Short Prescient Poems

In form, feature, these up ahead
Fading into nothing;
Condition, all soon catch up with.
In spirit, when dying....

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How real can you be…
how prescient can you become

How long can the moment last
—to choose or to then believe

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)...

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   When monokus become molecules
     and Mardi Gras is Mata Hari
   Things start looking pretty scary, so

   If view arm an mis rist
     It tim c optmtris...

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The end of my life
brings newfound freedom
 wrapping around me
like the wings of a dream

Lifting me off
and carrying me selfward 
dropping me prescient
—to depths once unseen

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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Can knowledge surpass
a belief you hold true

Diametrically prescient
when thrust unto you

Is faith but the jailer
of transcendence restrained

With truth serving time
—in a captive domain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)...

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OMEN
O’er wintry land bare trees now sway
On wing above, black birds traverse
Occluded skies of baleful grey
Outspreading wings impart a curse 
Omen of darkest consequence
Outcomes perceived by prescient sense
Oppress the spirit, damn the day...

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Emotion is not a word
a whisper brings a kiss

It's passion
touchy feely
an instinct
relating really...

It's prescient
perceptive
fervent 
so sensitive...

It's  sentiment
insight
excitment
feelings alight..

Emotion is not a word
a whisper brings a kiss...

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Victory is a song unwritten,
whose words beget the score

With truth in play, all time relayed,
past battles, future wars

Yesterday winless, tomorrow tied,
the moment zero sum

The hour prescient, each second dear
—glory still unsung

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)...

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Most miserable
when she’s happy

Most shameful
when she’s proud

Most prescient
when unconscious

Most distant
 in a crowd

Most forthright
when not speaking

Most giving
when denied

Most secret 
when she’s telling all

Most dead
—but still alive

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)...

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A broken wing
in death’s chicane 
Where pigeons fall
unending pain

A blinded flock
to circle down
As fangs await
both wolves and hounds

While far above
a falcon stalks
Vision prescient
it never balks

A broken wing
once clipped in fear
the raptors chase
—with canids near

(The New Room: October, 2023)...

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Why then poetry …
why not prose
the answer prescient
to those who know

On wings of light
it comes unsought
abrupting time
on breezes caught

Why then poetry …
the world in verse
within whose lines
the Bards converse

The oldest questions
age sublime
within its torrent
—within its rhyme

(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)...

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Write it big
Write it strong
Write it eternal,
…a poets song

Make your words clear
Make right from wrong
The message short,
…the meaning long

This time only lent
The whispers uncloud
The opening prescient,
…reasons abound

Write it forever
Write it out loud
Within the moment,
…happening now

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)...

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OMENS
O’er wintry land bare trees now sway
On wing above, black birds traverse
Occluded skies of baleful grey
Outspreading wings imparting curse 

Yet outcomes told by prescient sense
With omens of dark consequence
May be belied restoring sight
Of hope; see yon horizon bright

[Poem in 8x8 form]

Submitted to:-
Contest: Unrest of Spirit
Sponsor: Julia Ward
22 November 2018...

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Darkness never proffered the pure pleasure of the sun
Its predatory prescient presence was never any fun
The  light of reason helps to show a way to live the night
To guide the steps a man must take  to wake in dawning light
To sleep to dream to plan to live to love to work to build
A stair of  turning upward steps till  darkness is revealed
As nothing more than  simply lack of light...

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She wrote Bits N Bots
A terrific, prescient poem
I suffer bots, bots, ads, and data thieves
(We all might be the last)
But she came with bouquet of words
To the funeral of my tree
There were only four attending:
My wife, myself, one neighbor, & Linda
Social media, life, friends keep us busy
I understand
Not everyone can come to 
Unusual
Funerals
Still ...  do think of our environment
Always...

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There’s knowledge
in the world
for only 
the captive

Insight
on the other
hand
prescient to roam 

No ceiling
to happiness
but a floor
to sorrow

Direction
a vagrant
that goes 
where it goes

Spoken 
in cadence
our oaths
are rechanted

Carrying
voices
through moments 
on loan

Traveling
together
in blind
expectation

Questions
awaiting
in freedoms
—unknown

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023) 
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When buying clothes with buttons
Often they include a spare,
So if you find one missing
You’re all set for the repair.

It’s quite a handy custom,
For a button often pops
And usually we’re unaware
Of how and where it drops.

Providing extra buttons
Is both prescient and astute,
Preventing people’s wasting time
In matching-up pursuit.

I wish that other sellers
Would adopt this policy;
I’d never miss an earring
If each pair instead had three!

for Black Eyed Susan's Button Contest...

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My missing gloves turned up today
(Good thing – I was distraught)
Inside the pockets of a jacket
I forgot I bought.

The lesson of this incident
Is that we really ought
To leave no stone unturned
Until we find what we have sought.

A search that’s merely cursory
Will yield, as wisdom’s taught,
A disappointing outcome,
All your efforts come to naught.

But diligence will show results
That laziness has fought,
So “seek and ye shall find” remains
A wise and prescient thought....

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