Veil of MorningMorning rises, soft and thin
A veil of light where dreams begin.
The world awakens, slow and clear
A song of life for all to hear.
Step through the dawn, embrace its glow
The truths it brings, the paths to know.
For morning holds what night forgets
A quiet hope that no one regrets.
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Categories:
baptism, beautiful, engagement, hope,
Form: Rhyme
JOYOUS LOVE~JOYOUS LOVE
Father, Father, Father
endow unto me
Grant me thy favor
so that I may jubilee
joyous love
from above
Father God rain down
on and unto me
Joyously we receive
Abundant grace, favor
Great is the Kingdom
My Father has a room for me
For I return unto Him rebirth
and blessed
Joyous love
from above
I receive from my Father above
Joyous love
8/5/25
Written words by James Edward Lee...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, encouraging, engagement,
Form: Lyric
I SHINE THAT LIGHT-I SHINE THAT LIGHT
Within myself I solely shine
Liken a beacon my soul so shines
I shine thee light I shines the light
Just a speck in the blacken void
Mine light shines ever so
I am the next of kin of phonics
Light up the glory
As they tell of my story
From glory to glory
I am Eye who shines the light
For...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, engagement, light,
Form: Lyric
E B LIKE-~E B LIKE
E b like
No one cares
No one shares
Where is the love of man?
E B like
No one know the way
No one cares
Won’t even say, hey
But God’s love His grace is
God’s unmerited favor and love
Is more than man’s love?
His compassion and forgiveness
We deserve punishment
E B like
No one know the...
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Categories:
engagement, addiction, adventure, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Lyric
When Her Soul Touched My FlameShe came to me not in footsteps,
but in frequencies—
a humming echo wrapped in incense,
like moonlight clothed in ancient perfume.
Her name was Safaa,
a syllable the stars once chanted
when the Nile still remembered its gods
and pyramids blinked through the veil of galaxies.
We did not meet.
We remembered.
We folded into each other like twin scrolls
written by fate in invisible...
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Categories:
dark, engagement, fate, feelings,
Form: Free verse
O' MERCIFUL THIS WORLD CAN'T-O' merciful O merciful full of American turmoil
Swallow me up maybe many and fight against me what kind of child of God am I
A child I am afraid
I will trust in thee alone
O' God I will praise His word and God
I have put my trust in you God I will
Not fear flesh can do ...
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Categories:
engagement, adventure, analogy, conflict, corruption,
Form: Lyric
BABY YOU GO CHOP-Baby you go chop no bodi knew its glory;
You go starve for affection
Hungry you de going to sidon
Go shion darling
You’re Jimgru
U de going to sidon
Go shion darling
You’re hungry later on top
Baby love me feed me
Honey you no get be hungry
Wetins go on
Baby you go chop
Baby you go chop
Baby you go chop
Baby you go chop
8/4/25
Written words...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, caregiving, engagement,
Form: Lyric
MY SWEET HEART, MY HEART SINGS-My sweet heart my love, you who I love
I hope you've had a wonderful day
I pray to our joint heavenly Father, your protection always
O woo a woo a so thankful foryour presence in my life
Beloved all so right
Just is as your presence in my life
My desire to be your wife
Is a beautiful song that my...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, caregiving, engagement,
Form: Lyric
light-light
Light, darkness caresses;
Blackened space di cur;
i heaven pikin breath
For di darkness... I am light;
Warmth mai bodi resonator;
Eyes focus bright
Mai
Darkness caresses
Light
Light
Light
8/4/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, engagement, light,
Form: Rhyme
De la Hulleraqui mi dama
dio un paso al frente
en la a lo mas
otro lugar, mi dama
mi dama
mi dama
amar
to be loved
mi dama
mi dama
amar por ti
Here my lady
took a step forward
in the most
other place, my lady
my lady
my lady
to love
to be loved
my lady
my lady
to love for you
Some people love me
some can't stand it
when I'm happy
it's a draw back
some adore me
only...
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Categories:
character, dance, engagement, music,
Form: Ballad
JULY SEARING SWELTERING--JULY SEARING SWELTERING
Heated hot placement boils torrid;
Desert a blazed atomic fire;
Summer hot breath balmy pungent;
Searing aromatic spiced boils;
~
Summery canicular toasty;
Seething is fervent fiery;
Heated hot placement boils torrid;
Summer hot breath balmy pungent;
~
In this muggy sizzling fervid
Scalding warm glowing July day
7/30/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©
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Categories:
analogy, anxiety, engagement, environment,
Form: Tail-rhyme
The Newness of NowNow is not categorized as such because it rose out of the sordid ashes of a yester-moment
Now is not classified as fresh because it arose pristine and bleached from yester-hour’s horror
The uniqueness of now is assigned according to a mind vision that gives permission to peer with a microscopic lens
Along with the realization that there...
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Categories:
confidence, courage, destiny, engagement,
Form: Free verse
AI warning in verseShines would soon be taken off poetry,
When machines replace humans as judges,
By then wisdom will have fled human minds,
Making AI seem more intelligent.
Poems churned out will then be wishy-washy,
Since standout ones will have been discarded,
As machine junks — confirmed by machines,
So undeseving of recognition.
As more and more inferior works are praised,
At the detriment of...
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Categories:
care, engagement, feelings, future,
Form: Free verse
YOU ARE MY FLOWERYou are a flower watered by pure desire
Of a young heart so deep in love
A red rose in the sun, you are my flower.
I know you are a flower ready to blossom
Gracefully dancing away in the wind of autumn
I know you are my flower never to whither
You are a flower...
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Categories:
engagement, 12th grade, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
While Oboes Played Strings were StrummedWelo and Shewa
and the Opals of the Region
Darkwin Clouds damped the outdoor festivities leading
the onlookers to go indoors. There these to beautiful women
stood modeling there wears there beautiful bodies and jewelry.
She adored the unquietness of the marbling
it was crafted to gain such attention
it was a wonderfully brilliant
it's shine attracted those
who loved such
it became overly...
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Categories:
engagement, film, hip hop,
Form: Ballade
Specific Types of Engagement Poems
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