Something caught between the eyes of fellowship and the riddle of thought makes any setting unforeseeable. Yet, within the mannerisms of those declawed by the very societies they themselves conceived armed only with a utility belt of miraculous misconceptions springs forth exponential, autonomous growth, promised by the ancestors of preconceived notions.
Most often, the spirits of ideas formed upon the fragile spine of inadequate frequencies press us all into a reliable destination, one mastered only through performances of unseen archetypes, driving this windowless vehicle we insist on calling time.
My augmented delusions, I admit, disassociate from the fermentation of your reasoning, and so taint our deductive search for the emotions we struggle to preserve. The tropes of an enigma’s fragrance intoxicate the cerebral moments of free thought, undermining even the simplest reproductive solutions for advancing communication.
And so, as I tear this parchment, I summon an opportunity. Yet what a cumbersome opportunity it is.
Categories:
declawed, america, community, culture, environment,
Form: Free verse
Hitler dead, camps liberated
Justice arrived for those the West hated
Germany squirmed at what the shocked world saw
The Third Reich’s militia seized and declawed…
80 years later, Jew-hatred’s returned
All the Arabs and Iran do nothing but yearn
For the day when the Jews are gassed once again
Today’s Nazis intend to finish what Hitler began
Categories:
declawed, hate, jewish, success, today,
Form: Couplet
I bask in the shell you chose
And for just one moment
I remember looking up to you
Wide eyed and astounded
I helped move the TV into your trailer
I remember Adam, I remember the dogs,
I remember you
What happened?
What years have you endured that you
stand in your mother's yard, under her tree,
declawed, defanged, dessicated
so small
How dare you look up at me,
How dare you break away from your crypt,
You were a cautionary tale.
I
I can't find myself to be angry,
Not in the way that I used to be.
Besides,
You've done ten rounds with another demon
And those bruises won't fade.
They'll seep into the deep set lines of your face.
I thought it was her under the tree.
Categories:
declawed, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse
Your dirty hands upon me.
I tremble at the thought.
Begging let my spirit free.
The mad militia I have fought.
Love still binds my heart to you,
despite the freely dripping blood.
Your presence on a raging coup,
leaching my shell changing blue.
Ripping the loaded gun so cold
from your hot and beating hand.
You tackle me to the floor I fold.
Tis a miracle I land.
I am one and one with God.
Through him the hand we have declawed.
Categories:
declawed, betrayal, blessing, endurance, growth,
Form: Sonnet
America has lost control
of the Founders rule of law
The criminals are now in charge
as truth has been declawed
Locking up the standard bearers
with new self-serving lies
Banana groves are planted deep
— where freedom used to thrive
(Independence Hall: May, 2024)
Categories:
declawed, judgement, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
A blind lion is still dangerous.
A toothless lion still strong.
A declawed lion still magnificent.
An imprisoned heart
by no means caged.
A King dethroned remains royal.
It is ignoble to imagine
a crippled life to be anything other
than the radiant spirit
of freedom.
Categories:
declawed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Compelled to fight dirty,
in attempts to stay clean
The shadows conscripted,
clandestine and mean
Surprise as an ally,
you stalk and you spy
To vanquish the monster
—declawed and defied
(Villanova Chapel: December, 2021)
Categories:
declawed, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
declawed but not lobotomized
I can still think for myself
I cannot be branded nor categorized
Categories:
declawed, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
I guess I'm obsessed
With keeping my breath
I've small use for obtuse youth
And their smug, shrugging abuse
Blinding meeker minds
By the blither of twitter
Where shameless selfishness
Is seen as glitter
Where 'fake' news and 'reality' TV
Both struck by theft of identity
Our testaments and towns
Are burning to the ground
Those with nothing to lose
Are lighting the fuse
When corruption erupts
And common sense, chucked
When science is declawed
And law is outlawed
When propaganda censors flaws
We've cast the last straw
We are democracy's
One hope ~
If we vote.
9/16/20
N/A in 'Clutching at Straws' contest
Judged 10/08/20
Categories:
declawed, conflict, society,
Form: Rhyme
She Such A Ravishing Sweet Georgia Peach
I at naked horror of truth laid bare
loved her, beauty with long raven hair,
that magnificent grace of her sweet soul
those long, curly tresses blacker than coal
yet such a goddess was beyond my reach,
she such a ravishing sweet Georgia peach!
I once found the courage to ask her out
to taker her to the fair, show her about
sadly she was that day flying abroad
twas' Fate or else a timing most flawed
kissing me soft as she walked away
saying, for thy soul I shall this day pray!
I at naked horror of truth laid bare.
Loved her, beauty with long raven hair.
R.J. Lindley, Sept 9th. 1979
Sonnet, ( She of majestic beauty, kindness and grace )
Old Note:
(Fate continues its war upon this struggling soul)
New Note:
Fate and I have fiercely battled for well over 50 years
All through those years, I've suffered heartaches and tears
Yet a blessed and deserved recompense finally at last came
Now aged and a bit wiser, this declawed lion 'tis truly tame.
Categories:
declawed, art, beautiful, desire, emotions,
Form: Sonnet
Hanging Curtain Kitten Kitty Cat always Purring- -
meow says the Cat
Kitten Kitty Cat purring
constantly purring, meow
meow says the Cat
declawed yet hangs on curtains
purring constantly, meow
9/28/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019
SEDOKA Poetry Form
Categories:
declawed, adventure, analogy, animal, appreciation,
Form: Sedoka
Me oW
mE rOw
gutteral
Gutter All...
every Every... L
Un answereD CatCAL
***
Categories:
declawed, angst, gender,
Form: Shape
Age old game,again
just a game of cat and mouse
declawed kitten paw
Categories:
declawed, animals, nature, urban,
Form: Senryu