, forestalling any chance of fun. A pelting sound; pommels the ground. Showe......

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Categories: forestalling, how i feel, image,
Form: Rhyme
The Phantasmic Creature of Sickness
...The echoes have returned And they bear some bad news The spawns are buried deep With no liberty to lose Maybe, these are waters with algae, They're rich if murky Forestalling for weeks on end......

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Categories: forestalling, anxiety, grief, growth, hair,
Form: Free verse
Hand In Hand
...Falling, I don't know what to do Down the lane, all thoughts sink Traveling through my own blue Coming, I feel Thy eyes' jot blink You give me a hand in my hand All thoughts give way, blue brand......

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Categories: forestalling, angel, art, bible, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Our Daily Bread Community Food Pantry
...The spouse betook monthly outing today May 4th, 2022 to 3938B Ridge Pike, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426. No more bare cupboards, fridge, and deep freezer since returning with more than ......

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Categories: forestalling, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Appointment For Love
...I turned to my wife With desire in my eyes And my loins a little disjointed Forestalling sin, She asked with no grin, ¨Kind sir, do you have an appointment?¨ You'll need to make an appointmen......

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Categories: forestalling, humor, irony, romantic, sexy,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member To Be Like Eliot
...My faithful quill recumbent Motionless Stark against the virgin parchment posed upon my desk The peeping moon breaks through grimy windows Mocking me as the mantel clock chimes the cheerless Midn......

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Categories: forestalling, mentor, poetry, poets, teacher,
Form: Epic
Daily Bread Community Food Pantry
...No more bare cupboards, fridge, and deep freezer since returning with more than our share of daily bread referring to this mister, who frightfully squawks like an old geezer, plus the missus ......

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Categories: forestalling, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Starstring Lingering
...The lights have fallen to nightbreak. There, on the sharp horizon. Cracked open. Leaching pastel peach... (Or is it apricot?) ...into the dimming blue. The moon, two stars - aligned, in ......

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Categories: forestalling, love, moon, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sour Apple
...After forestalling, the tree of life fell. sending a sour apple straight to hell. 7/17/2018 Shaw’s Life or Death Epigram Contest......

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Categories: forestalling, death,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Waken Romance
...gallant voice whispers perturbing tranquility forestalling romance 2-19-2017......

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Categories: forestalling, sensual,
Form: Haiku

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