Feminism
not a cause for the season
not a “select”…only
not a choice to adorn….”esg”
not a biscuit to crumble…stale
not a tick in the books
not to bat away like a gnat
not to wash away…a sandcastle
not for a cause…far far away
not in the land of a female monarch
not one queen, more than one
not witnessed…anywhere else
A graveyard of schoolboy errors
To bury one’s head in shame…such cringe worthiness,
To attempt an impingement…insanity it surely was!
Not a shred of integrity….it looks to be
And then sun proves
its mettle. Its warm rays hit
neighborhoods, forests and all
at enlarged angle of impingement.
Brightness and heat return
to maximize uplift of moods.
Energy is injected into lives
that had been lethargic.
They expose their busts and limps
and walk, skip, run and
swim in celebration of life.
Jamborees on grass and floors!
Backpackers arrive at toes
of cliffs, and some are crazy
enough to trust springy ropes
to swing in bungy jumps.
Inhibition decay in the summer
as heat warms and over burns at times.
some runners overstretch
and collapse in a heap with
exhaustion promoted by heat.
The sun darkens some folks
to decrease color differences
on display on the beaches.
Nature chimes in with winds
and grumbling as thunder.
occasionally, it relieves the
heat with showers and rain
that falls in torrents.
It sends hailstones to curb excesses.
it is summer time above
the equation, and migratory
birds and folks with cash
from the other half will also
come to join the regionals
here to shout and jerk in play.
my birdies, this morning,
singing sweetly a love song.
the tune in winsome soaring -
to this God’s creation I belong.
they fall autumnal silent.
t’was but a brief flight
to my mind. it was private.
my birdies out of sight.
t’was but a quick interlude -
a moment that i caught.
brilliantly, it brightened my mood -
caught my blind spot.
now silence except the rumble
of a car or the refrigerator.
it is agony - still, i’m humble
that God is a regenerator.
leaves fall silently, pinched
in autumn’s infringment.
each branch has flinched
with cold rush impingement.
and sadly, Gage, the chocolate lab
from next door has walked over
the rainbow bridge - to the heart a stab,
difficult season for my friends - a fall changeover.
10/4/2022
My mind as for consciousness;
Mind heart joyous confidence;
My heart joyous confidence;
Minds preference being variant;
Mystic muddle moods
Orientations being divergent;
Bodies soul wash in detergent;
Disputed conflict will be maybe;
Impending impingement honesty;
Mystic muddle moods congruity moments;
Conscience alignment conjunction rimes in;
Mind heart joyous confidence;
Mystic muddle moods
My mind as for consciousness;
Alas, I let my mind not my heart rule my heart?
Imparting, what
Mystic muddle moods
6/23/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
A Piece Of Yesterday
Petrichor calls, I'll savor lungfuls.
I'll not today, only wallow in nostalgia;
usual lone figure in dark overcoat,
homeward from a maddening boss,
humming to the rhythm of my steps.
Listen to the musicality of the drops
on my large rainbow-hued umbrella,
and watch transitory tributaries flow riverward.
I will, in a worship-gaze at the sky,
eyes shut,
relish darts of wet impingement
sating my thirst with cool blessings.
Luxuriate in air stripped clean of dust,
watch rivulets run down cocoyam leaves,
run, jump into puddles and make splashes,
reveling in the unity of sweat, mud and rain,
as with my kids; in their colorful raincoats,
and my dog, I relive a piece of yesterday!
22/09/18
Written for "A Rainy Day" Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Sara Kendrick
Inspiration: Photos 2
It’s all about resignation,
but turned into complication,
YOU ordered assassination,
and brought forth my fascination.
Self-execution- not my style,
before the pain I lost my smile.
Can’t explain this raw affliction,
so unreal, it seems like fiction,
tried to stop your crucifixion,
guess I LOST all my conviction.
Self-execution- enticing,
after the slash kept on slicing.
Triggered by your innate reproach,
it was all about your approach,
YOUR decision to steal by poach,
with strict impingement and encroach.
Self-execution- eats me whole,
filling your soul with hearts you stole.
Remorse can cause internal blame,
without you my life’s not the same,
your mania I just couldn’t tame,
through all your fortune and your fame.
Self-execution- just your style,
before your death I lost my SMILE.
Form: LaCharta Poem
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABB CCCCDD EEEEFF GGGGHH
Eight Syllables in each line
October 17, 2016
As I sat gazing across open water
Whose surface was glazed, equal to glass,
A diminutive pebble I pitched in.
From Its point of impingement,
I observed a circle move outward,
Touching everything in its wake,
Until point of its fading.
On repetition of this drill,
I saw a correlation to a person’s life.
At birth, a splash is made,
The circle from the pebble
Constitutes the length of life
And those we touch, or influence,
In its various stages.
While "Circles of Influence" vary
In extension, we each are a role model,
And light in the life of someone,
Even when undesired.
We should repeat the question daily,
"What is my Testimony, to others?"
Our "Circle of Influence" doesn't end with death,
But continues from beyond the grave.
Time and future generations alone,
Brings an end to our "Circle of Influence".
I close with this--
Is God, pleased with your witness?
You were once good to me,
We both had fun,
We were hopeful,
Ambitious,
Mint in our time,
Your voice was soft,
With lips that I lust,
Elegant in your structure of
thought,
Spellbound by words,
Your beauty takes over,
Besmeared in my mind,
Your love settles in,
Ensconced to my bones,
Your love is a sin
I gaze at your eyes,
Possessed by impingement
My heart buckles
And cedes
Craving your comfort,
To fill my addiction,
My thirst goes unsettled,
My craving unfed
I see that your gone,
The signs are all there,
I try to hold on,
I need you to stay,
But now I don't feel you,
Your almost away
Left in feign
Hoping you would return
Hoping you would love me
again
I yearn for your warmth
I yearn your embrace
Now only memories,
Stained by my sadness,
With letters and poems,
I see you again
Crawl under my skin
take over my body
And whisper to me
I love you babe
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