Omen Poems

Do know who am I ?

Am I a shy monkey?,                                                  

Leave That Omen Behind

When you’ve had every chance and all resource in hand.
When you’ve been in good graces and known where you stand.
When you had God in Heaven reach down just to line it all up,
 
and you still found a way to fail. How could that be?
You look back in disbelief, regretfully
and feel like a failure, jinxed

Omen

When wavelets curl along the pier
To cast a light in shades of teal,
I then recall a summer bold
Which wrote about our truth,  our dare

And young we were ...a bliss reviewed
The wildest lips moist as night's crest
A passion christening one dream
While moonglow blessed this warm request.

We siezed fresh thirst, moments entwined
Where jays in June acted

Augury

“There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” Shakespeare in Hamlet 
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Custer's Omen

Wolverine shadows
 in the Michigan mist
Blood trail encampment
 on yesterday’s tryst

Teeth at the ready
 fortune can’t hide
Death for a tribute
— when vengeance abides

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024) 

HALLOWEEN

Hallow’s Eve, when spirits return 
And on Styx’s shores, a darkness churns
Lost souls vanish to the veil
Lamenting cries rise up from Hell
Omen hangs high in Stygian sky
Where witches watch with a wicked eye
Eldritch winds whisper a woeful tale
Echoes of death ride on the gale
Night-creatures creep with dreadful bale

The Omen Road

I rode my bike down Omen Road,  
Knew they'd be after me, I'd reap what I sowed.  
Crossed into Jersey, saw a dead bird ahead—  
I prefer voices, I get symbols instead

In a pullout was a convertible with a man inside
He drew his finger across his nose, didn't approve this ride
By Greenwood

omen of the red headed owl

an owl stared at Maya from a fence post
she knew it was a sign from the great father
no ordinary fowl, this one had a red head
there would be a death before the end of day
according to a Navajo proverb

Maya was especially kind to her family that day
wondering who it would be, hoping it was not

Fire And Brimstone Preacher

a cool spring Midwestern morning
the preacher started his sermon
a guest preacher known for fire and brimstone
the little country church was filled
censuring the flock about their sins
claiming to be sin free himself
he said he was perfect like Jesus Christ
and that's when it happened
two large front doors blew open
gust of wind raced down the aisle
happened so fast

A Keyboard Omen

Modern world with modern modems,
AI, Wi-Fi, modern day totems,
keyboard nostalgia, a typewriter App,
mind that modern knowledge gap,
discord, discourse, modern day omens.

Omen

Omen

There are ways
To put up with things,
And there are ways
To give up...

But NOTHING is more
POWERFUL
Than
(A)
MAN
GONE
MAD!

-Gray Squirrel

01/16/2024

Omen

Oath of the unseen one
Order of time and place
Only a piercing ray
Of hope, truth and downfall 
Ordeal of the dark
Often a warning sign
Out from what is beyond


September 11, 2023.

Hell

Hell and skull are twins                                                  

Omen

"Omen" 

The throat holds 
untold secrets
like a chamber
holds bullets

a silent question mark
wrapped around 
the speaking, 
changing gears 

full throttle
far reaching 
like a noose 
over sunbeams

the ropes 
for net cast 
morsel charms
upstroke downstroke 

Ariel beckons
the purpose 
of lions for love
into his shadowy arms

"hush", he says,

"the Long Night,
I see aflame in your eyes
like a burning bed 
is

Mocking Birds Omen of Doom

Sam Adams
A lonely old man
Was walking in the hills
Near his house,
Encountering mocking birds,
Mocking him, chasing him.
He ran down the path fleeing,
Hearing omens of his pending doom

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