Short In The Offing Poems

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Empty Space

I don’t know
what it is

I know 
what it isn’t

Revealed 
in the offing

An image
— takes form

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)


Till The Music Stops

Learn to Fandango
castanet in your hand
Tambourine calling
 its bells to command

Dance every Tango
before it’s too late
Death in the offing
— the wolf at the gate

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)
Form: Rhyme

Winded

Luke lived in a place prone to an earthquake.
One in the offing made him shiver and shake.
He decided to act with full speed
Throwing caution to the wind indeed.
And moved to south Florida for safety’s sake.
Form: Limerick

Loveless Life

Comfort, luxury and accumulated wealth is nothing
Promise of beauty to the garden is spring in the offing

Separated from soul a body is of no avail
                            Without love life is not worth living
Form: Quatrain

Becoming What Is

Materializing 
memory
photos on the wall
Immortalizing
tomorrow
vision to recall
Prescience
in the offing
feelings coming home
Sentience
remaking
— that forever known


(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
Form: Rhyme


From The Source

The windmill is ready
the wind is not
Breezes far distant
never reaching the spot

Change in the offing
consent from within
One breath pouring outward
— and blades start to spin

(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
Form: Rhyme

In Their Shadow

As good
as they got
Clapton
Allman and Page
Their music
still borrowed
the Delta
on stage

Technique
in the offing
devoid
of the pain
As juke joints
and crop shares
sing out
— in refrain

(The New Room: August, 2025)
Form: Rhyme

The Carpenters

We thought we were invincible,

Fearless, there we stood.

But somewhere to the rear

We heard someone sawing wood.

It was over the top for us,

A fight was in the offing.

But not for the carpenters,

They were busy, making coffins.
© Gary Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Artemis II

A journey landing in December
Road to the Moon of wonder
Trip of four to remember
East of Eden fonder
Milestone is in the offing
Instilled dream becomes a happening
Strobe lights showing and playing

Second-scheduled mission, but first crewed...
Form: Other

Fly and Soar High

R-ising sun fifteenth January 
O-pens the day anew; 
L-aughter and cheer begin, 
L-oneliness is far from 
Y-ou. 

D-ark shadows disappear, 
E-arly Sunday morning; 
L-ight above the horizon 
I-s truly in the offing. 
Z-enith awaits the beacon, as you look upon the sky; 
O-pen both your wings, then fly and soar high.
Form: Acrostic

Flame In Your Eyes

J-anuary ninth breaks, 
E-arly Monday morning; 
A-fter the lonely twilight, 
N-ew dawn is in the offing. 

M-isty Sunday is gone 
A-s the sun starts to ascend; 
R-ain falling from the sky 
I-s beginning to 
E-nd. 

L-ight above the horizon 
I-s preparing to rise; 
T-ake time to fuel the fire 
A-nd the flame in your eyes.
Form: Acrostic

Just Feel the Joy

J-ust feel the joy
O-f swimming in the river; 
Y-our life is truly bathed by the crystal-clear water.

R-ejoice over the looming, 
I-mminent win on the battlefield; 
V-ictory is in the offing, 
E-ven the triumph is sealed.
R-ejoice on second of June, despite the lies try to destroy; 
A-llow your heart to smile, just feel the joy.
Form: Acrostic

Fight For the Faith

J-ust fight for the faith 
O-utsmart the darkest night; 
V-ictory is in the offing, 
E-merge winner to see the 
L-ight. 

M-ove mountains by faith, 
A-im to be brave and strong; 
N-either fear nor worry 
A-bout foes that are wrong. 
L-et's face the enemies, our Defender is so great; 
O-ctober ninth early morn, just fight for the faith.
Form: Acrostic

Early Wednesday Morning

E-arly Wednesday morning 
L-ets the beacon ascend; 
S-hadow of the dark night 
I-s just beginning to 
E-nd. 

B-eautiful Wednesday morning 
L-ets not the twilight last; 
A-llowing March twenty-ninth to come, 
N-ever turning back the past. 
C-omfort, joy, and mirth are all in the offing; 
O-pen your eyes to dawn, early Wednesday morning.
Form: Acrostic

Blessing Is In the Offing

K-indness on the inside 
A-ims to please folks everywhere; 
T-hrive towards the glorious lanes, 
E-arly second of 
S-eptember. 

J-ust sing the sweet tunes 
O-f life beneath the sky; 
Y-ou bubble with creativity, your excellence is high. 

C-ooperate to seek harmony, 
U-sing the love you bring; 
A-im to be caring to this world, 
B-lessing is in the 
O-ffing.
Form: Acrostic

Born On New Year's Eve

C-herish the special moment, 
Z-ealously live in gladness; 
A-llow the joy to dwell in your heart, 
R-emembering the day in happiness.
I-n 31st morn of December, 
N-ew sunny day is dawning; 
A-nticipating the morning light that will surely come shining.

J-ust for you I write these lines, 
E-ndorsing my warm greeting; 
A-s you enjoy your birthday till evening, 
N-ew year is in the offing.
Form: Acrostic

Verbal 19

Spreading like covid
your words it infects
Through vowels into consonants
each phrase it subjects

No drug can divert
fated spores on the wind
Arriving like locusts
attacking within

The Muse has been stricken
her voice it impales
While spreading to others
each time you exhale

The body count deepens
your messaging damned
No cure in the offing
— dead silence at hand

(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)
Form: Rhyme

Forecast

When the weatherman warned of 50% rain in the offing he neglected to state and neither advised nor informed what the other half would advocate perhaps hail sleet smog snow or fleecy fluffy clouds floating overhead instead and if so I wonder where they go wind-blown oh so far away I guess we'll never ever know meanwhile we'll have to wait to see what his non-prediction weather-wise will precipitate
Form: Rhyme

Staying in


They begin sipping then supping the Best on cask 

Charlie the legend of the barley does a guest ask 

What are you up to for the rest of the weekend?

Well regulars would often become a good friend

With a big grin..they swig & say…not a lot mate

Won’t go far…in the offing a spot of bar mat flipping

Will be here till late relishing & cherishing your beer

Gags & chinwags spin laughing gear quaffing just staying in…

Premium Member Love For New Year

Midnight was approaching.
A New Year is in the offing.
I see her a few yards from me.
Lovely, enchanting, alluring.
We smile, we approach,
Silently we clink glasses, 
Sip the bubbly drink.
The countdown begins 
Towards the new year.
Our lips brush,
O the ecstasy of love.
I feel her soft face, 
Her slightly parted lips.
All around seem to disappear,
We find ourselves
In a vortex of love
Light as we find ourselves
In the delight of weightlessness.
Hurtling up in elation.

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