Best Harden Poems
Inspire lines, Lord Grant my mind' within these treacherous turbulent times;
Misdirection now so normal, masks great evil in modes quite formal.
The forces at Dunkirk; faced death, yet shared their courage and laboured breath
As from their islands boats were readied, by good hearted folk; intent and steady
The churches filled; and so many pews, exhorting God for rescue, that made forever news!
Yet not so now, people's faith has waned, there is injured pride and every stain'
Here souls were trampled, trust was broken; false love was a weapon truth but a token'
The leaders are for the most part bought, In league with hell their followers caught.
Placebo hope was spun, in great webby breadth; the green god rises demanding death!
It's religious fervour stalks the streets, laughter and song were banned; one hundred week's
No joy; no meeting, promoted gloom' a world invited into; deaths ante-room
So many who; trusted in institutions, thrown aside. Now the final solution!
To lay waste farms, to create much evil; engenderd war is on that level.
Their place in Hades; has been bought, by the many lives; sold out; and mistaught'
Consigned to fear much pain and strife, their doom will fall; within one night!
Those trumpet sounds, will echo around His light shall travel all heavens bounds
From east to west He shall gather in, while satan will go to the fate he'd Destined.'
Categories:
harden, betrayal, bible, cheer up,
Form:
Rhyme
con't
The damn memories
are still so clear.
And now I am alone,
the only one left
because my brother
sliced his neck
in what has become
a family tradition,
that is, to leave
of your own volition.
If I could only get
the reruns to quit
maybe my goddamned
head wouldn't split
and I wouldn't feel so
fragmented
broken into a million
disassociated pieces
in a fugue
until it ceases.
Categories:
harden, brother, childhood, death
Form:
Bio
Solid harden black stilled heart
Blood flowing yet spiritually stuck
Tired and exhausted toward the mouth
Cold, miserable distain spewing out
spinning, twirling like a flag on a pole
Dripping, driving like a man on a mission
Repented on the fallen on knees
Solid harden black stilled heart
2/11/2023
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2023
An Octopoem verse poetry
Categories:
harden, analogy, anxiety, conflict, endurance,
Form:
Other
O my life's pleasant breeze, my only dream,
Let fresh breeze of better days waft again,
Come, feel my heart-felt woes, if not just feign,
To make lurid nightmares seem not so grim;
O come, let me once again look forward
To meeting you and make my grey life green,
Let me pretend to be a happy bird,
Come, soon to leave, come to hurt as has been.
… … …
You came … not a fresh breeze, not a leaf moved,
You came to roost and left— no meet of heart
To know how much or if at all you loved,
Like a receding tide you came to part.
I scarce can live nor die with such a burden,
Pray do something, make my mild heart nigh harden.
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Sonnets | 01.09.2014, revised Nov 2022 |
Reproduced from my book, Harvest of the Late Season, published by Penguin (Partridge).
Categories:
harden, heartbreak, longing, lost love,
Form:
Sonnet
The darkness settles in my chest
like a heavy beast crouched
waiting to pounce
patiently he counts
the minutes that add up to years
storing the repressed tears
and smothered hate
that only add to his weight.
He keeps the dark memories alive
catches me by surprise
re-running scenes on
my mental movie screen.
Their clarity is unaffected
by the passage of time.
They plague me without
reason or rhyme,
sabotage my serenity
at the first glimmer of joy
and
he was just a boy then,
my brother Chris,
his genius obvious
before the age of six.
I remember the day:
he'd written a play.
We were practising our parts
eager to start
memorizing our lines
he reclined
against a brick wall
covered in vines
we'd found a cool bower
below the porch
a haven from the
summer's scorch
I saw the dappled sunlight
play across his face
a pattern of swaying lace
his features perfectly placed
Something caught my eye
on the porch six feet above
a motion
like a shove
and then I realised
what Einstein had theorized
long before
that day in 1954
when he'd patted little Chris
on the head:
That time is indeed relative.
Categories:
harden, brother, childhood, deathme,
Form:
Bio
con't
I watched in disbelief
as I saw her hand reach
flash of white sleeve
her back as she turned to leave
and the brick that fell
as time stood still
it tumbled down in slow motion.
And I was only three
and powerless to move
or voice a warning
stuck in the molasses
of that summer morning.
It knocked him cold
and truth be told
he was out for a long while
I tasted bile
saw her smile...
No doctor was phoned
Heal on your own
Left alone
I could only pray
for my own survival,
pray that she didn't know
that I'd witnessed what
she'd done
to her six year old son.
I'm ashamed
of the ignorance I feigned.
I hid what I'd seen,
buried it deep,
and prayed to God
my soul to keep.
I knew that she could
squash me like a bug
as casual as a shrug
and it would be swept
under the proverbial rug.
She would have thrived on the attention
no one would question
no blame would be placed
on the devil with the angel's face.
I was taught not to recognize
what I'd seen with my own two eyes.
And now the replay
switches gears:
and I am drowning
in my own tears,
Just three and left alone
on the sidewalk
outside our home.
She'd gone to Five Points
to shop
and did I want to go?
and when I said no
she just
up and left
and I was bereft
Categories:
harden, brother, childhood, death
Form:
Bio
Thought in vain rests on rock
Deep thought enters the heart
Rock is to heavy for the soul
It crushes deep thought
Those who live in a rock house
Should not though glass
Eventually cutting deep into a soul
Emptying the love of a heart
A rock will never warm without fire
Tears of a heart will only roll off
Place this rock among the pebbles
Lift your soul above it and walk on
Categories:
harden, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
his heart is hardened
rock solid emotionless
no apathy found
~
concrete thoughts bottled
spirits rains in lots distrust
hardened his heart is
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022
Categories:
harden, analogy, depression, feelings,
Form:
Haiku
con't
So Chris and I became aware
very young
that she really didn't care
and might even watch us die
without blinking an eye.
Our goal was to survive
until we were
old enough to be missed
should her control slip
or temper ignite
on some hot summer night.
We were never free
of her clutches
we'd cringe when
she'd touch us
but we would have given our lives
to have seen love in her eyes.
Poor beautiful Chris
with all his gifts
on him she focused
her perversion
her daily diversion.
I flew low and tried
not to be seen,
off her radar screen
as much as I could.
Maybe it would have been better
if we'd stuck together...
but for me he had nothing
but disdain,
this he made plain.
Instead of brotherly love,
he'd slap and shove.
They'd go to their
Thursday night meeting
and I would inevitably
receive a beating.
Categories:
harden, brother, childhood, death
Form:
Bio
A HARDEN HEART NOW SET APART SOFTENED-
All I had was a heart of stone;
My Father came along and molded it
Made it soft, softer than clay
Remade me whole, a better way
All I had was a cold, cold heart
Jesus came along and warmed it up
Now I am a part of His fresh warm breath
He placed me upon His chest
A harden heart now set apart softened
Once I had a stony heart
Made of stone and so ice cold
Elohim remade me new
Abba Father renew
Now with a heart of spirit
My heart eyes have been reviewed
Now I see things brand new
A harden heart now set apart softened
Remade me whole, a better way
He placed me upon His chest
Now I am a part of His fresh warm breath
My Father came along and remolded it,
Made it soft, my heart softer than clay
A harden heart now set apart softened
10/07/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
Categories:
harden, addiction, beauty, encouraging, god,
Form:
Lyric
A heart coldest now stone
Stone doesn't pump anymore
tensions build solid to the core
Love has gone
And the heart no longer beats on
Such a hardened heart
Does so now in part
--a solid crust it's love lost
12/20/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Categories:
harden, analogy, anxiety, heartbroken,
Form:
Rhyme
frozen harden hearts
soften by God's Holy Hands
mode me renew God
~
take this bitter cup
clear make new mine mindset heart
give me a new start
~
God renew mold and
shapen my harden heart so...
that I be revived
10/14/24
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024
Categories:
harden, analogy, appreciation, celebration, change,
Form:
Haiku
a softly moist beating heart
Has somehow hardened in retardants
Hollow mind a splinted soul
A wandering spirit
A cold Frozen Heart
No one comes near it
Beating heart
fleeting heart
Harden heart come soft again
1/28/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Categories:
harden, absence, analogy, betrayal, corruption,
Form:
Free verse
was she unruly, unholy
questions placed and asked
she stood before me blacken
in her silhouette she was dark
shade and shape of black
draped down her strains of hair colored dark
nothing but midnight loss of color roth
absent of pigment color loss
invisible at night
yet at daylight, days she shines
she glows out
her spirit soul is light
as her heart is hard and black
questions placed and answers asked
solid black broken as glass
Her Blacken Silhouette Has a Harden Heart-
12/11/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2023©
Categories:
harden, absence, abuse, dark, feelings,
Form:
Free verse