Commuted Poems

Sincerely yours Mary Wade

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I nearly hanged, it was my fate
In seventeen eighty nine
I had stolen an old fur tippet 
And claimed that it was mine

They put me into prison
Then sent me to be tried
The verdict came...

Dear global leaders keep on rockin in the free world

...Dear global leaders - keep on rockin' in the free world
after implementing long overdue criminal justice reforms,
especially affecting marginalized groups of people.

I vote for more lenient, pro...

Ingest the Strength

...A deeper bond exists when fears are lifted.
Inhale the chilly air from above; you're gifted.
Trust faith to guide you and free your soul.
God's love fills your senses; you can't contro...

Recluse By Dint of Circumstance

...Recluse by dint of circumstance

Proud anonymous troglodytes 
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.

He/him (ma...

Hoss Died Half a Century Ago

...He's a deceased actor who still has plenty of fans, including me.
Dan Blocker died fifty years ago today at the age of forty-three.
He and his family moved to Switzerland because he was against the...

Recluse By Dint of Circumstance First Cell

...He/him (ratty, scrawny, 
and tetchy ugly villain)   
scurried into dark recesses of hermitage
averse to cavort, frolic, inure himself
into the duplicitous schemes
capitalized, glorified, popular...

Patty Hearst Time Capsule

...*Image of Patty Hearst Post SLA Days by Bio.
Patty Hearst Time Capsule


PRE


kidnap
madcap

Miss press
distress

Stephen
live-in

boyfriend
loose end

n...

Where Is She-

...When alas is a love 
Where is she?
Someone is to be loved 
As bright as day to love 
Where is she?
Someone as the sunshines flows
On the flowers trees that sway in the wind so blows...

Lonely As a Cloud In April

...LONELY AS A CLOUD IN  APRIL


I knew Great Aunt Lucy’s April outing to celebrate
My failed exams  would be  a  series of disasters, 
A slow motion flying April-fool joke, with  my problems as  b...

Concluded

...12/5/20


Better choose quick
Just might lose if
You don't do it

Awesome or a nuisance
It either was or wasn't in the blueprints
Still a loner, or already shot by Cupid's
Arrow, underneath...

An Opera of Comedy and Tragedy

...An oversized vintage T-shirt is 
My weekend attire or 
More like my mainichi attire
My face bare
Exposing an unnamed galaxy of freckles
The bottle of
Cheap combini
Apple sparkling wine
Feelin...

Commuted Chattering-

...Communicated
Callings caulk of code dictated
Chart centred conversations
Cull chatting curing nation

6/11/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020...

Between Scylla and Charybdis

...Greek mythological
drama flourishes,
nee thrives within
noggin of yours truly
gods and goddesses
sporting Hellenic origins

purportedly cavort
higgledy-piggledy
rampantly running ragged
rum...

Recluse By Dint of Circumstance

...Heretic condemned to burn at stake
reprieve eleventh hour granted clemency
commuted death penalty
criminal sentenced solitary isolation
rat infested dungeon ultimate punishment
doled out after p...

Thaw

...THAW




The fearsome ice
Held us all in thrall
  - Mighty,  weeks ago  -
Now bows its head 
To the sun’s holy fire:
Subjugated without grace,
Piercing ice spears dulled,
Cold grip pulled...

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