DEVIL IN THE DARK
...The sun shone in bewilderment,
Scornfully it scorch,
As Rose plead her fifth amendment,
Her good nature made a strife,
Lea smirk in disdain ,
Saith her world has ended.
Twice fairer than Lea,...
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Categories:
hisses, anxiety, change, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
From the Clarinet
...Late November,
and lonely resonance of harmattan
salutes this solitude.
A weaverbird's contralto, in one
gale-sweep, lays bare the lower balustrade
of a maisonette,
and the romance of the last ...
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Categories:
hisses, life, music, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Idyllic
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"God did not create darkness. Darkness is the absence of light. He did not create hate. Hate is the absence of love. Darkness and hate therefore, are the absence of God." ~ by poet
K...
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Categories:
hisses, emotions, first love, love,
Form: Free verse
CAT DOG OUCH-
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cat hisses at dog
dog retaliates growls at
the fending purring
07/14/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025©
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Categories:
hisses, addiction, adventure, anxiety, cat,
Form: Haiku
Scrawls Of Heartbroken Stillness
...I turn the leaves of my old diaries.
Wherein my passions and anxieties
Together with your dried rose petals, sleep.
They savor your scent and bitterly weep.
Our glances, touches, cuddles, and k...
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Categories:
hisses, life, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Autumn 2
...Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about autumn, fall, falling, trees, leaves, leaving, goodbye, rice, moon, moonlight, words.
Reverential tears:
the falling leaves
bid their trees good...
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Categories:
hisses, autumn, butterfly, fire, goodbye,
Form: Haiku
The Silent Storm
...A silent storm is brewing within my chest
A benumbing chill sets my soul aflame
A warm welcome sets alarm bell ringing,
In the realm of hush at the dawn of dusk
do you hear the swooshing
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Categories:
hisses, betrayal, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Earthquake
...earthquake shakes the ground
the ocean boils and hisses
tsunami threatens
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Categories:
hisses, natural disasters,
Form: Haiku
We never were
...A Car drove past,
Radio screaming like it knew.
Bird landed on a brittle branch,
It doesn’t sing.
Wind blowing leaves,
But they don’t dance
Colours are fading,
Or is it blood?
Are we bl...
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Categories:
hisses, anger, confusion, depression, gothic,
Form: Free verse
A Makerere Student, Her Snake, Her Piper, and a Doctor
...This poem is featured in Dr. Ivan Edwards' upcoming anthology, Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics, published by IEME LLC. The book will be available in e-book, softcover, and hardcover form...
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Categories:
hisses, anxiety, depression, family, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Ember Days-A poet’s diary
...My hasty steps echo
on the cracked stone tile,
before the bus door hisses
shut—Late again.
"It's a wonderful life," the clouds sing in chorus.
Their church choir harmony almost offensiv...
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Categories:
hisses, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Self-Portrait with My Shoebill Friend as We Rebrand Spirituality
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This time,
Janice is wearing a priest collar
and I’m the altar.
She hisses when I open my Notes app
during communion,
calls me a heretic
for spellchecking my trauma.
I tell her my whole pe...
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Categories:
hisses, extended metaphor, identity, myth,
Form: Free verse
Illusions on Rivulet Path
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Written: May 15, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Crystol Woods
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I’m neither harmonious nor a hidden hymn
Who said I'm wedded to whimsy, lil...
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Categories:
hisses, analogy, character,
Form: Ode
Mountain of lies
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By: Khomotso Makitla
Dear loved one, It’s me your UNREQUITED LOVER.
In hope I hoped that this day never unveil.
As your WHISPERS still roam free in brain, whispers
and hisses of broken prom...
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Categories:
hisses, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Playtime
...It is not but a tiny ball of yarn I say as I roll it around in my hand then throw it away. The littlest furball sees it and squalls a hiss which made her mother even twitch. She pounced and rolled a...
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Categories:
hisses, anniversary, appreciation, april, arabic,
Form: Rhyme
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