Short In The Nick Of Time Poems

Santa Claus
Gives us pause
  But just as midnight chimes
  This jolly Saint comes 
    in the 'Nick' of time...

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the day I died
was a rainy one
but the sun came out
in the nick of time
I can laugh about it now
but it was a worry...

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Looking back how much
Changes happened through my life
A great improvement
Occurred in the nick of time
Producing a new version









Nayda Ivette
11-28-2015...

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Jenipher my love,
Every year we begin a race,
New in all perspectives,
In the nick of time,
People would flow in with 
wishes,
Happy birthday, happy 
birthday to you,
Endless will the party seem, 
but a new
Race shall have began....

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Jenipher my love,
Every year we begin a race,
New in all perspectives,
In the nick of time,
People would flow in with 
wishes,
Happy birthday, happy 
birthday to you,
Endless would the party 
seem but, a new
Race would have began....

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writing verse by night
flicker of candlelight
  so romantic
  though not very bright

as thoughts flow
the pen slows
  ink-well spills
  frustrate quills

midnight chimes
in the nick of time
  ere poems jell ~
  saved by the bell...

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The open West is an iron lung
  for the polio of my soul

Lifting me up and breathing in
  at once to make me whole

Wild and free, its air blows clean
  to minister my wounds

And nurse me back to perfect health
  —a second none to soon

(Durango Colorado: February, 2019)...

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I must accept the message, “You lost,”
I suppose in the nick of time.
The glow that I carried with hope
Has dulled, the sun gone away to hide.

Now that life is without you,
Days of illusions and dreams gone away,
I am gathered, kneaded upon a potter’s wheel,
Being shaped for another day...

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Bereft the sordid creature stood
No home, alone, it wasn’t good
Gleaming with a wrathful eye
To me it looked; I wondered why
It’s time to run I thought inside
But where’s a place that I can hide?
Then suddenly a light appeared
My friend’s new Jeep through snow he steered
How fragile is this life of mine?
Rescued in the nick of time...

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Wash away the sorrow and pain,
there will be a tomorrow but not a today.
My love for you is solid true,
soon again I wish to be with you.
Rain or shine you'll always be mine,
true love never ends in the nick of time.
You may not like me, but I'll always love you,
my love for you will always be true.
Gray skies or blue skies I'll always love you....

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S-aved in the nick of time, 
H-ope has kept one alive; 
E-very minute is important, 
I-t's a matter of second to survive. 
L-ife in the nick of time is critical to let it live; 
A-llowing the final moment to make one's heart believe. 

R-escue January twenty-sixth 
O-pens the chance sublime; 
S-afe and secure Friday morn, 
I-n the nick of 
T-ime....

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Vagabond Heart


I had a vagabond heart, a gypsy soul too,
Chasing tails in circles, in a room with no view,
Living life without reason, without any rhyme,
You came along in due season, in the nick of time.



October 11,2020
Excerpt taken from my poem 
Paradise in your eyes
written June 4,2018
Entered in Greg Barden's 
Rithimus Divisa 9 contest...

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The trees are sporting finery
I've not seen in a year,
In just the nick of time before
The month of May is here.

They aren't fully decked out yet;
Accoutrements await,
But slowly they're preparing
As if going on a date.

Their branches draped in color now,
They preen and bide their time
'Til filled with fruit and flowers
They'll be fully in their prime....

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Have you ever had
one of those days

When you are feeling 
lost and really down

And someone happens 
to come around

Just in the nick of time

And you may not even 
know there name 

But there will be 
something about them

That will draw you 
closer to them

That will utterly
surprise you

Because they will be 
able to 
lift you back up again

When no one else can...

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The thunder of guns echoed around the thick wood,
Dying soldiers trembled with pain, death understood.
I remember looking at the nightly bright stars.
Trying to find a freedom path, despite our scars.

Saved our poor lives as we crossed to the other side
Of the river. Another place now they could ride
Up to the mountain and hopefully search for food.
A fire kindled to warm us in a better mood....

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I rest my case
on a house of cards
(that)
hit the nail on the head
(of) the nail in the coffin
(that)
hit the ground running
where the rubber hits the road
(while)
time flies when you’re having fun
in the nick of time
(and)
all’s well that ends well
all is fair in love and war
(let’s not forget that)
the writing’s on the wall
it could be worse
(as)
the light at the end of the tunnel
is a perfect storm after the calm...

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