Forward Looking Poems - Poems about Forward Looking

One Sweet Lady

...She was a gentle lady, sweet and kind
She was also a fine friend of mine
She was forward looking, hopeful and free
She not only loved, but believed deeply in me
She cheered me on as my biggest fa...

Winters Reprieve

...A winter winds chill
seeps in,
No matter the defenses.

Shiver and shake
cold penetrates
deep down to the bone.

That season, so long in duration,
seems forever,
to come to an end.

Forwa...

It's Not Byron's Fault, Anyway

...Byron didn't wait for me.
Across the hall Becky tried not to look.
Chalk was everywhere.
Knuckles was already suspended.
Trailing the varsity jackets I
Oscillated between chic and irreverent.
S...

We Call Them Angels

...Generally speaking,                                                                                                                                                         we were not designed for ba...

Magnolia Tree

...Yesterday,
A huge magnolia tree on the corner
Burst out in magnificent large white blossoms,
[temperamental she is] but I think she bloomed
This year to remind us that optimism is in the air-...

December 5th 2020

...
December 5th 2020 
By: Miracle Man

Today, 
I sit, drowning in memories of elapsed time.
Time spent in other places,
reviewing vague and unnamed faces.

Remembering times when I was...

Robert Burns Translation: To a Mouse

...To a Mouse
by Robert Burns
translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Sleek, tiny, timorous, cowering beast,
Why’s such panic in your breast?
Why dash away, so quick, so rash...

After the Genocide

...For years, the ominous signs were palpable
The deep fraternal mistrust festered and discernable
Propagated by colonial masters to divide and make Rwanda malleable
And left lingering became monstro...

Lib's a Fib

...I'd like to write a line or two
About Woman Lib
In this age of women's rights
I feel that lib's a fib
"Equal Rights for Women!"
I agree with that, for sure
But twentieth-century women want
Equ...

Exodus a Providential Pilgrimage Partb

...I remember
               your invitation
the welcome
            of your arms
into your kingdom
                of priests
the  unexpected
in
a purpose-filled life
      the sheer wonder
 ...

The Pathway

...Is there a direction to the universe,
  without the polar caps

The equator gone as space expands,
  looking forward—looking back

Does today become tomorrow,
  as tomorrow self destructs

A...

Stay

...As I sat on the ledge looking up to the sky
I asked my Father the W's
The when's, the what's, the where's, the why's

So many places in this world to see
So many places I'd rather be
Bland, sta...

The Christian Race

...Paul said to press on forward
Towards the heavenly prize
For if we run the Christian race
We will come to realize
That in spite of the prisons in our lives
Keeping us in mental and physical chai...

Flight Without Wings

...The ragged precipice surmounted,
he stands, leaning forward, looking down
into nature's yawning rictus—
pondering flight without wings.

Restlessness in being,
he’s come unhinged in time
whose...

Living In the Now

...Looking forward, looking back
Wondering about the future
Remembering the past

Many experiences sent to teach
Many more yet to explore

All that really matters is the present
This is all that...

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