James Poems

Walter James Carter

Walter, James, and Carter

Little boys
Son,
Brother,
Son
One by one, my heart undone.
One is one (and a quarter) years tall,
Chocolate wisps that softly fall.
Forest hazel, bold and sly,
Wildfire laughter in his eye.
Two is two (well, almost there),
Golden curls of sunlit hair.
Eyes like ice, so pure, so true,
They freeze my heart and smile it blue.
Three is three (and a
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Categories: james, baby, children, family, love,
Form: I do not know?

Night of the James Taylor Concert during Freshman Year at College

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
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Categories: james, kiss, lost love, music,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberTHE KING JAMES VERSION

MY BIBLE ON MY NIGHT STAND WHERE I PUT BAPTISM CARDS PHOTOS PRAYERS FLOWERS FROM FUNERALS OF LOVED ONES AND THE RECIEPT BOOKS OF MY WEDDING RINGS MY ENGAGEMENT RING FEBRUARY 14 2016 FINALLY MY HUSBAND AND I WEDDING BANDS PURCHASED JULY 6TH 2016 OUR MARRIAGE WENT ON AS PLANNED JULY 8TH 2016 MAN AND
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Categories: james, allah,
Form: Naat

Premium MemberWhat the Morning Leaves Behind

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
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Categories: james, nature,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberJames Herriot - All Creatures Great and Small

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,
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Categories: james, animal, fun, writing,
Form: Clerihew


RAINBOW IN THE DARK

I've always taken notice,, during our separated times;
                             Immediately moving on,
                
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Categories: james, dark, music,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberDAILY GRATITUDE HENRY JAMES

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.
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Categories: james, thanks,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberJames is what he Claims

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.
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Categories: james, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberJames Montgomery Doohan

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
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Categories: james, humorous,
Form: Clerihew

Premium MemberThe Jewish Sanhedrin's connection for the third temple Q and A

Q:  Will the third temple to be assembled on the temple mount in Jerusalem 
      resemble  any previous temple according to Black Swan and/or on Uptime,
      on You Tube?

A;  No, it will only have three seats and resemble a counsel chamber of
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Categories: james, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberMelvin James Brooks

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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Categories: james, humorous,
Form: Clerihew

James Almighty

I swore one day the world would see,
Who I was and wanted to be,
And now I thank the former me
For keeping faith, that was key.

Through every role, both big and small,
I stayed in love, I gave my all.
My little girl made me see,
That being her star was all I had to be.

In ‘94 my fame
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Categories: james, career, celebrity, change, courage,
Form: Rhyme

The Knave Of Bells

chief of disguise
collector of masks 
the King wears his 
as a helmet to scare
off enemies

the fool with false nose 
the jester in chains
remains in oubliette
singing in his screams 
impossible to forget

the old men who come 
from the sea and steam
in cold of Poseidon spray 
salt and fish from waves

likely alone are the women 
and wives
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Categories: james, allusion, bereavement, death, fairy,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberDonald Mark and James Francis

MARILYN HOLDING ON TO 
MEMORIES THROUGH ASHES 
REMEMERING THE LOST DONATE 
BONE MARROW SHORE CLAIR MICHIGAN 
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU PLEASE 
STOP THREATENING MY LIFE 
I CAN'T IMAGINE AFTER ALL THESE 
YEARS RIVERSIDE DRIVE YOU WERE SO 
INTRIGUED BY MY POETRY MY WRITING 
INCLUDING MY GRANDMOTHERS 
COUSIN BILLIE HOLIDAY MY POP WW11 
MY DAD
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Categories: james, allah,
Form: Lento

Premium MemberSeated Together at James Earl Carter’s Funeral

God’s timing impeccable, bringing
together presidential adversaries, ringing
in the new year, giving us a chance
for revival. We hear about truthtelling stance.
We shall all pass into the great beyond;
Will these politicians find a way to bond,
Put aside their swords of tongue and lash,
so in heaven, no need for teeth to gnash?
Will these men and women embrace the
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Categories: james, funeral,
Form: Couplet

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