CAT DOG OUCH-
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cat hisses at dog
dog retaliates growls at
the fending purring
07/14/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025©
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Categories:
retaliates, addiction, adventure, anxiety, cat,
Form: Haiku
My Past Is Not Me
...If I could rewrite the sentences of my past. The
Adversities, Challenges, Exhaustion. My Past is not Me
I often questioned myself, Why these mental games?
Emotional, Confusion, Manipulation from...
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Categories:
retaliates, 12th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Disquieting Domicile of the Storms
...Behold the abominable annals of the Storm domicile,
A living, groaning edifice of lumber and bureaucratic despair—
Where Allen Storm, the paternal prodigal of procedural pedantry,
Treads upon its ...
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Categories:
retaliates, family,
Form: Vogon Poetry
The World Retaliates
...A herd of birds and little bees,
whip through the tall oak trees
flowers grow in a different hue
a beautiful earthly view.
Gracious was the painter he,
created beauty for all to see
songs...
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Categories:
retaliates, appreciation, care, community, earth,
Form: Rhyme
2 Joyish Lovers--
...Tiny hearts beating fast;
hoping for a love that lasts;
Cryptic calls;
passions fall;
Love awaits, hate displaced;
Joy retaliates;
Variance tolerance;
Voicing love;
Lovers choice...
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Categories:
retaliates, appreciation, beautiful, cute love,
Form: Rhyme
Presidential Behavior
...There have been eleven presidents in my lifetime
and all but one has acted “Presidential.”
I recall, as a child, listening to adults discuss
politics and presidents, as if they were in a class...
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Categories:
retaliates, political, , western,
Form: Free verse
The Awaited Beginning
...At the edge of a roaring ravine humanity shivers this year
Wondering how it has reached here with wounded civilizations
Forgetting age old blunders incurred upon the existence of humans
Thriving...
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Categories:
retaliates, earth, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Loyalty and Trust
...Keep loyalty for only yourself
forget what they say
be true to you not someone else
and do it your way
Be aware you’re valuable
it’s why they value you
when weakened and vulnerable
see i...
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Categories:
retaliates, truth,
Form: Rhyme
An Irony of Life
...Evil and God
Good and Bad
Since her first dawn.
She has been hearing it;
Of the both sides of the coin,
Of the both sides of human nature.
If a truth for the coin,
A truth for her.
What if ...
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Categories:
retaliates, anger, conflict, confusion,
Form: Free verse
I'M
...Silent times retaliates
your times are waste
Am master
Bubble your time
cos your time will always pass
When they flip the glass
your time is over
My time timeless
regardless of your findi...
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Categories:
retaliates, time,
Form: I do not know?
Scapegoat
...Do you have what it takes?
Fast forward
hit the breaks
Life retaliates-
And I can’t hear you
I’ve raised the stakes.
You’re losing,
abusing the guidelines
Trying to read the fine lines-
Th...
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Categories:
retaliates, emotions, repetition,
Form: Rhyme
The Batterer
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Sucking away vitality destroying your soul;
His delusions and anger cannot hide what's inside;
Vehemence in the face of adversity his demeanor breeds fear
Apprehensive, what next? Viole...
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Categories:
retaliates, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: I do not know?
I Went To Iceland
...Today i went to Iceland
The supermarket not the place
Trying to find a short queue
Turns into a race
Elderly lady at the back
Tries to jump the queue
Those further forward voice their anger
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Categories:
retaliates, child, humorous, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Weak Minded Awareness
...Sides, perspectives, religion, skin color, culture, all of the above are things that individually we all have. No matter how strongly you feel about something no one will ever 100% understand what ex...
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Categories:
retaliates, deep,
Form: Free verse
Palesa
...Quickly closed my eyes the minute I saw your greeting hand
Fully body cured with earthly riches
My mouth stapled
And my body coma straight
As I get a crushing glimpse of your movement towards me...
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Categories:
retaliates, beauty, crush, feelings,
Form: I do not know?
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