Best Such As Poems

‘I thoroughly believe the time is near, 
even in 2012 this year, 
the need is quite clear, 
stubborn concepts will resist for sure,
to no avail, love’s precept children are dear…

as grapes of wrath and crafts,
write their very own epitaphs’ 
precept will play spiritual taps,
as precept runs circled laps
around men of olds’ illusionary gaps….
(c Jude 1:3-4...

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One thing that's puzzled this old duffer
Immediately before the Big Bang was discovered
Was there a big bunch of zip
Or did everything fit
In one tiny atom such as somebody's supper


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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A Friend Such as Him


His Love and Friendship I do not doubt
Never have I once seen him distraught
Not his blood brother, not half related,
He grooms another with teeth serrated.
Grudges in his Heart, has he ever kept?
Spirit does not wane; his Eye never wept.

A serene Slave turning another cheek-

In a Dog a Heart of Patience do...

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A blade of grass
As sharp as Sword
Words so heavy
Under their burden doth men fold
And to look upon your face
I feel the testement of grace
So look to like 
If looking likes to move
As gentlemen become knights of old
And nights endlessly turn to days
And we become strangers to our ways
So feather of lead
Mountain of air
Why is my...

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Villanelle: If only the World were such as to be just – 1

If only the World were such as to be just
Then all girls would be born all all beautiful
And men would be the lame laid sex without lust

If only the girls were all all free as dust
And men could pick and choose and ditch...

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Days Such As These

     What to do about these dull days
     When Nimbus clouds sail upon prevailing
     Winds? Pains Grey skies weep
     And their tears drip into gurgling gutters.
     Shadowless days when life lingers, unsheltered,
...

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I have felt this tug before

On my heart.

I have fought this war of wars

Against the intrusion

Of one so gentle as you...

I have turned my back before,

Yet wanting more and more

To be wrapped in the embrace

Of one such as you,

Hands out stretched with

No promises except for this

Day...minute by minute,

Time flies,

No time for lies.

We must speak not...

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Memories Such as These

As I look back on the years gone by
there are so many memories
that bring such joy to this heart of mine,
memories such as these;
A little boy with a teddy bear
that he carried with him everywhere,
and two little feet that skipped and ran,
oh I how I loved that little man.

Then three little girls...

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Who could remedy our hopeless state ?
Not one of us if truth be told.
Who could lead us through Lifes' precious gate
where the streets we walk are pure gold.

Who could come untouched of sin's stain
and do what only He could do ?
Who could give all that we might gain
the Way to a Life that is new...

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Why do I attract thee to me I cannot say.
Do I appear to need a friend or is it clear that you do?
Maybe it is that I believe in you and that you hope I do.

You must peer through my armor 
knowing that there is a soft spot for someone like you. 
Or you don't...

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There is no quiet such as this,
At least none that I know;
Like moonlight on a downy drift,
So fell those flakes of snow.
In a deep dark wood it happened
As the flurries stirred the air--
And the quiet overwhelmed me
Leaving me a captive there.
Bound by such a peaceful sight
I wandered not a bit,
But tarried in that deep, dark...

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Without her-there's no 
 tellin' where I'd be
I'd be tossed by waves &
 forever lost at sea
Self-destructive & barely 
 clinging to life
My spirits turned ugly
 full of envy & strife
Not knowing direction or the 
 purpose of my course
The highway to hell- my
 throttle full force
 That light within me-gone-
  with my heart...

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Snaking through rocks, flowing on sand
The river sings charm and charity
Infesting the cosmos and the land
The ill-disposed breathe barbarity

Like an orchestra, man’s life may seem
Easy or hard, some keep the accord
For want of goodwill, ethos, or esteem
Playing virtue, some cannot afford

Yet faking and playing, others can fulfill
Masks of goodness they wear only to
Foist on you...

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GOD'S GOOD EVEN TO THE SUCH AS US

God has spoken His holiness
I will come and rejoice
Truly God is good
Even to such as one of us

9/30/10
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2010©...

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never met a dream come true such as you
once again God proved me wrong and proved that His Word is True

you showed me a different way to view this abstract world
you made me be still and look when all i did was trample, flip, fall, and twirl

the passion of your sincerity hit me in the...

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