I have written over 9,000 poems and am in the Top 10.
Obviously, I enjoy writting poetry. Was born in Portsmouth
Naval Hospital on June 26, 1941. Am the oldest of six
children. Was in the USAF Stationed at McConnell AFB,
Wichita, KS. Was a Labor Economist State of Kansas
October, 1970 to August 1976. Moved to Redmond, WA
and was a Unit Administrator for Washington Army
National Guard. Wife was a Certified NICU Nurse at
Evergreen Hospital and Medical Center and graduated
from Wesley School of Nursing, Wichita, KS. We both
retired and currently live in RiverSea Plantation,
Bolivia, NC. Moved here on May 8, 2006. Been here
longer than anyone else. Graduated from Wichita
State University. MA in Urban Affairs and BA in Sociology.
Categories:
redmond, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
It's with great sadness when I say that we won't see her anymore.
Lena died in March of 2020 and she was born in March of 1944.
She is survived by her husband who is my Uncle James.
Losing such a special person is sad and it's also a shame.
James Greene Junior and Sharon Redmond are her two children.
After living for seven and a half decades, she has gone to Heaven.
She died just twenty-four hours before her 76th birthday.
Her loved ones are heart broken because she passed away.
(Dedicated to Lena L. Greene who died on March 2, 2020.)
Categories:
redmond, death, family, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
This is how it will all end
lacquer looking glass
boundary waters
warm glows
green with envy
molten grasslands
sea foam blazen
Atomic spot light sun rays
Raven wings snow day glacier
Nuclear deviled eggs, inflamed snow angel
Prickly pear jasmine, lavender pearly gates
This is how it will all end
9/28/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019
Conceived with Paint Chip Poetry™ by Lea Redmond
Categories:
redmond, analogy, holocaust, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Like Loading Cattle In Seattle
When we will spend time in Seattle,
We would like loading lots of cattle;
See Rainer;
Docile deer;
What to do next, we had big battle.
Jim Horn
Lived in Redmond, WA near Seattle
from August 1976 to May 2001.
Really liked it but too expensive.
Categories:
redmond, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Irresistable kool
(a Kwansaba for Eugene B. Redmond)
by ‘bro.zayid’
For him Miles is not god
Just irresistible kool
Yet he claims ancient ears
Sips Dunham’s golden legged dance
From Dumas’ Ra thick gourd
Ejaculating ink first
Our regal splendid swag…
©2015 all rights reserved
Categories:
redmond, appreciation, inspiration,
Form: Kwansaba
?Seahawks Subdued Again
How horrible can something possible be?
Which seems like forever will bother me
With referees getting to a big squabble
Then from the field having to hobble.
When things are not going your way
What is there really ever left to say
Except Seahawks blew it in first half
Probably can blame it on their staff.
As usual, always over the long haul
When you will make a poor play call
Shivers up my poor spine it does send
Combing back to haunt you in the end.
Chances for bowl bid maybe did blow
And certainly for sure I told you so
Not call it fumble but incomplete pass
More referee errors that did amass
(Or could call it a kick in you know where.)
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Lived in Redmond, Wa for 30 years
Categories:
redmond, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Anna Redmond put her own death in the Irish Independent as a mischief - or maybe ‘a cry
for help’. She married into Mr. Webster’s hotel and worked there slave-like. Her beautiful
young face, her red hair streaming, cheekily curling, her laughter eyes sad - her husband,
boyishly drinking all the profits. They said she suffered from her nerves! They said no
wonder Tommy drank the way he did! They always referred to her as she – she was a bit
wild, she didn’t fit in, he could have done better for himself – no wonder he hit her. Her red
hair dulled in a mental hospital. Anna Redmond, full of promise, beautiful and lively had her
youthful exuberance quelled by life’s circumstances.
Categories:
redmond, nostalgiabeautiful, beautiful, red,
Form: Prose Poetry