Best Affected Poems

Awake in the darkness, curtains are not drawn,
sky a deep Prussian blue, with no sign of the dawn.
Daybreak six fifty-five, two more hours to go
'till sunrise at the speed of thawing winter snow.
Window slightly ajar, letting in the night's hush,
dawn chorus spasmodic, birds are not...

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Flickered fingers;
Can't dial ringers;
Telephone calls;
Babies cry and crawls;

what do you do?
what do you do?
When their diapers fall?...

6/8/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2020...

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Today I was fascinated
By a forest that joins a beach
The impact of the wind visible
On the trees
Mesmerised by the beauty of 
The sun... mountains... sea
Wait
Do I understand enjambment?
Am I qualified to talk about this?
I have no views on trees worth hearing!
But the incremental increase in...

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"I PROUDLY PROCLAIM:

I did it for me! Not of guilt, nor shame.
A simple desire to end Heroin's evil reign!
For once in my life, I gave "Change" a fair chance.
Because one can only move forward, when willing to advance.
With each new passing day, life gives itself...

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I was affected by your voice when we first met
  I was also affected by your looks.
We were affected by other people;
Both of our hearts were wounded and damaged.
I was affected the night we kissed and the nights we 
passionately got lost in each...

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Intricate dull summer, autumn's scourge,
Dog day noons, sultry dusk undress the night,
Mirage, sweaty foreheads entertain an oasis,
Rise of Fall, leaves, plot ere barked disguises,
Autumn's quarrels, chartreuse hawks verdant green hue,
Spar shades, tones, pigments re, imagination,
Expelled from hold, abandon o'er cold,
Huddled neath shedding sunshades,
Sun pierced, stains...

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SAD or Seasonal Affected Disorder
May affect us and we don't realize it's horror
Can make us depressed
As you might have guessed
Lack of sunlight is the key to this torture


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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The forest around her story damning the plains—
A small little girl seen by the wind through the plains.

Green honey passes just by a bee's swirling wings;
The gold smoothed by her heart; fingers reading the plains.

The likelihood of being near to her this game,
She surrenders up...

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When I was fifteen
Many years ago
I was in a car accident
Which left my right arm paralyzed
I began to get so depressed
I was below anyone’s imagination
I was in pain
Then I finally discovered something
Poetry was in my blood
I wrote and wrote and wrote
Creating many therapeutic poems
It saved...

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The scent of ascent
To dizzying heights sometimes impelled dark nights
To invade spaces and faces that sent
Shivers and quivers that brought down knights

Drunk on ubris
Expecting fame
Catalyzing a crisis
Drowning in shame

From which no escape route
Drew nigh the harder knights beat chests
When the glint from their boot
Failed tests

Reliability...

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Affected By A Quote

We all were affected by a quote;
Vividly did see results of my vote;
Made me wonder;
Pressure under;
Skipped town and jumped the boat.

Jim Horn...

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A drop tickled his head; he ran like a rabbit;
Showed each one; they rubbed off as it's his habit;
He collected his pitchers and pots and stood out,
Morning went; noon went; evening too; same drought, O, drought!

It's one drop on his head next day; other on...

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Am reading 1776 right now which
is affecting my poetry output.

enter dead of winter
was death to each dissenter
groups which would splinter

combat they would meet
defeat followed each defeat
God the dead did greet

from fires be freed
along with growing wild weed
God should take the lead
(Caused Chaos to Lake Meade.)

about...

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The winds of today affect all tomorrows
As the sands on the shore are changed today
Throw to the winds any and all sorrows
Knowing your change will prompt the new way

Giving you hope, your reason to stay

Allowing new light to blot out the darkness
Exposing the truths you’ve...

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Don't try to take another away from their purpose. 
You will lose every time and that is only the surface. 

If you both don't align you will be redirected. 
Even if you move them across country it will fail & in the end it's only...

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