I went to Carolina in my mind
to see what I could find.
Oh, but it was awesome -
the Carolina possum.
AS THE YELLOW TAPE DECORATED MY TOWN HOME
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER WATCHED IN SILENCE
I FROZE MY HEART POUNDING LIKE THUNDER WHY
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD FOR THIS MAN WHO
LIE BLEEDING AT MY FEET I HERE HIM WHISPER
FOR MERCY HE HELD OUT HIS HANDS WITH BLOOD
IN THE CORNER OF HIS MOUTH I FEEL LIKE MOTHER
THERESA AND JOAN LUNDON AT THE SAME TIME
MY MIND QUICKLY MOVES BACK TO COMPASSION
AND LIFE FOR HIS SOUL LORD I PRAYED WITH THIS
DYING MAN AS I WEEP SO TRAUMATIZED BY VIOLENCE
YET AGAIN THE MAN COVERED WITH HOLES
OF BLOOD HE REACHED FOR ME I COULDN'T STOP
HIS PAIN WHY WHY AND WHAT DOES HE WANT
WITH ME HE'S DEAD ALMOST HIS LEGS IS TREMBLING
HIS BREATH SHALLOW I TELL HIM I'LL GET HELP
I WAS AFRAID FOR HIM TO TOUCH ME AS I REACHED
OUT MY HAND THIS DYING MAN SAID NO PLEASE
STOP YOUR CRYING IT'S KILLING ME
WRITTEN BY MRS. YOLANDA NICHOLSEN 5-14-2004
2610 PROVIDENCE STREET FORT MYERS FLORIDA
AFTER WITNESSING THE KILLING OF MY ASSASIN
1211 ST ROYAL PLACE ST JAMES PLACE TAMPA
8-14-2003 MY KILLER GUNNED DOWN PURRED
AT MY FEET HE WAS KILLED FOR ARRIVING TO KILL ME
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Initiated by his 1848 discovery
the California Gold Rush peaked in '49
at John A. Sutter's Mill
where finding flecks of 96% pure 23 carat fine
in the American River muck
Marshall exclaimed, 'I have found it, it's mine!'
for altho' a carpenter from New Jersey in Coloma
on 24th January he was in luck
and overcome at the site of his find
in total amazement he was orestruck
Beloved good so oh oh oooh
ahhh so good
You are you are you are ahhh baeBEE
YOU BE MI SWEET FRUIT
YOU B MI TRUTH
You are my sweet fruit.
God saved you
Shines on you, gentle.
His light softly, He embraces you gently,
He waters, you, He does,
He will rise you up,
Rise you up, up. Up, yeah!
He does, Father can and will
Rid you of every filthy habit
And all we could conduct,
But love it come up, comes up and out, out, out,
Submit beloved to God
Submit onto Him to God and accept
His words that He so plant in your heart
Grow in Him , which He is able to save you, Hallelujah
3/16/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
On a twilight night in November’s glow..
soft-star winds began to blow.
A whispered spell swept ’cross the skies..
The universe opened its silver eyes.
At 8:40pm, the veil grew thin..
Letting a precious new soul step in.
On the 14th November 2025..
The world was gifted when you arrived.
Harry James Churchill, pure and bright..
Born of stardust, wrapped in light.
At 8.6 lbs, strong and sweet..
With 51 centimetres from head to feet.
Evan and Kayla, hearts aglow..
Hold magic only parents know.
Their pride now shimmers warm and true..
For dreams they wished have now come through.
Welcome, dear Harry, to earth’s embrace..
A brand-new story, a sacred place.
May joy surround you all your days..
May love light up your life always.
Grow bold, grow kind, grow brave and wise..
Chase dreams that glitter in the skies.
And know this always, little man..
You’re cherished deeply..
from your loving Nan.
Try not to get scared, scariest stories
I was just in my room, socking it. That’s when Larry and the creature, and they pickled my chilli dog, and that’s when Larry. I was driving in my Bergen truck, drunk, that’s when I saw a deer, I was later pulled over for DUI and killing a deer. Asgore. Once Diddy diddled my diddle he did. James?
In the measure of the heavens, my heart turns to you.
Like the barley rising, you are my joy.
Your name is sweetness poured into the reed flute.
I, James McLain, know the fire of devotion—
Yet yours is greater,
A river that does not cease.
James, beloved, your breath is the wind of spring.
Your hands are vessels filled with light.
You walk, and the earth bends in gladness.
The moon hangs jeweled upon your brow.
The stars are your companions,
But none shine with the brightness of your soul.
Love such as yours endures beyond kings and kingdoms.
It binds what was scattered,
It heals what was broken.
Yours is the greatest love of all:
That your heart holds all the world within it.
Your name is Karen Jolene Cook
My friend most beautiful
sat shoulder to shoulder with me
after the lights went low
and the show began.
We took in ballad after ballad
the tender voice hour after hour
and a spell was cast.
The song of Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
spoke to me— I could almost cry.
I glanced at her
and she looked straight ahead.
This was the night I wanted for months
although we had some casual dates
o the times when I pleaded for more
but tonight she was so tender
when I put my arm around her shoulder.
I knew the night was good for her
when we stepped out the elevator
onto her dormitory floor
and the music resonated in my mind.
The taste of her kiss was so sweet
on that special night.
She must have known
it was our last.
I woke this morning
to the thick breath of heat,
a humid Sunday rising slow as regret.
The tulip tree leaves hung there,
backlit like stained glass in a forgotten chapel,
and beneath the sagging feeder,
a ragged pile of feathers—gray, white, brown—
strewn across the grass,
as though something holy had been torn apart
in the night.
Fox, coyote, hawk—
it hardly matters.
Something lived, and something else lived longer.
I stood there,
thinking how easy it is to mistake hunger for cruelty,
but the air was already moving on,
taking the story with it.
From the television in the sitting room,
the voice of a tired reporter cracks
over the flash flooding on the Guadalupe,
bodies pulled from the brown water,
while the ban on transgenders from the military takes hold,
quiet as a closing door.
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Note: Another poem reflecting James Wright's style
Famous pet doctor, James Alfred Wight
Who, at 50 years of age, began to professionally write
Taking "James Herriot" as his pen name
Bought from a goalkeeper at a football game
Couldn't publish with the name he used as a vet
Self-promotion goes against professional etiquette
But he had a way with words
To write many funny blurbs
About his family, his friends, and their pets
His books then made their way on TV
A film, a sequel, and shows on the BBC
But the man was unflattered by his fame
After all, the critters still saw him the same!
I've always taken notice,, during our separated times;
Immediately moving on,
Never even stopping to take a look behind.
So now it's finally over, and memories begin to fade;
Leaving only behind, the ones where you treated me
So very, very unkind...
God's karma for my youth, God's reminder for my future;
Love is truly blind when you choose not to see...
My heart broken and depleted self esteem,
My mind still distorted even as I write this,
On a poems empty screen...
The 20/20 vision I never have until the end
Shows me all the darkness, even as we first began...
Any beauty that was once there, was unseen in all the dark;
Like a peaceful evening rain as day turn's into dark;
Or the familiar unseen sound of, a friendly dogs bark,
. We know that somewhere above us is a
RAINBOW IN THE DARK...
Today I’m grateful for the novelist Henry James….
perhaps because when it comes to this particular view
our thinking is aligned….
He said:
Three things in human life are important.
The first is to be kind.
The second is to be kind.
And the third …is to be kind.
Happy-go-lucky were his middle names
Three because his parents liked to play name games
Does he have a first name? aske two concerned old dames
Yes, said his sister, Poindexter but James is what he claims.
James Montgomery Doohan
was for the engineer part a shoo in
he was given a rank greater than ensign
and was always yelling I got nae power in me warp engines
Melvin James Brooks
wasn’t one to cook the books
with movie making he was bold
and gave us comedies that broke the mold
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