Mummed Poems | Examples


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Voices are Mummed

She spent an eternity to find her voice 
Yet you found a way to cut her out
She fought generational doors to lead 
Yet you blocked and created a blackout 
Sounds just discovered, wanting to beat a rhythm  
Yet you hide and create a noise throughout 
All she has, are her words stringed together to be found  
Is this fair to shut her …. Causing her to  doubt 
Voices are mummed, summons unheard, what can be done?
Let’s come together and hold the space…. “Simply let her Voice out”.

Bury Her In Sky Instead

The deceased pompus lady-
Who lays in check
Tripped before she was ready
Her billows of ego-
mummed in life's demise.

Is she really her-
who froze testos
By a mere horse stride of a walk-
Trashing men's alluring gestures
With a flaring condemnation glare
That glided past through figures-
With an ego of a she gazelle.

Yes, that one,
Bury her in the sky instead
For in the world full of us
She tip toed our desires
And opted to live alone
In the fantasy of our admires
Like by clouds you were sired.
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Premium Member Darkness 12th Hour-

Just what is midnight 
a blackened time 
a space at night 
without light
 and just what is midnight
 the middle of the day
 for darkness plays
 sound is mummed
 light is shunned 
and just what is midnight 
the precursor to dawn 
darkness formed
 24th hour 
dead end flower 
and what is midnight the 12th hour

5/11/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021


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