Best Horizontal Poems

My boyfriend is one
unlike any I've had before.
He spends the majority 
of his time
as horizontal as the floor.
He likes to relax,
let it all hang out,
my friends often avert their eyes
whenever he's about.
He likes to be naked
when he's horizontal,
my friends are sometimes shocked
when faced with a...

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I’m riding the surf
Of seeds of infinite yield 
A new season’s birth
I’m rooted to fertile fields 

I’m thankful for the lies
On broken pieces of glass
They’ve made me wise
Like a horizontal hourglass

The grains fill the air
Time standstill for my next step
Was blind, but all is clear
Through...

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Luxurious intentions looking for balance 
I crave purity in a world full of dust
Being reborn stirs up deja vu's
Relentless, Dark Evil throws  weights on my scale
Angels descend remolding my Soul...

I travel alone in the trip of life
Jewelry left behind but diamonds in the eyes
With...

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Horizontal line determines many things. It determines silence, it signifies a line on a flat surface without further possibilities of inflectional variations.
And it determines death too.

Trivialities of trivial days and nights. Trivial possibilities for flashing moments for the one last time.  Burned down moments...

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Stand now before you fall
Speak loud before you call
Lie down straight before you engage
Death isn't horizontal

5/6/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©...

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Having ordinary realization investments zoned on navigational testimonials
Atmospheres latitudes hoping open resolution inspiration zesting,
over nautical terrains and logistics 
Heaping o-mounts radius in Zion on tear north to areas leaned...
Horizontal


written by James Edward Lee Sr.
03/03/15...

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Studious at the desk, disinclination to speak,
Solid state of matter, I find impossible to pique,
Engrossed in esoteric lingo, but all in his mind,
Nonsensical gibberish, of language undefined,
 
Attempting to engage, shows no interest in me,
This room is totally empty, so far as he can see,
Abstract...

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What is it about
the horizontal line

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that pulls us to it?

My ex-wife was
- (is) so fond of - 

Viewing the horizon
of sandy beaches
as if it was - (is) 
the edge of heaven

I also think I can
discern something,
something important,
distant - over there
 
So too, the long prairie
line...

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in my dreams
the gentle rhythm
of the lines of you
moonlit and
within reach



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on May 30, 2022...

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HORIZONTAL WALK---

“ I’m in delight blinded by those lights”

“Walking in the horizon holding tight.”

Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018 ©
11/15/18...

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A horizontal man beaten by life vicissitudes
Don’t flog
On him dump not platitudes
To clog his misfortune on the blog

Where his reputation you whip
Out of shape, out of contention
To snip and nip
The devotion

Once on him you doted
Unstintingly
As him you courted
Ingratiatingly

Until he fell on hard times
Sunken and forsaken
As...

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Stripped bare,
skeletons 
of Summer gone-
silhouettes in open
copses...

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V-ile weather Wednesday 
I-s fading into the blue; 
C-heerful friends send greetings, 
K-illjoy won't annoy 
Y-ou. 

B-eacon nineteenth of July 
A-ims to warm your heart; 
Y-earning to rise again 
A-bove the horizontal part....

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A Horizontal pause in the evening light
staring up
feeling content on Earths soft floor.
Clouds confused pausing...seeming to
protect us from distant lights.
Eyes fixed, fragile hearts willing to
receive all beauty available
in this elevated silence.
White cliffs, soft clouds; 
our infinite audience as natures
lazy applause moves gently over us.
Silent moments...

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The black slurry sound of coal lifted by a shovel
As it enters the locomotive mouth of fire
Consumed in flames as well on dark gray days
Is advised and necessary for movement forward 

In any event the heat and cold are secondary
To other pressing matters of formal conversation
Not...

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