Long Forbear Poems
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The Penetralia Ruby Queen Lyrics
Professed, nonwarranted kinfolk attest upon the secret florist
Herald stewards, forbear! Striplings, go not to entice the fawn’s forest
Yonder snowy peaks, betwixt pearls, radiates the pinkest amethyst
Amidst, thy gently sloping curves, hymns of harmony praise...
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Categories:
forbear, beautiful, creation, fantasy, flower, happiness, heart, journey,
Form:
Lyric
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock translations of German poems
“To Edward Young”
by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
translation by Michael R. Burch
Die, aged prophet: your crowning work your fulcrum;
now tears of joy
tremble on angel-lids
as heaven extends its welcome.
Why linger here? Have you not already built, great Mover,
a...
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Categories:
forbear, angel, death, dream, heaven, joy, night, song,
Form:
Rhyme
The Complaint Part 1
Shikwa
THE COMPLAINT(Poem)
https://youtu.be/mrgbbziN2so
Why should I choose the loser’s role? Forbear to seek what gain I may?
Nor think of what the morrow holds, But brood o’er woes of yesterday?
Why should my ears enraptured hear the plaintive notes...
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Categories:
forbear, allah, faith, western,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
Tribute To Women
Born into the lap of loneliness
Adam paced restless up and down
God knew he badly needed a mate
And willed the solitary man, a companion
Nonpareil in beauty and grace,
God wanted her to be the marvel of marvels
With...
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Categories:
forbear, angel, beauty, bible, women,
Form:
Free verse
Our effervescence
Written: August 16, 2025, for contest by Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
"conjoined with the whole - we play our life role
exuding a scent - granting love consent"
...
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Categories:
forbear, analogy, love,
Form:
Free verse
I Almost Lost It!
I looked in the file cabinet but I could not find it there.
It obviously had not been filed; I began to look elsewhere.
I looked on the lamp table beside the green armchair.
Only to...
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Categories:
forbear, on writing and wordsheart, computer, heart, poems,
Form:
Monorhyme
Fairy Dance
Fairy Dance
Where yet forbear spider hides, fairy chides
Shall dare taunt and tiptoe on spider's web
Silvery string hang and swing amides guides
Slack-lining steps along until the ebb
Shall dare taunt and tiptoe...
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Categories:
forbear, dance, fairy, fantasy,
Form:
Pantoum
Free
Dancing shades across the sea,
past and present visions we see.
In joy, in delight, in pure and sublime,
in He are we.
Dissispated heros and obliterated dreams,
replaced by the untouchable One.
Ended journeys have been here and gone.
Divided thoughts...
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Categories:
forbear, devotion, faith, happiness, hope, inspirational, life, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Humble Tribute To Jo Daniel - a Poet Par Excellence
"When The Snow Melts",
When "Spring Is In The Air"
When "Tears Of The Sky" shower blessings
When"Zephyr's Silky Tendrils" caresses us
When "A Nightingale Sings Of Dawn's Glory"
When basking in "Sunset Silence"
When "Night Sky's Party" is splendid...
We...
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Categories:
forbear, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
The Final Exit
It does seem, at times, that all things make very little sense. These are the times when a man might question his reason for living. It is, after all, true, that in one...
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Categories:
forbear, death,
Form:
Free verse
My Questions This Day
My Questions This Day
What are we doing with our patriotism?
Are we taking freedoms for granted?
Do we recognize subtle shifts in powers?
Will we ever, again, be able to fearlessly choose?
Or are we now over regulated individuals?
Are...
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Categories:
forbear, political
Form:
Narrative
Villanelle: If You Haven'T Had That, What Have You Had
Villanelle : If you haven't had that, what have you had*
If you haven't had your life, what have you had
In fear of what lies beyond the locked safe-door
Live you now the moment, not for what's...
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Categories:
forbear, death, happiness, life, time, wisdom,
Form:
Villanelle
SONG OF SURRENDER
From the depth of the earth, I rise,
...
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Categories:
forbear, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Blessing of Forgiveness
I've reflected upon this year, now that it's nearly over,
and realized that my faith in God has not diminished.
How difficult it was to choose my best blessing in 2022,
when I've been given so many and...
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Categories:
forbear, blessing, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse
My God, Thank You For Lifting Me Up
August 8 Scripture Meditations Based on Ezekiel 4-11
Key Verse – Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house…
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR LIFTING...
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Categories:
forbear, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
Woman
“The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand That Rules the World”
by William Ross Wallace
Oh! Woman
Aren’t you God’s supreme handiwork?
An animated form of chiseled art
A joy to behold
A figure of curvaceous ups and...
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Categories:
forbear, analogy, life, light, mother, woman,
Form:
Ode
Sick Patients Living and Care Givers Giving
Life itself sometimes begins at the "End"? Life always has a beginning,and I am not certain about how "Life itself" will "End".Will you hold on to your "Life" that you have now to invigorate,and inspire...
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Categories:
forbear, 12th grade, 1st grade, adventure, america, anniversary,
Form:
Narrative
The Good Shepherd
There is comfort in the arms of the Good Shepherd, His rod secures me like covering wings, but I'm not compelled to stay there, for the gift of choice gives me the strings,
As lovingly He...
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Categories:
forbear, allegory, blessing, care, christian, faith, inspirational, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Don'T Be Hasty To Wander
We pledged a portion of our lives training ruling,
When is it thriving to mandate and perform?
What do words feign in the theater of living?
Unlike dance, which is an achievement charm.
I've barely suffered to forbear...
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Categories:
forbear, analogy, appreciation, inspirational, life, remember, sorrow, strength,
Form:
Rhyme
Not Just One In Million, But Million Virtues In One
My sky is having million stars, difficult to pick one in million
All having own shine, ranking any one sure to cause a rebellion
Yet, numero uno tracked by merits through process of elimination
Selection complete, its results...
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Categories:
forbear, wife, sky,
Form:
Rhyme
Conversation of a Nigerian With Nigeria
Uncertainty, 'grand potentate',
swathes my lure
For renewed insight. I dropp
upon
My groove, primed, to settle my
lot. Help!
Modest citizen. Our battles,
girthed
For selfish intent, lunges at your
faceless sense.
We have rasped our own
reasons...
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Categories:
forbear, angst, me,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR INSTILLING IN US REVERENTIAL FEAR
July 13 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 1-5
Key Verse – Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
PRAISE BE TO GOD...
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Categories:
forbear, bible, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form:
Alliteration
Son, I Know You By Heart
My memory fades like an early morning fog
But you my son I know by heart
The impossible miles you alone have trod
An uphill climb from first breaths start
Fluid filled those vacant places
Where only your brain...
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Categories:
forbear, age, birth, child, courage, mother, son, spiritual,
Form:
Quatrain
My Thorn In the Flesh - 1
I’ve made my share of mistakes
Failed many times – failure is loud
I’ve learned lessons from pain
And had to endure the darkness of rain
But through it all I’ve found that
Growth comes from lessons learned
Most often, from...
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Categories:
forbear, bible, blessing, christian, faith, god, gospel, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Whither Blows the Wind
Sarcophagus beetles gnaw on these bones
buried in the catacombs
They still have zombie feast needs of me
long after I’m gone
The scratching on the whited stones
of the sunken mausoleum,
brings the chorus of the viol worms to...
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Categories:
forbear, dark, death, horror, scary,
Form:
Free verse