Precursor Poems - Poems about Precursor

My grandpa owned a laundry And when shirts were washed and pressed, They were folded ‘round some cardboard To stay neat ‘til you got dressed. Our family shirts were treated Just the same, except we learned My grandpa paid a nickel For each cardboard we returned. This way, he used them once again And so it seems that I’m A descendant of a person...

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Saying You Can’t Is a Precursor to Saying You Won’t Written: by Tom Wright 2/7/2018 To most problems I adopt a pragmatic approach, Experience is the schoolroom where I was taught. Knowledge quickly became my first head coach, And common sense didn’t promote using cannot. If you’re one to hang your hat on being right, Saying “I can’t” ensures that you’ll always be. While...

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Rain's precursor a cloud's rehearsal slivers of ariel fluff stretch towards the bottom of us cleansing the way Maytag advertised it The way John might've done at the riverside. Rain that goes way down making daddy proud with its spiritual side effects The way toddlers' toes dry in Play-Doo making the perfect ashtray. Rain replenishes earth the way ink rejuvenates the soul. Inhaling Mary's smoke, watching clouds float, wondering...

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Cerise clouds picot the mallows edging a wafer of earth. Distant mallards volute the evening, wainscot the vault of season-- a lattice of lavalieres mulling a sky blanched as gin....

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And lo He stood there upon the shattered rock His arms stretched far and wide to guide his sacred flock The men and women all looked to him for kinship and he returned to them unshakable friendship He led them through fire and hail he brought them freedom and prevailed Things were as they should...

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