Adroit Poems | Examples

Bent is Strong, Straight is Weak

In nature, being adroit and straight is rare,
It's curves and bends that fill the air.
See rivers that twist,
Trees bent to resist,
For strength lies in being bent, not straight.

En Pointe

There was a young man from Detroit 
Whose thinking they say was adroit 
He challenged the sun
To have some hot fun
Ended up with his head en pointe.

Labyrinth

An adroit weaver
designs a fine labyrinth
to a snug haven.

Equal Opportunity Insult

Who only considers self first
With an ego never reversed
A will to exploit 
With skill so adroit
Is a thing that Trump has rehearsed

The U.S. cadaver-in-chief
Has a son con artist and thief
Put Hunter in Trump's cell
Where they'd sit for a spell
On toilets without the gold leaf 

Authors note: i'm not fond of selfish/corrupt people. There are so many wonderful denizens on the planet...why should any of the bad ones who have money get away with illegal and immoral acts?

Kinda Wonky

Wonky is nature's norm!
Our obsession with straightness,
conceived in arrogant innocent bliss,
kowtows to a belief
that adroit straightness
following straight lines,
somehow makes things stronger, smarter,
more eye-pleasing and ever better in the long run.
But entropy knows better than the 'know-alls',
that everything transforms and decays
to maximum disorder in time.
For order and straightness
requires the input of energy
and effort that entropy lusts
to pull down, bend, twist and topple.
Being simply, wonky simple is a start!
Light beams at dawn, are one of the
rare straight things things seen in nature.
These beams shine dead-eye straight
into wonky clouds that blush red,
embarrassed to be caught outside,
in fluffy slippers with night clothes on,
feeling kinda shonky, disheveled and wonky, as 
the humans, straight-faced,
said they were.

Words

They are incantations,
holders of truth and lie,
they can be imprecations for bad or sly,
they are hammers that forge our lives,
implements which are sharp as knives,
mastering them may seem nigh,
one may think he is adroit in this art,
or it may be a mere start,
Here no element is a titular part,
some might think of them as banal,
in the world of today they are crucial,
oh so don't you belittle,
lot to learn in this field of imagination,
they are salient to the way of education,
They may be a boon or an imprecation,

The Hummingbird

Single pointed, her attention
Hummingbird hovers in the air
To partake of soma nectar

Her uniqueness deserves mention
Both flight and poise, unmatched in flair
An adroit pollen collector

Living without apprehension 
Though for her young, she needs to care
Being their only protector

She’s from another dimension
Never seems worn weary for wear
No one can plot, her flight vector

Beholding her, we look on awed
Wondrous is the magic of God

02-June-2023
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Pale Daughters Part Three

Pale daughters beam in the miers
their freckles shine galore
eating sorbet all day

They skip to school
trampling on the dandelions
They are the daughters of pan
musically adroit yet quite forlorn

Their mother tongue is telling half truths
to their peers 
half awake they want to wrest your pulse
They cannot be considered inconsequential

Ford Play

They make cars adroit
    in Beloit and Detroit 

  If you wrote 'Tin Lizzie'
    on this quiz ~ 'E'

Eagle

Eagle
majestic bird
ponderous predator
clumsy flyer, adroit hunter
strong symbol of imperial power
high, inaccessible aerie
monogamous mating
staid homebody
Eagle

Her Name Was Regret

Her name was Regret, with a rocket step
She was chestnut flashing, released lightning
In a century past, an age of side saddles and corsets
She was feminism set free, blazing down racetracks

She matched the undefeated wind
Besting the boys, again and again
Her arduous suitors, fools for the chase
Fell, one by one, under her pace
And, left to shade of golden wings flown
Had to settle for escorting her home

She was the first queen to display the red
Of Kentucky Derby roses around her head
Her exploits so adroit, she won her peers
And named American Horse of the Year

Her place in racing legacy, set
Not bad for a filly named Regret.

(in 1915, Regret was the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby)

10/14/21

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Placed 10th

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10/15/21

Zephyr Winds Drops the Last Nuke Bomb-

Saw I  the zephyr move of my generation being destroyed,
How I mourned the balmy breeze.
Brisk, balmy fiery breeze.
Does the balmy breeze make you shiver?
Does it?
End of times, someone just drop the last nuke bomb

How happy are airspace, jumbo jets!
Do jumbo jets make you shiver?
Do they?
Smoke and fiery streams in the skies light
Light up the blueness through and around clouds

cunning zephyr sings like the southern coast
this isn’t no joke
Now knavish is just the thing,
Bombs landing bombarded exploding
to get me wondering if zephyr are yet adroit.
End of times, someone just drop the last nuke bomb

7/26/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©

Living Proof

The dinner was very formal
The starters were served as normal

Scrupulous spread of hues, aromas, booze
So tempting to try one, but how to choose

A sea of dips, platters of cheese, and little boys
No one dared to try one, the host adroit with poise

Delayed, distracted in chatter, host kept the starving mob at bay
Guests unwilling to offend, stared like drooling lions at their prey

But surely there was no harm in sniffing, a polite hint to begin
So with fleeting glance, the guest picked up and sniffed the dish nearest to him

A quick sniff would surely not be seen as rude
But, in haste the nose got too close to the food

A dollop of ruddy dip clung on to nosy's tip end
Living proof of failure, with level best, to not offend.

Almost Fainted When Jesus Painted

had almost fainted
picture of Jesus painted
artist was sainted

when they would prevent
actions of an indigent
should always relent

did make deposit
racist found in closed closet
flame had to douse it

could go on conquest
find food which will be the best
which we did request

had been a broker
did fish for spot and croaker
ever did occur

each did exploit
in ways which were adroit
then will anoint

encapsulated
people who were related
great works created

he had been a slave
only wanted friendly wave
along with close shave

what some people say
should always use pepper spray
do it anyway

really entrusting
people who had been busting
from cocoon and lusting

Alive With Aspirations

The earth clutches and clouds cling as the climate changes
and the sun simmers throughout hot seasons
we humans in cold chilly nights constantly cling and clasp
to form the heat the heart heartily hopes for
and I wonder whether we will continue
are we able and apt adroit and adept
to make the changes needed
I guess we will see all of us the human We
aiming with hope ambition and aspiration

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