Best Closed Book Poems

I don't know why I love you,
only that the question sits with me
like a bear at the edge of its den,
stubbornly still,
yet so ready to claw the answer
into tiny bite sized clues
if it dare meanders near

Maybe love prefers me blind
and ignorant and bound to its...

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Salmonella wanted 
   to broker a truce-   
   between life and death.
   We were very scared.
The questions were never answered.

   A fault on the earth’s face.
   Who will ask the-
   hangman...

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Oh, closed book! The impossibility
That you would open to me
Why can't I reach out
To find out
About.

Oh, the dust on you! Nobody's read
The thoughts inside your papery bed
Look at the words 
Can't be heard
Absurd.

Remember the tree you came
Knocked down by a yellow crane
Now here you are
Changed...

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It’s time to end the tears,
The sad and hopeful thoughts,
That someday,
There is a chance,
For our love to grow,
That there is hope for us.
I have to stop believing in these fantasies.
I can’t keep thinking of you,
And hope you will come back.
No more…
You are gone, forever.
You have...

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Book - A Tanka Poem

I so love this book
It’s is so open and closed
With every page I’ve read
And two personalities
When its soars I am happy

8/8/19
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©...

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