Truthfully cards on the table
If I died in my sleep tonight,
upon reflection ~
I'd only have one true regret.
Though I tried to make
the most of my time on earth,
of course I've fallen short.
And for that I would be sorry.
I should have done more,
I should have been more,
I should have loved more.
Gifts squandered, time frittered,
thinking of all I could have done,
the
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Categories:
evaluation, death, dream, judgement, life,
Form: Free verse
THE SPACES THAT ARE LEFT
I never knew what to fill the spaces with
Sometimes I didn't even see them
They were disguised under many coats
With hidden pockets of shallowness
And oversized buttons to mismatched holes.
It didn't matter most of the time
Because the tailor never stopped sewing more
And I was content to let them lie
Beneath the growing pile of tweed
And gaberdine and wrinkled
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Categories:
evaluation, emotions, life, relationship,
Form: Free verse
An Honest Evaluation
They aren’t me.
One living in my basement;
thirty-two years old, working odd jobs,
the other thirty-four in his childhood room
satisfied with scraps I throw his way,
and a fifty-inch flat screen for company.
The girls both working on second and third marriages
Children of the children of the sixties,
just didn’t stand a chance.
Dweezil, River, Moonbeam and Love.
If I could do
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Categories:
evaluation, children,
Form: Free verse
No threshold for God
I serve the Truth
That prickles often minds
Ruthless return.'
Lord all components
Many parts; none removed no.'
Every atom owned sic..
Who can turn off?
Sun black, the midday faces'
Tell Him no.' whit'less
No redress, this is.'
The story, tells it more real.'
Its life, death; victory.'
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Categories:
evaluation, appreciation, education, future, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Playing God
The custody evaluator’s
Grand plan,
Playing God with
Other people’s lives,
What could
Possibly go wrong.
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Categories:
evaluation, children, conflict, divorce, family,
Form: Free verse
360 Evaluation
In life, we seek to grow and thrive,
To reach new heights and strive.
But oftentimes, we may forget,
To evaluate our own mindset.
The Bible speaks of self-reflection,
A tool for our own protection.
360 feedback can bring to light,
Our strengths and weaknesses in sight.
Mentoring with God, we can gain,
Insight to overcome the pain.
With prayer and Scripture by our side,
Our
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Categories:
evaluation, appreciation, encouraging, strength,
Form: Free verse
Letter of Inner Re-Evaluation
"LETTER OF INNER RE-EVALUATION"
As I think about the future moving forward, it seems that I miscalculated the opportunity laid before me. In this moment of strife and turmoil, should I act, without taking a full examination into what use to be, or at least I thought it was real.
Before acting to hastily, again, should
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Categories:
evaluation, emotions, feelings, heartbreak, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Evaluation of Life
What's the values of life
What's a successful life
No definition indeed
One man's meat may be another man's poison
Let the happiness decides
Man should pursue happiness
Without hurting others
Or offending the law
Let's follow one's conscience
Let's follow the teachings of God
Life is full of meanings and pursuits
Richess, love, health, fame or contribution
May be one of the road
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Categories:
evaluation, fate, god, happiness, health,
Form: Free verse
Evaluation Beating Heart-
My heart is so beating now
Rushing blood circulating
My life is subject to how
My behavior evaluating
6/6/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
QUATRAIN
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Categories:
evaluation, analogy, appreciation, heart,
Form: Quatrain
Details About What We Are
What do we have here
It's the twenty-four impure hours
that precede this exact moment
in which we realize that the past day
once again had no qualities
and it was just and again
the amorphous happening of empty facts
repeating the constant tonic
of the previous countless hours
in which our accounting demonstrated
that is not only wild
but also cruel in the essence of
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Categories:
evaluation, appreciation, life,
Form: Free verse
Evaluation Day
I am barely awake at my job today
I yawn and yawn, trying to stay up and awake
Of course, this is my evaluation day
I am not worried, not concerned. I do not quiver or quake.
I have had evaluations, and they have all gone okay.
I am yawning and yawning and yawning today.
Where is all of this tiredness
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Categories:
evaluation, work,
Form: Narrative
A Matter of Evaluation
Every day,
I feel that
I have to learn
one more word,
When I use
each one
after the other,
the combination
rocks
my whole world
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Categories:
evaluation, emotions, inspiration, life, spoken
Form: Free verse
Evaluation Makes Mistakes Too
I guess
evaluation sometimes uses
unuseful genes
and molecules
to create new humans
and meanwhile, it uses wrong tools;
As you see, there are too many fools
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Categories:
evaluation, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Sincere Or Not
I'd like to SEE the sincerity of
what is said
in the voice of somebody talking,
not in his words,
And I'd like to HEAR
the sound of the sincerity
from his face and eyes,
not from his words,
After that, I feel sure
he is really sincere or not
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Categories:
evaluation, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Self-Evaluation
I am fine-tuned, well-adjusted, I hope
Not an alcoholic and I don't use dope
My affairs are completely in order
I wasn't caught illegally at the border
I am a bona fide, pure-bred American
Doing everyday the best that I can
I keep my goals clearly in sight
Frankly, I sleep rather well at night
I am not one to cause anybody trouble
If
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Categories:
evaluation, how i feel, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
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