Pantoum Poems

Floating With the Summer Breeze

Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
      beaming down from azure skies at daybreak;
   smoothly gliding o’er the peaceful shoreline;
         greeting me...Read More

As the crow preens her pride
Whistling truth through corn maze
She is looking for a mate
He is a brilliant contender
Whistling truth through corn maze
Watching for best specimen
He is a brilliant contender
Magnificent match for both
Watching for best specimen
She is looking for a...Read More

Jesus- rose to keep me kept- His DEATH Resurrection HAS ME BLESSED- -
Awesome is the love of yours
even so, ever so wonderful
and beautiful are your words
for the love of all you rose
ever so, ever so wonderful
Lord Jesus thank you for...Read More

 Somber Force
Regenerated compassion of brilliant plights
So dark in color or tone, gloomy.
So dull
blacken is the light, blinding is the darkness
So dark in color or tone, gloomy.
So drab, dingy, shady, ever I'm restrained subdued sober severe austere
Blacken is the light,...Read More

Where do Ants go in the Autumn-

Seasonal changes, from summer now it is fall
Autumns arrival
Temperatures crawl
Fallen are the heat index, humility calm
Autumns arrival
Temperature falling it's now autumn
Fallen are the heat index, humility calm
Where do the ants go before it snows
Temperature...Read More

Acorn brownie is unstoppable
Twirling and whirling in piles of leaves
Showing off for squirrel keeper fairy
Mythical dynamo coming to life

Twirling and whirling in piles of leaves
Cool breeze adding to his ambiance
Mythical dynamo coming to life
Stirring up October winds in forest

Cool breeze...Read More

With mild rays the Sun doth snuggle me in this breezy morn,
Oh Earth, forget thy imminent wintry woes, as Fall placateth thee,
She giveth offerings of raspberries and vines of gorgeous taste,
The senile year will make thee moan with inebriating bounty,

Oh...Read More

Brain so muddied why am I on trial
Where do I stand what am I fighting for
My stomach is coming up only bile 
Feeling used I am humanities whore


Where do I stand what am I fighting for
Two days on this verse...Read More

It’s time to stop seeing with our eyes!
Gay, white, black, or straight 
Peace is so hard to find, elusive; 
Cut off the head, don’t let ignorance breed;

Shouldn’t we all be done with hate?
It shouldn’t matter your sex or color
in the...Read More

October bade to tune me for its heartache song.
Thirty-one days pelleted stressed pummeled rain.
How rude the tenth one to taunt with feuds weeks long.
No frisky wind wishes gentled October’s strain.

Thirty-one days pelleted stressed pummeled rain.
October offered no hued tones to...Read More

As October turns autumn leaves orange
The trick of treats of nature's ply
Oceans crack on moonlit shore
Weathered hands cup coffee warm

The trick of treats of nature's ply
Burst of fireworks yet to come
Weathered hands cup coffee warm
Watching the stars shoot across the...Read More

(Contest entry: Poet’s October Pantoum...)

Trick or Treat
(Ghosts)

These ghosts have walked the streets before,
their hollow eyes embarking for the light;
the streets are glad they’re here once more,
going house to house at night.

Their hollow eyes embarking for the light —
Adults beside the...Read More

Rich, vibrant mixtures off the changing colors of
        October.
Golden yellow's that represent the ray's of the
        sun.
Soft brown's, like dry dirt underground.
Bright red"s that lift the...Read More

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/31st_of_october_eve_1185223
Prizes

October is a pent up rage
A subtle breath and sharp exhale
He is a portent - of impending carnage
A forthcoming black storm's wail

A subtle breath and sharp exhale
As brazen hounds frighten all inside
A forthcoming black storm's wail
Stalks hollow and frozen eyed

As...Read More

To a Mother of Pearl Moon, brilliant disc at twilight 
And peeking through satin clouds at dusk 
Taking the place of setting burnt-orange Sun perfection 
The giver of life replaced by the finder of love.

And peeking through satin clouds at...Read More

Through spaces of orange and yellow leaves 
In day-time skylights of azure blue 
Through the blackened leaves at midnights hour 
A full-moon winks through empty branches 

In day-time skylights of azure blue 
October's paintings of days and nights 
A full-moon...Read More

REVOLVING DOOR-

In one's mind awaken
instilled now asleep
micro-electric waves passes
generating thought processes
instilled now asleep
sparks of subconscious sights
generating thought processes
visual bites
sparks of subconscious sights
micro-electric waves passes
visual bites
In one's mind awaken ...

10/28/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.  2019©
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Dark night when trust is being painted and betrayed,
When young men behaved like apes on the loose,
Deflowered by six-man gang on rampage,
Trusted and confidant pal turned to ape this day,

When young men behaved like apes on the loose,
She was lured...Read More

October's sheaves of leaves are here,
Breeze blowing mid trees dances down, 
Swirls and twirls of gold, auburn cheer,
Stark branch and bark stand out in brown, 

Breeze blowing mid trees dances down,
Plump pumpkins hail Halloween scene, 
Stark branch and bark stand...Read More

I am dragonfire
Burning more brilliant than my scales
A product of an eternal inferno 
I bathe in the sensation of the flames licking my skin

Burning more brilliant than my scales
Don’t come near or the flames may lick you too
I bathe in...Read More

A new ghost in this ethereal sleeve
Fresh from the new dug grave that reaked of death
By chance he morphed on this Halloween eve
It was not yet in him to moan and gasp breath

Fresh from the new dug grave that reaked...Read More

October a month of remembrance for me
Mother has a birthday about the middle 
Then daddy and her wed you must see
Their twenty-fifth anniversary riddle

Mother has a birthday about the middle
Just before they bring me home from Lanett 
Their twenty-fifth anniversary...Read More

Laughing children shuffle in the leaves
(they're dressed as ghosts and vampires).
Smiling people give out handfuls of candy;
young and old can  join in the fun.

They're dressed as ghosts and vampires!   
It's a time of innocent pleasure... 
Young and old can join in the...Read More

The Wind of October

A whisper of frost on the breath of bright autumn
 On wings October flies in a whirlwind of sighs.
The wind shivers with cold - time’s messenger bold;
 Waking up from their naps mufflers, mittens – woolen caps.

On...Read More

October has come, where have you been?
It's time for both hello and goodbye.
Hot days end as we await Halloween.
We'll sing and dance in costumes, so don't be shy.

It's time for both hello and goodbye.
Cool breezes sweep away fallen leaves.
We'll sing...Read More

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