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Writing is knitting through the needle if you sew emotion, secret, you'll get nudged a weensy
Categories:
dle, wisdom,
Form: Shape
Internally, I am at peace
Making the most of those
Idle moments
Simply siphoning every last
Second of sanity
Yet there is the yearning
Opening the dusty heart has risks
Undeniable, soulful yearning
Categories:
dle, missing you,
Form: Acrostic
Sweet 16, Sealed in Wax
Nothing compares, can't hold a candle,
To our togetherness in love,
Hand in hand we share our "One-dle",
As a ship in harbor, we nestle in our cove!
Nothing's like sweet sixteen,
Enamored , married & matched to Barbara,
"Aishes Chayil" humble yet royal queen,
She has "tzniusly" survived Chaim's parabola!
16 annuals as one, traditionally one gifts wax,
Not diamonds nor strings of pearls,
Our companion hood Bananagrams max,
Together, our joy unfurls!
Also known as Blooma Yehudis,
"Blossom of Thankfulness" is her label,
Such crocus lotus presence is greater than Buddha's,
Barbara's loyal! Her love sturdy as a cable!
Sweet 16 flies by like an arrow,
Bezrat Hashem, we'll be together for many more,
This verse is composed in Chaim's marrow,
There's affection aplenty yet in store!
Barbara's put up with O.C.D. plus Ataxia,
How? Chaim in gratitude, quietly thunders & wonders,
Worse than raining "Cats & Dogs", worse than "Hailing Taxis",
Barbara patiently endures Chaim's blatant blunders!
Categories:
dle, anniversary, for her, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Small Ramada vacation time
Unutterable sundowns
Mid-solar dawns early sun rise
Many moderate new moons
Ethereal dawns
Respective solid solstices
Thermally heated topical formulations
Idle pastimes individual heated
Many bright days
Early cool daylight heated evening nights
7/13/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.© 2020
Categories:
dle, analogy, endurance, engagement, summer,
Form: Acrostic
E ntreating our persuasion
M anifesting that more is always better
P owering the effort to provide
T ables languishing with waste and
Y ears of abuse to abundance
F isheries of men
I dle in their satisfaction
E manating from their harvests
L ong overdue in sharing
D riving their gifts of plenty
S traight into the jaws of wastelands
O ver shoals of greed
F ailing to know their heart's content
P latitudes of gratitude
L ay empty and barren
E agerly spent then forgotten
N aked in their humbleness
T o the Gods of Cornucopia
Y ielding to a desolate starving future
April 27, 2020
Cornucopia Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann
Categories:
dle, character, conflict, inspiration, irony,
Form: Acrostic
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Butterflies, dappled sky, monarchs'
Wildlife, butterflies' migrating.
Wildflower meadows' kindle, marks,
thoughts of when I was young, chasing!
Wildlife, butterflies'', having fun!
Now, much older, with camera.
Field trip forays, recording done.
Pics now in an album folder.
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In iambic tetrameter, italics showing the di DUM di DUM di DUM beat,
Categories:
dle, butterfly, nature,
Form: Rispetto
J-ust don't break your oath,
U-nder the eyes of heaven;
L-ord God is busy watching,
I-dle days already
E-nd.
N-ever break your vow,
O-n the twenty-second of July;
C-omplete your obedience,
I-n submitting to the sky.
L-et your heart realize,
L-ove has endless growth;
A-im to keep your promise,
D-on't break your
O-ath.
Categories:
dle, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Songbirds tell us all good morning and
Plants bloom diverse buds most stunning,
Reminding us newness is coming.
Idle no more, grass grows its carpet -
Nudging bare feet to wiggle rub it and
Giggle from the happiness of it.
Inside life ends, doors and windows open
So senses may all be reawoken.
Company is sought for barbecues
On the first free day warmth queues.
Minds and hearts are light with promise
In air of gentle, honest solace.
Nature revels in her recital,
Glowing for all with charmed arrival.
Sunshine breaks any drab and dull routine
Once she shines upon the living scene.
Offering all the promise of rebirth,
New comes Spring’s joy to halo our earth.
... CayCay Jennings
March 17, 2017
Categories:
dle, beauty, spring,
Form: Acrostic
Gold spills from the horizon
O'er the land that is bathed with wonders
O'er the land coated in silvers
Dead be yesterday's regrets! Welcomed be todays's joys!
Mares frolick and leap in ecstacy around the hues
Of the lush green fields.
Rushing rivers roar and rage, as if excited; as if
Never was their more radiant hope.
Idle lay the clouds yet they chase away the
Nightmares of yesterday. All this, and more, happens when
Gold is flowing plenty from the horizon.
Categories:
dle, morning,
Form: Acrostic
AFRICA --A MODERN VIEW
A zure skies sing lullabies--still tremors built of fear
F renzied red machetes dance in children’s midnight dreams
R aging mothers gather close the loved ones they hold dear
I dle politicians daily change their back room schemes
C orruption shakes the ground while other nations play their games
A zure skies say nothing but remember dead men’s names
Victoria Anderson-Throop Jan 7, 2013
Juja, Kenya
Categories:
dle, peace, places, political,
Form: Acrostic
I feel like a STAR
Like a giant Super-Nova
I believe them-ole-blues
Is fin-al-ly ovaahh!
So let's get up and DANCE
A lee-dle Bossa-Nova
An-if-ya-don-know-how
I'll just have t'SHOW-ya!
Categories:
dle, hope
Form: Light Verse