Short Watch And Wait Poems

the playful kitten
   gazes deep into fish pond -
   koi watch and wait...

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Truth,
Though trounced to the ground,
Shall arise again—
Watch and wait and you will surly see....

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I watch and wait at the foot of the door.
No other place is better than this floor.
When the doorknob jiggles.
My old hairy tail wiggles.
Happy that my daddy is home....

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Waiting for something to happen
Makes us sit and watch and wait
Getting less than what we want
Is not what we should take
We need to make better life choices
Nothing is ever ordained by fate...

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I watch you struggle
in your sleep, 
battle deep,
in a dream 
against yourself.

I watch, and wait 
to sprinkle fairy lust 
inside your mind;

to spell your days
with searching eyes
beyond the obvious....

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My image plays notes
Written in my face
Carved in my soul
Longed in my heart
Paste on my mind
Over and above
I watch and wait
I see my life refreshing
Its scenes edited 
With ambition flowing
My faith filled with light
Echo's love of life...

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Sit and watch, and wait and see.
For one day you shall belong to me.

Whisper or yell, it does not matter.
I will always hear your voice above the clatter.

Walk or run, or drive away.
For you will be back with me someday.

Paula Denise Cosner...

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Listen to the light that so deftly surrounds you.
Like the night it holds onto everything, it holds on to you.
Watch and wait and listen for the sounds you are bound to hear,
Sit down on the rain and turn an ear, just one ear,
So that you will hear the sound in the light....

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Bade Mother Nature at the dawn
Bring forth the trees, grow tall, grow tall
Beneath them lay a gentle fawn
Being sheltered, waits for night to fall.

They will dutifully face their fate
Anxious, they can only watch and wait
Always finding danger on their way
As the sun rises on a new day....

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Fear slithers in.
The snake in my belly
uncoils.
Wrestling restlessness
gives way
to unnerving unease.

I watch and wait.
The snake silences its strike
for now.
I begin to pace.
Anguished anxiety anticipates
as yearning’s yellow yarn
wraps me in the afghan of fear
and the future bites me again....

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Sometimes mad, 
the reigns drag  
from clawing hands,
the pounding steed 
of a racing mind 
now overwhelmed 
in clinging sand,
the world an alien land, fearful 
neath the smothering ooze,
crying in the darks oppression, 
muttering confession to demons 
that watch and wait, for 
darker times come late....

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Stillness seeds this cell
of death-borne illness,
underscores the needs 
of one who cannot
function by himself.

Bedsheets icy white, 
blooming flowers 
in bright profusion
litter uselessly.

Monitors wink, blink 
their indifference; 
scant recognition,
little consolation for
a father and his 
sorrow-stricken son....

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For awhile many trials are hard to bare, i want to scream when it seems lifes not 
being fair. But i know if i go to God in prayer, he'll take hold of my load that he 
knows i can't bear. When i keep the faith watch and wait , pray obey and not 
hesitate.I know for sure just like he said, his word will be the bread that will keep 
me fed....

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Drugged high, I watch and wait for your touch
Entrusting my life to you, your
Presence has become my essence
Existing in this space where only your face
Needs to be
Desolate, I lay shivering and sheet-bound
Expecting the cold breath of death
No power to move, yet
Caresses of your warm hand calm me
Escape is futile, still, in you I trust....

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Shall I pass the phantom's test?
Find solace and peace in the belly of my bed?

I will not fear the darkness
Black as ravens head
Nor the shadows that watch and wait
While I nestle in my bed

No longer fear the cold breath, winter chill
Or the whispers of death and ill will
My fears, blooming as beauty of youth
From where are their roots?...

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She’s gone again, just for a bit,

A day, a week, just some respite,

I’m on my own, no one to pry,

Not held to task, to answer why,

And still with freedoms yet untried,

I sit, I stare, try to decide,

I could, I should, indulge myself,

Partake of sin I’ve been denied,

Instead I sit and watch and wait,

For her return, back by my side....

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Unbridled passion in field there show
As lovers face to hold and kiss
Left to thine own eyes to know
What’s meant by sharing lover’s bliss

Albeit then the sun descends
Upon the two who lie and sleep
As dreams enact and bodies mend
I watch and wait, while there they keep

The one true sign of love, they sleep
Embraced in hold, each other to keep...

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Kind eyes peer 
out of pages
gentle features
of grace replace 
calculated poses
touched by 
the sun-The sun
brush-stroked 
color --into his 
cheeks and face
hints of roses.
And yes 
I believe 
my eyes as they 
report. 
No doubt-
Obviously we have
met here before..
Yet unscathed 
by this world
We come back
There could be more
like us 
So we are here
to watch and wait...

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Kind eyes peer 
out of pages 
gentle features 
of grace replace 
calculated poses 
touched by 
the sun-The sun 
brush-stroked 
color --into his 
cheeks and face 
hints of roses. 
And yes 
I believe 
my eyes as they 
report. 
No doubt- 
Obviously we have 
met here before.. 
Yet unscathed 
by this world 
We come back 
There could be more 
like us 
So we are here 
to watch and wait...

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Am I to pick the ripened grape,
And separate it from the source?
Or do I simply watch and wait
And catch it falling without force?

So barren is the ground below
That yearns to taste of heaven’s fall
Although her boughs are sturdy grown,
Her trunk – unwavering and tall

Do I deserve to be denied
The bliss that beckons from above?
Or should I brave an upward climb
And steal away a selfish love?...

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Living in a world of guilt
Cross examining every thought
Slaughtering every thought
On which your world is built

Never gets you very far
You sit and wait
You watch and wait
To hit one under par

But you’ll get there one day
When you do something
When you start something
While your masochism is away

So maybe wait another week
To do something
To start something
And add a year to your losing streak...

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The shadow grows across the gable.
Time for the sparrow to roost and rest.
Night bird calls, sadden my brow to know
You no longer caress my hand.

Your carriage left one day
Carried you, my love, so far
My love rests upon a weeping willow
    beside the flowing brook.

We shall meet in sweet chariot
   to ride away in the ocra sky.
At dusk, I watch and wait, my love,
For the rumble of hooves 
             and smell of home....

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Amber sunrise, clouds flee
Brushing against the horizon.
Cool river's plashy bank calls.
Dawn awakes scatter rays.
End of bait string dangles,
Float swirls. First, a nibble,
Got a fish; it bit my finger
Hard and got away.
I once again cast my line
Just sat, watch, and wait.
Kipper in its depth nibbled,
Line took a tug, a splash,
Makes a dive.
Not again, it's off
Out into the open.
Pole away, oars in hand
Quiet push home.

11/2/2021...

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A seed is put into the ground
It rests beneath the sun
The miracle of what springs forth
Almighty hands have done

The sower having done his part
In faith must watch and wait
In time the object of his toil
Will sit upon his plate

When intimate relations
Of a man and wife are through
The seed is sown in passion
The results are me and you

We can follow the instructions
Doing only what we know
But God creates the seeds of life
All we do is sow...

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(A lone voice whispers)

I live in The Great Casum
The in-between place 

No one knows me as I watch you all race 

Some of the blind call me god 

Some don't
But you know

Good for them all
For I watch and wait

You'll soon know my name when you walk through my gate

Copyright John Duffy 

Casum is the accusative singular of the Latin word casus, which means "a fall; falling down; accident, occurrence, chance event; end, termination; case"....

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