“Supplicants, bring forth your offerings”
“Your Majesty, I bring encouragement”
“Your Highness, I bring optimism”
“I, Your Awesomeness, bring unbounded joy”
“Your Honor, I bring dinner from my wife”
“What? Dinner from your wife? What kind of offering is that, knave?”
“Well, it certainly is no sacrifice, sir!”
Words, expressions of thoughts
Words expressions of the hearts abundance
Words are the collaborations of the tongue and the mind
We live in a world of where words are manipulated
Words that produce strife and conflict
W that words that bring forth peace and restrain
Words of hate and discrimination put millions of Jews
to the gas chambers
Words set in motion brought about the Iiberation and liberty
of mankind
From the words that enslaved and oppressed to words that
set free and love.
(Written on the 10th of November 2015)
Why choose war
& recuse ourselves
from peace as a whole?
For this we die boldly
in pieces for
puzzling reasons
Tell me
who's responsible
for this
ungodly treason
The news
spread like wildfire
as fire rained
from the heavens
Is this a message
from The Most High
& spoken blessing?
I'm guessing you should
listen with ears
on your heart as to
avoid convalescence
Subliminal waves
roll in like high tides
crashing a beach party
We reach partly because
we're blind to
the darkness of
the abyss
Reminiscent of
darker times
that's why it's
so hard to reminisce
Our experience
is tied to an ocean
of deeper things
Fish for
the right answers
& take in what
the question brings
We're reeling
in real time
casting lines
with aspirations
Questionable acts
staged for reactions
but we block them
with affirmation
It's internal
demonstration
that rocks them
to the core
Bring forth
infernal flames
from within
shining light on what
earth is spinning for
Everything is dark,
the black moon provides no light.
It seems there
is nothing outside,
all is asleep.
But listen!
Listen
to the wise hoot of the owl,
and the rhythmic tapping of
invisible rain on the window.
Listen
to the sweet violins of crickets,
and the gentle
whisper of the trees.
Listen
to the opera of wolves
howling in praise
of Mother Earth,
and listen
to the comforting
silence of the stars.
Light only distracts us
from the beautiful song of nature
only darkness can bring forth;
her most beautiful symphony,
the sweet song that is the night.
Pride is really an awful thing
one's head is filled with nonsense
God is never pleased with this rot
for it makes one's head so dense
God's warning to never look too far
for the future you can never know
it can all change in a moment
in a twinkling of the eye it is so
Boasting is so stupid a thing
it marks the fall of man so clear
since Adam fell in the garden
the price paid is a dull ear
God's warning comes so very often
especially to fear God and all He says
so boastings are to be excluded
not just for a moment but all our days
Solomon has written these Proverbs
God endowed Him with being wise
man has been the beneficiary of that
so learn well likewise to rise
(" Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.")
Proverbs 27: 1 (KJV)
Meow-meow
cats' wow!
Warms fur
cats purr...
Pests' pain
cats reign...
Mice-flight
cats' might...
Pets' zest
cats' best...
Homes glow
cats show...
God* smiles
cats' styles!
*Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
August 2, 2026
8th place, "1493" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 8/4/2026
What would I do, if truth and good had no prosperity? How could I live without peace? What a horrible enemy.
I’ve destroyed this world so many times that what is sewn still reaps. So I chose a different path. To do better, in me.
Can I persevere if I don’t use the words I have for energy? How can I bless you all so well your hearts remember Thee?
How can my words and thoughts bring forth a Light we have in Thee. How can you meet my Friend? Is He revealed in me?
A friend for tears of joy and abundance endowed & pressed in me.
A friend for tears of sadness, & my burdened energy.
A friend for tears of tribulations in and near of me. A friend to attend the tears of loved ones and ones that’s kin to me.
A stronger fight for holy some people care less for sympathy. A hero brings the peace, patience, hugs, and good remedy.
A hero brings the prayers & through Christ’s name it’ll be. A hero walks the life of That friend. Thee friend revealed in me.
The hot sun of summer sets loose our passion
and once more our thoughts turn to love
seeking the same warmth from a lover
filling us with joy as our cups overflow.
Making this beautiful world shout
coming to life with dainty colour
the shades set our hearts wildly beating
as we thrill with passionate feeling.
Hark listen to nature's cries of cooing birds
the sound of animals crashing through overgrowth
as they beat a path to the one they desire
blazing with a mass of passionate senses.
Once more our hot passions rule our heads
we step forth without the usual caution
all in the desire to replicate ourselves
to bring forth to life a new generation.
When we give life, to those things, that only bring death,
then we are truly, killing our life’s breath.
It turns our hearts, toward the darkness, you see,
when with our words, we bring forth misery,
We then destroy, our own hearts, as we live,
as we are judged by others, in what we give.
If we don’t change, the way we live you see,
then this life, will change you and me.
Deeper and deeper, in despair we go,
when, in this life style, we choose to flow.
Trying to live, and never understanding, how or why,
when we speak those things, that only bring death, we also begin to die.
Life or death, is set in front of us you see,
those things we speak, come forth to be.
Begin to speak only words, that brings forth life,
and in our hearts, the truth, will overcome the strife.
let the poem whisper
give dreams voice
bring forth words in your head
let them dance
on page
give dreams voice
lingering in your heart
let them dance
as you awaken
in morning light
lingering in your heart
whispers of love
as you awaken
let them sing and shout
behold your creation
*off-sonnet/pantoum form
There is a gentle whisper, deep inside the heart,
it tries to show the way, for us to do our part.
It’s gentle tugging, to fill our heart with love,
to move in peace, as we live in God above.
To learn to forgive, as we have also been forgiven,
learning to love, makes life more worth the liven.
To walk in His goodness, and to hear His voice,
to be led by His whisper, is only by our choice.
The HolySpirit, strives with us each day,
to listen to His pleading, from the bitterness, walk away.
Those thing’s of the darkness, they’re borne in the heart,
they bring forth a spiritual death, when we give them part.
We know what is good and bad, dark and light,
that gentle whisper guides us, to do what is right.
On the other hand, this driving force is clear,
where there is no love, chaos draweth near.
We are more than flesh, and blood, we have a soul you see,
our thoughts, feelings and emotions, is who we truly be.
With an earthy body, we play out our part,
straight from the emotions, the moving of our heart.
Sweet and bitter waters, flows through our veins,
as we live this life, for it’s earthly gains.
Thoughts, feelings, and emotions, how powerful they truly be,
when they are played out, by you and me.
Our thoughts moves our feelings, this is what we feel,
when mixed with emotions, now you know it’s real.
Perception is the key, to the knowledge in the heart,
positive being played out, in a negative start.
When you change your thoughts, your feelings also change,
in the heart, your emotions re-arrange.
Words bring forth life or death, to the soul you see,
forged together, thoughts, feelings and emotions, then played out by you and me.
Some say children should be seen not heard
But out of the mouth of babes poignant words
Kids are often innocent observers who play
Never really know just what they’ll say
Tact they haven’t mastered yet
They don’t mean to make you upset
They ask questions and state their view
Sometimes they bring forth a teal truth
Kids who witness trauma are always affected
Laws in society should help them be protected
So many foster kids need a forever home
Resources for them are needed it’s known
But the people who are supposedly pro life
Don’t often adopt or foster or even try
To make these kids feel loved not alone
It’s not their fault they have been wronged
Kids are little people with ideas and dreams
As they grow it’s important we meet kids needs
Lord God everything you are, you are
Lord God everything you are, you
Lord God everything you are, you are
Lord God everything you are, you are, you are
Lord God everything you are, you are
Ever flowing
You are the face of the water
Moving forward
You are the breath , you are the wind
Seeking refuge
For in available yearnings vessel
Your spirit merges moves into my mind
Oh no you are my covering
Ever so adoring and wonderful.sing
Do you bring forth discovery? You are my Lord, my king.
Holy Father God hallelujah you are my everything
And everything you are
Holy father, a God, you are my everything, my breath, my light, my life, I'm in all holy father to God, you are my everything, Jehovah, Jira, everything you are, you are.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
5/13/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr
Ply your trade
your name's not made
And be sure not to take
your craft for granted
Seeds firmly planted
~ bring forth enchantment
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