Short Forestall Poems

Evil Queen
Her face, a jealous green
The mirror on the wall
Black heart could not forestall

Snow White
Her beauty did ignite
Ruby lips and raven hair
Seven dwarves were quite aware...

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My Lord, 

Let Your divine rain of love, 

Upon the flames of hate fall

To extinguish thus the blaze 

So we succeed, evil to forestall!




© Demetrios Trifiatis
      21 March 2023...

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The Water


The water need not be so deep,
to forestall evil from its keep.
A wall that can be clean and clear,
preventing evil coming near.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

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The right to remember,
the right to recall

The right to uncover,
the right to forestall 

The right to nostalgia,
the right to look back

The right to remember
—the right to retrack

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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This sickness overtakes me
but only in my brightest hour
Cleanse me of this desperation
I know it will only build higher
Seek me, no other
Oh, ye unknown feeling
Swallow me whole, forestall the healing
for I no longer want the cure...

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A spectral dream
to forestall
they can try
but can't prise my grip
from my tenuous grasp
of reality
in the dream
it's myself
i'm most afraid
and the night
is not my friend
when the ghosts
rise from the dead
and howl to keep me awake....

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She Lies at Rest

My heart still sings the songs of yesterday.
Where wafting words soon find their pleasant stay.
But breezy winds forestall; and steal her way.
Her endless chatter lies at rest today.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 26, 2010

Poetic form: Elegy...

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Success is not same as Progress
though the two may seem express
for while Success may vary
Progress is ever steady.
And while Progress may be undeserving
Success springs from meticulous scheming;
though circumstance may each forestall,
Time and chance happen to them all....

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A lone tree
Used to stand proud and free
In a meadow its shelter we sought 

But now bends its old branches in a parking lot
In the bridge between city, country it got caught
Its now part of the newly built mall

Growth, no way to forestall
Urban sprawl


Barbara Gorelick
5/13/14
Bridges contest-trois par huit...

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M-ust anticipate the dark night, 
A-wait the blue and gray; 
Y-ou should forestall the evil, 
E-xpect the wicked way. 
T-o anticipate the dark night, 
T-uesday ninth of January; 
E-yes of you must be open, be cautious and be wary. 

D-usk and twilight will come, 
U-se the guidance of light; 
R-eady your mind to think, 
A-nticipate the dark 
N-ight....

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I feel the briskness in the air,
That yesterday, just wasn’t there;

A chill that freezes to the core,
Of summer, there just is no more;

The arctic cold is proof that fall,
Is in our midst and won’t forestall;

It sends a shiver down my spine,
The bitter wind blowing through the pines;

Autumn is here, it’s setting in,
Let the falling leaves begin....

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As a grey dove, nestlings are taught
     The Basic Rudiments of Wings:
if one falls, it cannot be caught
     First, learn to fly, then how to sing.
A perfect lesson elders bring.
     A human babe, on other hand,
is often caught before he stands.
    So, as life goes, if he should fall,
expects a catch before he lands.
     He needs to learn how to forestall....

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What is the journey of a tear
Where does it begin
The thought that I may lose you
That you could leave

I feel these pools of sadness swell
As sorrow glistens
My eyes about to overflow
To not forestall

A single droplet breaks away
To realize its due
As heartache overtakes my soul
Torment rushes fear

No more to hold, my anguish flows
I still think of you
To sob away and feel my tears
Fulfill their destiny...

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I believe in Jesus
I believe in Buddha
I believe in Mohammed
—divinity shared

I believe in grace
I believe in epiphany 
I believe in tomorrow
—the promise it bears

I believe in man’s ability
to rise above his nature
religion the jailer
—whose lies forestall

I believe that enlightenment
requires a commitment 
to become the living embodiment
—of that One who calls

(The 1st Book Of Prayers: November, 2016)...

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It is relentlessly our intent
To do the right thing.
Why then do we relent—
A bird with broken wing?

We make earnest pledges
Vowing to fly higher.
But they fray at the edges—
Caught in self-made mire.

We would strive to be
A friend of welcoming ways.
Except they quickly flee—
Gliding through wasted days.

We pray for a resolution
To these earth-bound misses.
But we forestall a solution—
Opting for self-inflicted hisses....

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In the rising sun,
Coming down by the mountains,
Echoes the sirens of seas.
Teaming with all life
Were clouds of foul defilement
Shifting torrents to crimson...

Metal vessel floats,
Tainting with slow corruption;
Flora, fauna, disruption...

Hopeful sakura
With leaves falling, vanishing;
Whales sprawling from erosions.
Trying to forestall,
From corrosions nature squalls.
Dying, perishing pleura...




*Collaborative with J.C.M.C.*...

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