Selfish young youth has brightly beamed faces
And beautiful gleaming gold hair as loose lace is,
Like balmy books with pale prefaces
Its intrinsic inceptive and prompt paces,
Soon, sad torrid time replaces
The sunny sparkle with gentler graces
And young youth with those tacit troughed ages.
When she believes I've done wrong
it's the same old dance and song
no words are sung or said
then she simply sulks instead
so once again it looks as tho'
I'm in her bad books and graces
yet without all her chattering
with neither reason nor rhyme
the silence is disquietingly shattering
and can last for quite some time
but to show me where my place is
it's not long before she puts on
one of her Easter Island statue faces
Betty White lived so long,
they had all kinds of names for her.
She managed to stay America's sweetheart
for a century by being kind and funny.
A heart of gold worn on her sleeve,
she could make everyone smile.
Her sweet face is now on a stamp
while the tributes continue coming.
Her curls sweet and eyes a'glitter but
it's her smile that charmed us all.
On one little stamp they could never list
all of her many accomplishments.
Betty earned the Guinness World Record
for longest TV career by a female entertainer.
Her wit was in full view on shows like
Match Game and Hollywood Squares.
Besides appearances on The Carol Burnett Show,
she starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls.
Her cleverness never got out of style,
she even hosted Saturday Night Live.
They were planning her 100th birthday
when Betty passed away a few days short.
She didn't have one last party in her
so Betty left us quietly in the night.
Betty, you're an icon and will never be forgotten.
AP: 3rd place 2025
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N-ations
G-o
I-nto
E-conomic
M-eltdown
A-ll
Y-ear,
C-ountries
A-re
M-aking
P-romises
O-f
S-ustenance
©bfa053025
Monocrostic (Birthday of Angie May H. Campos)
I see your smile
It embraces me
Tender earlobes listening
~
Holy-Wholly sweet lips speaking
Life
God’s mouth speaks life
~
His breaths in us
God listens graces us eyes vison
His Holy renditions
10/17/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr©2024
Eurynome's great joy,
the Graces of her womb,
whose names transcend the tomb
like Helen's, famed of Troy!
Ah! Graces all enjoy:
they fill earth's space and room,
abhorring away life's gloom,
before the fates destroy.
If mankind survives, spring
reflects the sun's hot disc,
a brilliant fire breathing,
a dragon basilisk;
which these three Graces, being
Eurynome's, might risk!?
We were always close together
As the house we had was small.
Family meals there knit a tether,
And precious voices filled the halls.
The dog was in and out of course
And she surely didn’t mind
To steal away the peace by force
As willing actors were in line.
We attended to each other then
Without attention to a phone
We laughed and loved back when
No one really was alone.
When one hurt, the family knew
We learned to “sense” each other’s mood.
When filled with joy or sometimes blue
Our little house let grace give room.
Empathy was tutored there
Along with patience and resolve.
There was little space to spare
As every inch was shared by all.
Familiar creaks and squeaky floors,
Pillow wars and popcorn nights.
Kids roamed everywhere outdoors
And made it home by dinner time.
We’re spread out now by the miles
I miss their presence and the nearness.
I miss my parents, meals and smiles
And count the blessings that were near us.
"Blessings, I decree and declare upon you.
Father's graces, peace, mercies, love,
All inside and around you.
Our families break through,
This season plus His will in our lives.
Always Good New Day Beloved
Amen"
1/18/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
Save me some of that please
the social graces
Cause I can't pretend like I don't have favour
While I'm here criticising the social graces
For I've never been in the in crowd
I had to always pull my chair over the table
So that I can belong like others
But now I think I also need the social graces
So that my things make a way to the front
Cause now I'll be known by those on the table
And I'll be part of the conversation
For you only support one who is your own
So save me some of those social graces
I need more than a few if I'm to ever make it
Cause casting stones at the upper graces
Will only leave me out from enjoying this social graces
The PO£T
The sight of the blind man so walk;
In the dark talks the whispers speaks;
DARKNESS GRACES LIFE LIGHTS-
Man sunshine shone darkest light;
Complete speaks the lightening;
Speak life in dead spaces;
Brightly shine fires darkness graces;
DARKNESS GRACES LIFE LIGHTS
11/7/23
written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023
Come alive in the river, let it flow,
Its waters are rising, up and high;
A faith that turns into joy and glow,
Filled with promise, hope and grace.
Tap into heaven's DNA, oh so free,
Showers of favour raining down;
Graces and place, blessings to share,
Kindness abounding, no need to weep.
Ask and receive, let heaven reign,
Heaven's all around, feel it, breathe;
Favour and love, ever so real,
Enters the soul, forevermore!
"graces of life"
pursuing the good life
I wish and believe
nothing is impossible
knowing darkness is far away
clues of beauty and peace
hover within my sight
as music softly whispers
making my soul breathe for
passion and desire unleash
as graces of life awaken
grateful for this blessing
nothing is impossible as
enchanting elegancies adorn
SkyWatcher
05-05-23
No pretence
No airs and graces
Just be real
No “two faces”
Be authentic
Just be You
Let your true spirit shine through
Your fairness, honesty
Integrity will show
Kindness to all
Compassion, goodness will flow
Don’t fear vulnerability
Or to admit you were wrong
It does not create weakness
It enlightens, renders you strong
Let your humour be present
Smile and laugh each day
Don’t take life to seriously
Don’t waste it away
Feel inner peace ….without turmoil
Like and love You
Appreciate and value all life offers
But mostly “to yourself be true”
"Tightropes of the Three Graces"
Tightropes
for hanging clothes
on a line
each piece
pegged wooden
held between closed fences
misfortune's breeze lifts
sleeves like covers
pointing the way home
books and their pages
for The Davenport dancers
all's well that ends well
scene perfect
imperfect fortunes
throughout their ages
the balancing act
seeking Life’s rhyme
saving fates in stages
odd numbers
are never easy,
never graceful
the balancing acts,
tightropes
of the Graces
saving fates in 3 stages
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
mlb, klb, llb
Édouard Bisson , French Pre-Raphaelite
“Die drei Grazien”, 1899
Hans Baldung, German Renaissance and Mannerism
“Three Ages of Man”, 1541 -1544
“Three Graces”, 1539
Sandro Botticelli, Italian Renaissance
“The Three Graces”, 1485 - 1487
One
Stroke of
Strange object
Fills seashell with
Perfect pearl priceless
Divine graces
Do not leave
Poor of
None
18 August 2022
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