Summer Didactic Poems

“This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say.
I don't plan it.
When I'm outside the saying of it,
I get very quiet and rarely speak...

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WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home....

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Note: This visual poetic form (inspired by the work of the conceptual artist Hamish Fulton's (b 1946) landscape 'text-and-image' work 'a seven day walk in...

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Summer rain
Unbelievable, amazing
Passing, falling, beating
It was a surprise to us all
Precipitation



6/12/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
Didactic Cinquain...

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I once had that Afro hair you now rock, oh yes i once had it.   
Not in the 40s, not in the 50s...

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FOUR SEASONS
May
breezes
in the trees
High summer
lightens
long
Fall
tints red
Autumn's stall
Asleep,winter
acts as
dead...

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Sitting here,I dream
Those Summer days of my youth,
       Life was slower then -
     Holidays,so full...

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Picnic - A Didactic Cinquain

Picnic
Stoned, impromptu
Parading, hotdog, lunching
It put hunger at rest
Piece of cake




7/9/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©...

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Don't for a second think I can't handle pain
I demonstrate the meaning of the word resilience in vain
Over and over again I thrive
For I am...

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THE CYCLES AND SEASONS OF LIFE

By David G. Moore
February 23, 2019


The Creator’s marvelous works,
Sure evidence that God exists, 
Given abundantly to reveal,
His glory as nature...

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Just a tree?

He is standing there 
Beside the road like all others in one line
It looks all the same
When people pass by
Just a tree—like all...

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.
Fall

It's essence,
upon us now.
Will bring wind,
Rain and even cold.

Its conStituents, 
all to comforting;
even so, we're ready,
for the Winter months.

 March, April and May,
bringing wamth to...

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There is a plastic Christmas tree down at the mall
Every needle a perfect green.
Untouched by winter wind or early frost,
Summer’s heat or parching drought,
It stands...

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Respect your rocks
Who could ask for more?
Never use water
Keep them out of war
Give them sun light
Shower them with warmth
Love is what they are looking for
Refrigerate...

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Ice Cold
Leave summer behind before it starts
Take to the molten core of Earth
Too much heat and fire is not enough
Make it hotter, burn, dissolve the...

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