flushed out reflection
The river's Winter copy of the sky
Once brazed by its fist, beneath
Still ice, shatters like glass.
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Categories:
brazed, absence, angst, innocence, leaving,
Form: Kimo
A Sheltering Light at Ironwood
The sun sets leaping in fierce golden shafts
As days shift shorter with Winter’s warning
We seek emblazoned fires from the chilled drafts
That glaze windows from iced winds each morning
As twilight falls stale dead leaves swirl rifting
Barbed smells of Pine and Tannin Oak scent streams
From forest floor fumes in brisk air hinting
Drab pumpkin, peach and tawny spiced Fall dreams
Sit quietly, watch dusk’s seasonal show
November’s clouds spangled in etched fire stun
When a portrait clad in sheathed splendor flows
A palette of Fall woods under brazed sun
That bring us grand tidings of this season
Where peace reigns and war has little reason
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Categories:
brazed, beauty, earth, imagery, introspection,
Form: Sonnet
Let's Go Write a Poem
Let's Go Write a Poem
**To be sung to the tune of "Let's Go Fly a Kite" From the Mary Poppins movie.
With a dictionary for words and ideas
you can jot your ideas on paper
With your fingers to the keyboard
You're a poet set in motion
With your rhymes holding true,
to the verse of your poem!
Ab, ba, ab!
Let's go write a poem
Up to the poetic right
Let's go write a poem and set it rhyming!
Down through the stanzas
right where the lines are brazed
Oh, let's go write a poem.
When you put your words in motion
And you give your pen devotion
You can write with the best poets
Over phrases and nouns
to the tune of your poem
Ab, ba, ab!
Let's go write a poem
Up to the poetic right
Let's go write a poem and set it rhyming!
Down through the stanzas
right where the lines are brazed
Oh, let's go write a poem.
Written for the contest: To the tune of musicals
Sponsored by: Natasha L Scragg
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Categories:
brazed, music,
Form: Lyric
Hades Hell Valley Full of Darkness-
Valley full of darkness
must be a blazing smoke pit
Some... call it Hades it's "HELL"
This place demons dwell;
Fiery torment a brazed
Eternal placement for lost...
7/31/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
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Categories:
brazed, adventure, allegory, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Sedoka
New Years Day 2016 and the Luck of the Black Eyed Peas
New Years Day 2016
And the Luck of The Black Eyed Peas
Written: by Tom Wright
Jowl and black eyes with crackling corn bread,
This once a year meal is entrenched in my head.
This yearly ritual is said to bring good fortune,
To believe, or not, I always eat a good portion.
I admit that for this repast I’m not overly crazed,
And would favor a good sirloin, moderately brazed;
But again, on New Year’s table, Peas will enhance,
While not subscribing to luck, why take a chance?
As far back as memory takes me in childhood,
With a few exceptions, this has been my New Years Day meal.
Habits ingrained in youth, seldom change.
Tom
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Categories:
brazed, food, future, new years
Form: Couplet
Bells (After Poe)
The lightly touching tinkling bells,
Shimm'ring, babbling, laughing in the breeze,
The ever-merry tapping bells,
Who now has these?
Low, slow, iron bells;
Deep, still, lead bells.
Bells. Bells. Bells.
All gladly-sounding glowing golden-bells,
Lilting, lighter, brighter yellow bells,
Mightier-yellow even whiter bells!
Ivory-keyed I-concerto-bells!
Striding proudly in the breeze
I have these!
The bells of thoughts serenely dear,
Planning, looking, finding---here!
The hand that reaches for the loved bell's face,
Then touches, almost, the perfect place.
Low, slow, iron bells;
Deep, still, lead bells;
Bells, bells, bells.
Bells. Bells. Bells.
All terrible-sad mad rebellious bells,
Brazed, swinging-fast Goliath bells,
Stronger, harder-hearted mountain bells,
Caught! Smelted! Recast!
Now joyous-sounding royal-loyal-bells,
Silver-lovely radiant treasure-bells,
Sure-as-morning's darling pleasure-bells,
Sledging! steady! ready! wedding -bells! Bells!
All happy in the breeze,
We have these!
High, soft, snapdragon bells;
Kissed, whisp'ring, thoughful body-bells,
Bells.....bells.....bells.
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Categories:
brazed, passion
Form: Lyric