REMEMBERING MY FATHER LETA
...As the pencil is being sharpened
And the ink is being refilled
The pieces are coming together
As the memories are being emphasized
And the truth is being revisited
The picture is showing itse...
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Categories:
refilled, adventure, africa, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Loneliness, Maybe
...Today, surrounded by family, I felt alone.
As I looked upon the faces of my loved ones,
I realised I was loved, yet still alone.
This may be the onset of depression,
But it might as well ...
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Categories:
refilled, depression, feelings, life, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
WHEN SANTA CAME TO BENARTY
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WHEN SANTA CAME TO BENARTY
Santa came to Benarty
One cold and stormy night
The snow and clouds that gathered
Made Santa ground his flight.
He landed behind the graveyard
In Dallas Doyle Par...
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Categories:
refilled, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Onomato-pea-a
...I’m Onomato-pea-a
The window is my home.
I love the sounds of cooking
At day, at dusk, and dawn.
Mom clomps into the room
And clicks on every light
The curtain whooshes open,
I wake up, “No ...
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Categories:
refilled, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Honey-dipped Fingers
...Last winter, I refilled my blackened quill with
a dose of your sensual sonnets,
allowing your soothing voice to be the maestro
of moaning moonlight,
reawakening a cathartic infatuation.
Drun...
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Categories:
refilled, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
bistro
...Peter (my bf) and I were in Paris, about three weeks ago (I was on Spring break, he was on vacation from work).
‘Headstart for Happiness,’ by ‘the Style Council,’ was playing low somewhere.
“This i...
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Categories:
refilled, boyfriend, humor, paris, student,
Form: Free verse
Poetry of Ordinary Things
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See how the sunlight
comes across the table,
touching my hand
and the paisley coffee cup
I emptied earlier, is refilled
with a pouring
of the same anointing light.
I am enamored
by ordi...
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Categories:
refilled, celebration, morning, poetry,
Form: Free verse
he feels
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like an empty jar
discarded by the wayside
thrown into space
waiting to be recycled
by a kind soul
the label has weathered
apart from the bit stating
the best before date
which seems lon...
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Categories:
refilled, depression,
Form: Free verse
Wanna Come Home
...#Wanna_come_to_a_home
Wanna come back home and be met by warm arauma of home cooked meal by the gate, one that would make me to think twice before I wanna fill my stomach with street food, one that ...
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Categories:
refilled, family,
Form: Free verse
Giving Me Back
...Laura returned in a dream tonight
to remind me of who I was
Leading me toward a waxing moon
she sang of hope and love
Pulling me close she kissed my lips
as her breath refilled my soul
Giving ...
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Categories:
refilled, muse,
Form: Rhyme
Drinking Buddies
...OK, I never liked you guys
But now we're drinking buddies
To my great surprise
That giant Texas heat lamp
Brought us together
Because the drought you couldn't weather
I set up bird baths, j...
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Categories:
refilled, creation, drink, friendship, giving,
Form: Rhyme
Making the Best of An Unexpected Crossed Path
...our paths crossed
at the old lake
now all dried up
it was such a wonderful
feeling to see her smile
again
still as beautiful as ever
our conversation inspired
the rain
the lord refille...
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Categories:
refilled, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Communion Before Community
...the Bible is basically a narrative
about communities
from Genesis to Revelations it reveals
how as humans we need to be
in the Christian community its what binds us together
in that we all tru...
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Categories:
refilled, bible, christian, community, god,
Form: Didactic
Even Slugs Need Hugs - Nursery Rhyme
...It seems I was stuffed with some wool and some foam
And then I was sent to this ‘in between’ home
My purpose is now to give heartstrings a tug
Alas that’s not easy… because I’m a slug
I feel li...
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Categories:
refilled, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Ever Draw Closer To God-
...God says draw ever closer to me and be royalty, refilled , redeemed always
9/8/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...
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Categories:
refilled, appreciation, forgiveness, god, humanity,
Form: Monoku
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