Best Ails Poems

Freezing in the midst of hostile ice monsoon
triggering aching woes beneath blood and bones,
I search for a quilt woven in sanguine rune
silken feathers of clementine and gold tones-
body ails, yet spirit soars, sings to the moon,
beyond clouds obscured in kohl sleets of hailstones
whilst rhapsodies of...

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Written: October 28, 2023, For Unseeking Seeker Contest
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Amid the distress and pressure of life,
A salient soul suspires...

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Body ails, yet spirit soars to see
Mother Nature’s beauty that surrounds
us all. I feel thankful just to be
in a place where nature’s spell abounds.

Yes, a magic spell I am under -
as I view many mountains everywhere.
At trees ablaze I gaze in wonder
in the freshness of...

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I was in the hospital at only five, 
the medicine gave me a big hive. 
Sunday school taught us to be alive, 
my spirit soared and wanted to drive. 
When I was seven I got really sick, 
they gave me ice cream to lick. 
I...

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Clamor for food security prevails
midst scarcity of basic necessity
such confronts the world; oh, poverty ails.

Though there’s great Source, supplies demand high sales 
inequality reigns, buttressed by greed’s certainty
clamor for food security prevails.
 
Hear the sick in their bad health pity wails
afflicted with insufficiency’s futility
such confronts...

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Grandpa had a good idea
for treating his sore knee.
He'd get a jar and fill it up
with raisins; and then he

would fill the jar with brandy or
at least with alcohol,
any kind would work for this
he wasn't picky at all.

He'd leave the raisins soaking
in the jar for...

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It is up to our hearts 
to arrive at noble feelings
and walk with them 
all the way up 
to noble thoughts.
The fields are laden 
with rips horrendously 
unmended
Will it be availed 
to mend them 
without surrender?
Come brother and walk 
with me when you can
into a...

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When Life hands you a lemon sour,
You're feeling down, demeanour dour,
The day ahead seems dull and grey,
Resolve to be upbeat. Find a way
To think pleasant thoughts. Life is short
And negative thinking? It achieves naught!
Resolve to give yourself a treat,
Ponder on things pleasantly sweet:
Soon the sun...

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Great visits often reveal fresh awarenesses.
Sam Nicholson is 90 and is recovering from cancer.
His wife Mary is 78 and is recovering from heart surgery.
Their health issues are enormous and  challenging, taxing
their bodies to the very limits of human survivability.
One look into their eyes reveals...

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A thousand miles these feet had and still taking, 
with one step in front of the other since birth awakened. 

Wisdom in each loose silver strand 
as if each breath of whispers were planned. 

Once in a while these eyes had seen 
Miracles as years...

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1-cup
some boiling water
2 heaping teaspoons of sugar
1-bag of chamomile tea 
Pour a cup of this for you and me
Taste good, good for what ails you


5/21/18
written words by  James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright ©  2018...

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BODY AILS  … YET SPIRIT SOARS

You’d think I’d rattle when I walk,
I’ve pills of this and that.
Some make me feel even sicker,
others warned … make me fat.

Take “Viagra” for rare PH,
Lung-Heart rare illness pill.
Several for other organs, fact
one-third kidney’s … no thrill.

If, drink more...

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the little engine that could, as they say. he's the tortoise that won the race, despite not coming in first, second, or third. he won hearts because he completed the long, grueling race. many naysayers thought he couldn't do it. they scoffed at his advanced...

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Fate mastered me, captained my soul
And Ruby took her love to town.
I rage amid the noise and haste,
but I dont let it get me down.

My mind, it is not a kingdom.
My 'Hope’ plucked all its feathers out.
I could not hold fast to my dreams,
but my...

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Frailty and aging are flaws in bodies of mankind
Viral afflictions are infectious and pose grave danger
Death from new diseases instantly come to mind
making us wary of shaking hands with a stranger

Toxins float in the air and swim in waters we drink
No longer is it just...

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