Alice embraced the warmth
of the bitter-sweet liquid concoction
Curiosity of "drink me" caused this
Swirls began to know no limits
Ground twisting and breaking
The sky accumulating thick constellations
Up through the opening of what appears to be a magical mist
Alice wonders what this is
Quickly, the world changed, or was it Alice
Entering what seemed similar to Saturn
Alice meets a being small and strange
With green and orange scaly skin
Lue is the name
Together, the creature and Alice met many others
How did I find a world of such wonders
B-lue
E-yes'
R-esembled
N-ice
A-ppearance
D-eliberately
E-xcites
T-houghts
T-ruly
E-thereal,
A-llowing
N-onmaterial
T-o
O-vercome
N-onphysicality
©bfa052325
Monocrostic (Birthday of Bernadette T. Anton)
R-ed
E-nds
B-lue
E-xpressing
C-elebrant's
C-rimson
A-ctivity
©bfa041425
Monocrostic (Birthday of Rebecca Enriquez)
O’ Luffy Lue, you choose
Be boppn, boogie-woogie
Axe or jazz
Seize the night
Step up, step our pas de Bouree
Pirouette, percussion hey
Ain’t No question mine confession
No correction
Axe or jazz
Seize the night
Step up, step our pas de Bour’ee
Pirouette, percussion hey
Be boppn, boogie-woogie
Axe or jazz
Seize the night
Do what ya do?
you choose, you choose
Wha’ca gonna do Luffy Lue
9/23/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
From anthology #1 SHASTA JAZZ Dedicated verse for Shasta Simms
Elegy
“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”
-Rumi
Soil so dust to dust another loved lost,
Harvested soul now risen separated from its host.
Much needed rest an eager witness missing,
Long lived Lue Birder Grandma Lue,
Creek Blackfoot of such decent.
Native American African blood from Cameroon.
Tears of misunderstanding understood not to understand.
Miss guise until she was under the influent,
Her self is not here inside tis casket vision.
Her self has risen, nor has she died she’s risen.
Place not flowers beside nor atop of her;
She no longer can shell the aroma,
That that’s in the coffin just bones, that’s not Grandma.
Heaven sent, heaven scents blessedness we miss,
I look up I submit I smack smooch Kiss”….
Blow up onto heaven a Kiss,
Daddy Father God her presence I sore, truly miss.
Heaven blessed be at peace enjoy the fellowship and view
She’s not gone she’s just not here
Grandma Lue
8/24/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
R ainbow pasted on sky is glowin G
A rch - shaped seven colours in tota L
I ndigo in the second strip saying ‘Hell O’!
N icely shining fifth arch in yello W.
B lue is the third strip calling ‘ H I !
O range comes as sixth arch : thick or thi N.
W onderful spectrum: first strip violet, green central, last red, appearin G.
She rode her bike into Autumnal n ightmares.
One moment she’s looking up at the leaves,
the next she’s on the ground d ead,
well she wishes she was…
A fter she was captivated, she was c aptured.
She was stored in a c abinet like a piece of broken c hina.
C ampers gathered and searched for her.
A f ingerprint was a c lue-
a note left and the young girl was found…
she is l ost.
Will she ever feel s afe again? Her childhoo d is O V E R -
now she knows there are M onsters. Knowing what
she will find, the d ust under the bed gathers for
a l ifetime. The b east is b ehind b ars!
Blue can be a pretty color light to dark it is up to you.
Loving my first Soup write, "Big Blue."
U must not sit around feeling blue like a jar of glue.
Everyone, when feeling blue needs a hug or two.
Date Written: 10/29/2021
Note: Acrostic Rhyme
one or two missing
maybe I'm a tree
be a reft they always look so sad
all d's are pressed
Miser are able
s nothing to ad
So row fully
-D
-o
-w
-n hear Ted
Des and ing are paired
Do w and n
Is mel an c holy
be lue
Dissing the mal
full of
woahhhhhhhhhh
(B)lue Jay in a flock
(L)and in the Cherry Tree
(U)nder marbled color skies
(E)ver so bright with the snow
(J)oyfully jumping together
(A)round on the ground
(Y)esterday left some seed to be found
Heidi Sands
12/20/20
M-irthful
A-uthor's
R-apturous
K-eenness
C-reates
A-crostic
A-bating
C-olors
B-lue
A-nd
Y-ellow
Topic: Birthday of Mark O. Caacbay (October 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
(B)lue moon is coming Halloween
(L)ovely sight for us to see
(U)nder its shine, we will shine too
(E)merging in its path on through
(M)oonlit skies, spreading smiles
(O)ffering a special treat
(O)ne can only choose to see
(N)ext Halloween, it will be
Heidi Sands
10/10/20
‘Twere a foolish youth indeed
that ne’er his parents’ voice would heed.
“We hear you’re courting Mary Lue.
Dump that flirt, what e’er you do!
Once you’re wed, she’ll run you down.
Her name is known throughout the town.”
Alack! O woe! O Sorrow’s pang
upon the morn those church bells rang!
No altar’s blessing could subdue
the direful glares that came to view.
Of a nightmare I must tell,
the very sort that springs from Hell.
Mary Lue met loathsome Jake,
a drunkard, gambler and a rake.
A distraught husband roamed the dark
and met a couple in the park.
With one fell blow he struck Jake dead.
Panic-stricken, off he fled.
Now strapped tight to a certain chair,
he endured his parents’ stare
through a slot of perspex glass.
A priest in black arrived at last..
Will this nightmare never end?
Angels and ministers of grace defend!
When he awoke , what should he view
but his two bonny kids by Mary Lue!
From the kitchen came a song.
‘Twas Mary Lue in voice full strong.
‘Twere a foolish youth indeed
who ne’er his pleading heart would heed.
K-een
A-uthor
T-imely
E-mploys
B-lue-chip
A-crostic
S-imply
C-omposing
O-ne
Topic: Birthday of Kate S. Basco (July 31)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
K-een
A-uthor
T-imely
E-mploys
B-lue-chip
A-crostic
S-imply
C-omposing
O-ne
Topic: Birthday of Kate S. Basco (July 31)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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