The oil, the gear and the rod
The Day you realized
God hadn't have created everything for you
You find yourself a disrespectful ewww
Sociopath
Pursuing your adaptive stupid path
As History of path of yours prior exists
And feeling so entitled, you
So comfortably choosing the positioning of yours
Attempt to make the lives of those remaining few
Whose values are not texts defining true
In mass of measurable
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Categories:
rod, science,
Form: Rhyme
Spare the Rod
She whimpers
She screams
Bad temper
It seems
Mom wallows
Dad screams
Pain follows
Bad dreams
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Categories:
rod, abuse, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Rod of initiation
Imagine a vertical column of light,
beginning at root, going up to the crown,
a tube of magnetism ushering delight,
expanding that energy flows all around,
reverberating thus by day and by night,
wherein all cells of form, in bliss rapture drown.
Pardon our diction; this is fact, not fiction,
here now within form, ego’s crucifixion.
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Categories:
rod, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima
Rod Serling
Rodman Edward Serling
at Ithaca College tried out for curling
he found he couldn’t sweep for the stone
and decided to write the Twilight Zone
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Categories:
rod, humorous,
Form: Clerihew
In Memory Of Rod Serling
Crossing over
into the realm
of non-description
reference and paradigm
sleep alone
Borders falling inward
upon themselves
leaving only what
the mind forgoes
—and the soul forbids
(The New Room: 1-15-2025)
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Categories:
rod, in memoriam,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
rod, education, gospel, spiritual,
Form: Than-Bauk
Categories:
rod, family, gospel, myth, power,
Form: Haiku
JESUS MY ROD-
Jesus my Scepter
Rod of guidance
My awe-ALL protector
You’re a shelter for me
A shadow from the heat
An ensign for ALL Nations
Hallehjauh
3/11/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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Categories:
rod, analogy, appreciation, how i
Form: Free verse
Hot Rod
As if pushing against that one girl who bumped into me on the sidewalk.
And never said sorry, and never looked back…
It gives me strength.
To close me into the car.
Against the fall wind.
The wind that tries to tip my car over, but never succeeds!
I shake off the chill.
The cold never wins.
Against me and this machine!
The
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Categories:
rod, anger,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
rod, abuse, anger, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Rod Serling Blues
Of the many cures
—there is no cure
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
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Categories:
rod, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Senator Rod Culleton
Rod Culleton, what can I say? But thank you mate
For all the ways, all the stands; the fireside talks
You challenge the falseness, you've walked the walk
You represent 'true Aussie creed' we'll make it right
Just as she'll' we want true hearts and mate you'll
Do.' You've got back up 'a time or two' the foe within
Can't
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Categories:
rod, appreciation, character, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
The Rod and Reproof Gives Wisdom
Such a violent world we live in
Hard to know just what to do
For example both my mom and dad
Have slapped and spanked me too
But nowadays some choose a path
That may seem rather odd
To discipline with words instead
Of reaching for a rod
"The rod and reproof give wisdom ..."
What does the Bible mean?
In carrying out that principle
Some
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Categories:
rod, abuse, children, hurt, parents,
Form: Rhyme
A Fishy Tale
We'd get the punt from St Mary's church,
We clambered aboard, with enough gear to make the punt lurch.
There was my Dad my Uncle, me and a family friend,
You could feel the day was going to be hot,
But off we went to discover our fishy lot.
We each had a very expensive rod, but we was one
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Categories:
rod, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Spare the Rod, Spoil a Child, Story Poem
Back in the early '50s, my Dad believed in,
"Spare the rod, spoil a child," his lesson seeping in.
As a young growing kid, I longed for playtime's call,
Believing in the joy of games, both indoors and outdoors, I stood tall.
Mornings meant waking up to breakfast's warm delight,
Then off to the playing field, where dreams took flight.
Soccer
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Categories:
rod, childhood, growing up,
Form: Narrative
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