Trick Questions
Our heads are round
so our thoughts can
change direction- but
that sometimes means
going around and around
in never ending circles
we can start again any time
Distance and time permitting
unless we punch a hole in these
distant walls that are separating us
I truly want to see her again and again
I really do remember her and regret
ever saying that I don't
Trick questions sometimes get wrong answers
Especially on bright sunny days regardless
of location and time of year
what is the public business of this country?
is it not the private business of each citizen?
Why forbid our civil liberties when we exercise
them as long as they don’t bother anyone?
Nowadays if your ship comes in it is docked
by the government. Its my opinion the main
vice many of us have consists, not in doing evil
but in permitting it.
We are no longer the ones who chose our
politicians. The rich have bought and
paid for them. May Heaven protect our citizens
if we do nothing about saving our constitution
London fog is well renowned.
Tourists flock in droves to see it.
Time permitting, the Big Ben.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
The gamut of space is unmeasured
as future projectory durations are futile
for the present
time is a provocative presence
with their backs to the wall
subjecting humankind
a balance with the course of its nature
having the incessant tock that ticks many off the wall
that faces trade with theirs
and that soulless thing of their objection
where lies a litany of unfinished deadlines
leaving these higher-ups against the wall
sharing their objections
whining that the clock had run out of its time
—preposterous
the vacuum of time is indefinite
there is no beginning
there is no ending
mayhaps the time of the day had expired
and if it be so
then there will always be a tomorrow
—time permitting
If i fall there will be more
With hope and love for all for sure
I pillowed my hardest thoughts so i could
hide in my dreams
I fractured my guilt so sorrow could sing
Never be content with what is missing
Always ferment your anger, permitting
Sure for what they forgot
And try to claim in the dark what they bought
May peace follow you-said the half naked lady that breathed life into the night
Return the calm you took from me, fair lady of the sky
Every night I see you-
Just as I saw you with my lover,
And just as I saw you with my grief
Become new or I will cease the dark-
the dark permitting your presence
My presence is vowed said she-
See me not but you will feel the light of my soul.
Tomorrow I will become new-
You will always feel my pull, father of the ripening dawn
To extract me from your being is to cease your own existence
Eyes viewing left but my hearts veering right keeping you close in my mind even when your far outta sight . I see what they offer but I know what I have and you center me whole cause your place is a half Outta all of my wrongs I know your what’s right so the vows of the now are for the rest of our life Haters want to see us quit cause we got is so legit that what Shade and implement can only help us benefit you were the key I was the lock and I say that in the past tense cause gaining access to a lock without the key is just bad sense forever hold me down and I’ll always pick you up And when the world tears us down we can build each other up Frayful fears of my past is why I grind towards the future making the present of the presence a vibe meant to soothe and subdue ya Life is the world for the world is alive seeded providing air needed for us to flourish and thrive intricate in design or maybe it’s just a matrix of mind and perceptions perceived not permitting me to project what’s not meant for the time but let me rewind and quickly change back the context It’s always us over them choosing other is nonsense soul ties
Wheelchairs and Prams
Alive wheelchairs and prams should
hold hostage people who
breach the condition of
not permitting entry to
the disabled into
their buildings!
As stated in the heart of the Warriors creed, Warriors are not the ones who always win, they are the ones who always fight.
They are the ones that eradicate sin and shatter the darkness with their eternal ethereal glowing light.
When seeing injustice, they turn not the blind eye by permitting it to continue in silence.
Diplomacy, concern, consideration and love takes precedence in any case of unnecessary violence.
Why, as we grow older
do we lose the innocence of youth
are ageing and innocence mutually exclusive
is it because innocence affords us no protection
leaving us defenceless
easy victims
and so we abandon it
as we come to know the world that we inhabit
a world that tells us to expect the worst
and as we look for the worst
and find it all around us
our focus is lost to wonder and opportunity
our openness and willingness to trust
branded silly and naïve
dangerous even
the awe that filled us when young
that had us keen and vibrant
fearless and full of expectation
has become the currency of the childishly gullible
of little value in the ranks of lost innocence
and so
having left our youth behind us
and with it our innocence
an innocence that inspired us
permitting us to be open and unguarded
to accept our world at face value
to be impulsive and trusting
to believe in innate goodness
we have
with the guiding wisdom of age
decided
that it is no longer prudent
to unquestioningly offer our hand
to unreservedly open our heart
to smile and welcome people in.
Tender graceful butterfly
Gentle little dove
This poem that I'm writing
Is all about my love
That's kept hidden inside me
Just longing to come out
But knows it has to stay there
No shadow of a doubt
But if one day the sun shines
And warms this little seed
Permitting it to flourish
No longer would I need
To write them out in longhand
These things I keep inside
Would be a living poem
Each word and thought applied
And showered thus upon you
The passion of romance
The simple act of holding hands
Or learning how to dance
Of writing songs together
And laughing when I sing
But through it all our love grows
And for that, anything
When walking barefoot trough the grass you will feel a tantilizing tingle.
Connecting your soul to the earth is advised permitting your toes and grass to mingle.
The earth transfers energy through the body and cleanes free radical through the soul.
Enhancing your health by walking barefoot connecting to mother earth for fifteen or more minutes a day should be a daily goal.
Wind is whipping, boats are zipping
On this lovely day.
Kids are skipping, trees are dipping;
Doesn’t feel like May.
It’s inviting, though, for writing;
Sunshine’s on display.
Bugs aren’t biting, no one’s fighting;
Stress remains at bay.
As I’m sitting, it seems fitting
Thoughts I can convey.
Time permitting, I’ll stay flitting
All my cares away.
Lunge I must at the choices I've made
Allowed decline dropped permitting slump fall
Yield I surrender I just give in I let go unbind
Plunging I slip, I slide diminish decline
Allowed decline dropped permitting slump fall
Stumble decrement I wane
Plunging I slip, I slide diminish decline
Gambol vaulting hurdle I skip I jump
Stumble decrement I wane
Yield I surrender I just give in I let go unbind
Gambol vaulting hurdle I skip I jump
Lunge I must at the choices I've made
02/24/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©
Tell me lover please what intimately
makes you tick
So I can summon forth bye whatsoever
means
I may intricately hand craft a bespoke clock
That pulses and count's time in accordance
to your particular individual heartbeat
That whence it chimes and strikes the bewitching hour of the truest form
of pure love
The second minute and hour hand's
grind the entire world to a frozen stop
Because nothing else not even time itself
progresses in this vacuum bubble
No light emitting speed permitting
pierces relatively between the steely
gaze of two
And matter's not how many minutes
hour's day's or months may pass
Until he or she blink's first only after then
the hand's of time are permitted
To the pace of their elevated
palpitating beating heart a skip
along once again
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