Best Pondered Poems

I sat and pondered the things I’d like to forget.
There have been some bad times -
Lost love, both romantic and familial,
betrayals by a few I considered close friends,
and the inevitable hardships of simply living life
including its numerous moments of sheer embarrassment.
I contemplated which of those...

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deep the void, he uttered
          words thus rarely muttered
               not once erred or stuttered
     Schleicher's fable ...

hence, his...

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The- ferry- sways left, 
Then right- in unison- pon-
                    Dering- whom- to love....

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Like commode water
Once cherished times
Were flushed from the mind,

Cherished times pooled
Beneath observable wants
Leaving the pacifier of friendship
Resting between the lips of our souls....

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thoughts of you dance in my mind
like wind through trees
tossed upward in a breeze
these fragmented memories twirl around
pulled forth from where they once rested
when i tucked them away
so long ago...

a storm as it passes
mingles warm with cold
excitement with fury
fear with anxiety
dark with light
...and then

through all...

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A Willow Once Pondered



As I lay beneath this willow tree, cresting the banks of a nearby creek.
Its budding branches swaying to natures whispered symphony, with a floral scent on a gentle breeze.
 Lilac, and jasmine oh how they fare so well. 
So soft is the...

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A Wordsmith’s pen
Is mightier than the sword
For he can turn a tricky word
Into a verbal weapon
And win the day against the hoard
The words of the Bard
It’s not very hard
The turn of a friendly card
The changing of the old guard
The wicked witch is feathered and tarred
The...

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with the school doors locked,stead fast and 
bolted.
the teachers all drunk and the pupils insulted
the guilty chased down beaten and berated
this is the society for which i've waited
the street dealers dealt with the street way
the car jackers jacked up and slayed
the right on moved right...

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Lord, as we display heartfelt, honest appreciation
on this day, we honor You - the Spokesman of all creation.  
Help us recognize You, the Only One Who knows what’s best; 
Help us realize Your Life brings joy and peace to the test.

While Earth, Satan and...

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While I pondered fragile and tired
While I pondered weak and worn weary


While I pondered fragile and tired
While I pondered fragile and fatigued  fluffy frazzled


4/7/19
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2019 ©...

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While I pondered fragile and tired
While I pondered weak and worn

While I pondered fragile and tired
While I pondered fragile and fatigued 

7/18/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.© 2020...

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As I lie here often I wonder wander
Often in my sleep I toss and tumble wandering

I pondered the direction of my life
I turn away for hurt harms and strife
Repenting of my sins 
Throwing them deep within the ocean

And now I Rise
Covered in Grace so forgiving
And...

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Wrapped in a secret day of thoughts, I pondered,
If I should overturn my soul, to wear it on my face as a garment.
Would it have unfolded with stitch and patch apparent,
Or perhaps its embodiment would be unimaginably elemental?
I envision it otherwise, beyond breaks and wounds,
I...

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Under the Iroko tree I sat and pondered
As riotous thoughts held me hostage
Making the thinkable and unthinkable
Engage in brainstorming  scuffle

Under the Iroko tree as I sat and pondered
The gentle breeze caressed my tired skin
Wrestling my heavy eyelids into a deep sleep
And face to face...

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“The moon’s vision of humanity 
Was something that it once desired  
Tinkle, swoouf, it pondered  
As it’s luminescence gazed at its prodigious oceans  
The defunct dissection of the body fell into silence as it glanced back
Clish, clash, it wavered  
It’s fluorescence...

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