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Wraith, Geist, or Wrath of the Failure

Seems my handwriting will never improve,
Yearlong efforts, letters still oblong.
Not quite right, but we pretend it’s not all bad,
I fixate on each line, a prerequisite approach.
So next and then that line and its spacing, proper
striving for excellence, sentence, cursed to find
some semblance, a distant echo. Earshot.
Eardrum. POP!

Outward rang disdain, my reality indifferent,
Marks resembling a bell

Categories: relinquished, anger, change, conflict, devotion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Relinquished

Like milkweed seeds
they fly—
to map the
blue-washed sky,
these three adults who see
things differently 
than me.
They're out
in the wide world,
their thoughts and dreams
unfurled—
like banners that proclaim
the world won't be
the same.
And in each face I see
just ripples there
of me.
But I know I've done right
to loose in windy flight
three seeds to bloom upon
this earth when I 
am gone.

* with

Categories: relinquished, children, mother,
Form: Rhyme

Emotions Relinquished-

so sad and depressed 
relinquishing emotions
hey, you'll be Okay


5/11/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2020

Categories: relinquished, analogy, angst, emotions,
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Relinquished Dreams

Unremitting responsibilities 
Aspirations tampered by reality
Relentless quest for more
Beautiful wife, children, home
Cars, boat, vacations, clothes
All requisite trappings
Abundance of wealth and success
Colleges, tuitions, mortgages
Debt free, substantial savings
Old age, sickness, infirmity
Dusty, unplayed
Fender Stratocaster guitar

Categories: relinquished, life, loss, sad,
Form: Free verse

One Stone, a Childhood Treasure Relinquished

Out back, he dug a hole in which he placed his old friend’s corpse.

Atop the grave, he pressed one stone, a childhood treasure relinquished

when he buried the Waimaraner – his great beloved gray ghost.


Nov. 7, 2017  for One Stone Contest of John Lawless

(a Waimaraner is a beautiful breed of dog called gray ghost)

Categories: relinquished, loss,
Form: Sijo

Relinquished

His light is not extinguished
                               Only his body is relinquished

Categories: relinquished, bereavement, eulogy, inspiration,
Form: Lyric

Relinquished Endeavor-Nighttime Musing Contest

Nighttime Musings Contest
Sponsor: FJ Thomas

Absorbed in my meditated  communications, all sorted out beyond my close reach,
and there you walk, right into my mind, fighting for me....please stay forever...
                 -and propel my relinquished endeavor...

Reflections of when our eyes met,

Categories: relinquished, desire, love, passion,
Form: Free verse

Relinquished Pride

I stand high on the podium today
Reciting my memoires clearly I say
I remember the times you mocked my walk
The days you turned your back and talked
Today I see you all look up at me
Listening to my speech so intently
Each guffaw is so suddenly silenced
Each sneer so speedily disappeared
I see admiration in each tearfilled eye today
But

Categories: relinquished, school
Form: Couplet