Best Quarter(A) Poems

The boy I was so many years ago
Loved to visit his grandpa
Who lived in the best of places 
This city dweller could imagine so

Those Ozark Mountains were adventure to me
I the boy and trusted BB gun in tow
Did explore the river bottom and climb tall...

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In Halloween week once the days have turned dark
He lurks where the lamplight cannot leave it’s mark
And late night dog walkers whose dogs do not bark
All steer a wide path as he harvests the park

By day he is nought but a grass covered mound
But a...

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I have journeyed in life,
Quarter a century still alive,
Strangest I did never survive,
A sister, blood by birth.

Tentacles capable, holds out,
Words unpredictable, speaks out,
Attacks unbearable, out about,
My being, it throughout.

But honey I will one day sprout,
Past your life, past being proud,
I will be big, in all...

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Sensational Olivia bought an old violin
with the money, she collected in bustling Berlin;
ooh, do-re-mi-fa! Ooh, so-la-ti-do!
Olivia has an amazing talent,
she dances in perfect circles in the crowded square;
boys wink at her with intent
while she plays the violin with artistry,
fineness, elegance, and beauty so rare;
do her...

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Ah! For the good old days when you could fill the tank for a dollar.
If folks paid more'n a quarter a gallon, my, how they'd holler!
Nowadays, it necessitates a usurious loan from the bank,
Or a second mortgage on the house, just to fill the tank!

Politicians...

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MAN NEVER LIVES AGAIN
Once said the wise king, all life is a cycle,
Things coming again, just as they were before,
But as for living man, once he is gone,
To the world beyond, he never lives again.
His cycle is complete, for he lives once,

The sun rises in...

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Perchance a sweaty brow should brush your skin
a crumpled linted jacket strong of aroma within.
You....a fresh flower..... your fragrance wafting freely..
Swarthed in your mothers steady gaze lest you roam.
Her soothing voice with gentle hand on your cheek
Barriers once formed now lay lax as the moon...

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My great grandmother had about 49 children, so she also, probably never slept at night.
They were a large happy-go-lucky farm family, so somebody had to do those great big chores, right?
My own grandpa was the oldest boy, who lived because some of their babies died...

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Sensational Olivia Brought a new violin
with the donations, she collected in Berlin;
ooh, so-la-ti-do; ooh, do-re-mi-fa!
Olivia has an amazing talent,
she dances in circles in the crowded square;
boys wink at her with intent!
Sensational Olivia plays her violin with artistry,
finesse, elegance, and beauty;
her songs never lack harmony!
Ooh, so-la-ti-do;...

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The ice Queen at the candy store, white princess wearing
their crown all around quarter a pound, the snow bunnies
all in black, the ladies dress in black, who loves you my
virgin man who loves you my virgin son,like droven snow
the lady in white the wedding starts...

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A quarter, a dime, a nickel or the lowly penny once dropped from a careless hand was never safe from the prying eyes of the Miser. The wig-tips shoes in “Old Man “ style with a radar embedded in the right toe were endlessly searching...

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Ever since I was a teen, I dreamed of seeing the land of Mardi Gras.
Visiting the Big Easy had become stuck deep inside my craw.
I wanted to see the French Quarter, a mystical place of make believe,
so, we purchased our airline tickets south and then...

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Super Moon so mesmerizing
Extra-terrestrials 
Aliens
Do they wonder who’s on Earth
Come greet Earth's homo-sapiens

You captivate me from above
I thank you and 
I send you love
Your beam of light 
shines through the night
Super Moon so luminescent

Your ever changing girth
Every quarter a rebirth
Culminates in all your glory
Super Moon...

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If a nickel's worth a quarter and a quarter a fourth of a buck I have a dollar do I have any luck, did I mention man made recession~

10/17/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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