--Ode To Grandson Carlin Nathaniel Augustus Williams--
--Ode to Grandson CARLIN NATHANIEL AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS--
you are the one
for you are a baby boy I love
a hero
Some may call you fingers
Or hair
I know your real power
In trust you can eat it all up
Meats, treats, vegetables
A buffet all imaginable
Better hide your plate America
Or you’ve be visited by my grandson
Eat them up!
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Categories:
augustus, adventure, analogy, appreciation, funny,
Form: Free verse
Birth Today Carlin Nathaniel Augustus Williams
BIRTH TODAY CARLIN NATHANIEL AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS
Carlin Nathaniel Augustus Williams
Has not yet had his first dinner
God had a angel planned
By His hands He molded and shape him
God a human father and mother all co created
Five pounds fourteen and a half ounces, ago
Monday, March twelth two thousand eighteen
This wasn't a dream
God releases a new birth boy,
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Categories:
augustus, birth, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Leinah's 6th Month Old Baby Brother Carlin Nathaniel Augustus Williams
LeiNah's 6th Month Old Baby Brother: Carlin Nathaniel Augustus Williams
by James Edward Lee Sr.
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Categories:
augustus, baby, blessing, dedication,
Form: Limerick
For Augustus
This world an
illusion
All faith to
forbear
A friend of mine
struggles
Whose spirit I
share
I feel him inside
me
He calls out my
name
His friendship a
blessing
Augustus,
—I pray
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
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Categories:
augustus, friendship, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Augustus Gloop
You feel a demon inside of you,
Ripping at you.
It knows you're doing wrong.
Indulging.
You push away thoughts of yourself,
Trembling in the night.
You need it.
You need it.
You need it.
The thought skips,
A broken record in your head, reminding you.
You need it.
The man is here,
A cold sweat breaks across your forehead.
Anticipation.
It's in your grubby hands.
You give the what he
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Categories:
augustus, satire,
Form: Free verse