Short Artic Poems

Each
year from
Artic to
Antartic..and
back...

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As
the
Artic
sea ice melts-
nature culls its bears....

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while in the Artic
I tried another tactic
now am lethargic...

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Arctic avians
screech zenith zero zephyrs...
dank December bones...

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Lovingly, eyes meet
Artic blue, wide, alluring
Eyes I could swim in...

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dots before the eyes*


*the most famous example https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884...

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barren swollen trees
amidst those calm artic breeze
winter's embraces me

1/1/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2021...

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The're heading north for gold
The last great rush unfolds
In the sub-artic winter cold-
Along the Chilkoot trail
Many thousands were to fail....

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ice

artic breezes skate
 over frozen lakes and streams ~
  snow flowers of ice

12-29-22
Contest: Snow, Ice or Frost Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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Storming and Global Warning

Outside see it had started storming,
And was caused by global warming;
Strange felt,
And artic melt,
So I should send you this warning.

Jim Horn...

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ARTIC SAND DUNE GLATURES

sand ice-bergs sand dunes
a whole, awesome mountain hides
enjoying range hills

2/24/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2021...

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HAIKU

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moorland... wilderness...
attired in artic whiteness...
stoats in ermine coats...

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2/28/18

Haiku poetry contest sponsored by Deborah Beachboard...

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ICY SPOT
Sub artic winds
Drifts of frozen calling breeze
Domination winter stifle
pungent ice breaks concrete


1/5/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
PENSEE POETRY TYPE...

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Was your heart,

           woven from the ant-artic circle?

        Did your speech derive from the bitterness

   of the deaf-adder, which is'nt moved by the charmers

                                  charm?...

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Wisdom speaks in notes of light: If another hates
Their neighbour then truly they walk about, darkness
Having blinded their eyes heart to tongue; burnt offerings....
A winter's blast this altar so seeks ? Stripes, the millstone bleeds....

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howling artic gusts 
startle flock in snow-clad pine …
frozen boughs snapped off  

Date originally posted to Poetry Soup : 8th Of December 2022

Date posted to contest : 9th Of December 2022


How Many Syllables and Poetry Soup Grammar verified...

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Your smile ever so
Bright as the frozen glacier
In a cold snow-night

Breathe as fresh minty
Tastes of artic kiss embrace
Warm my love tender

Warmth by your beauty
Blanketed by your comfort
To ask is the touch

1/27/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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SNOW SMILE

You smile ever so
Bright as the frozen glacier
In a cold snow-night

Breathes as fresh minty
Tastes of Artic kiss embrace
Warm my love tender

Warmth by your beauty
Blanketed by your comfort
Toasted to the touch

1/26/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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The trinity of trees
Ice and weak light
Bitter as the

Sharp cold, pools 
Of thin water that
Grab like trolls at

Heavy ankles, breath
That steams off a
Horse`s back,

And the sky, the sky
Enamel under
An artic moon;

The year closed
Like a wet copse
Standing in the  frost...

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Aurora Dances 

Artic
White owls hoot hymns
Through floating Lapland snows -
Reindeer wait for Christmas magic 
Flying

Birch trees
Dream through long nights –
Nordic fireflies released
Festival of lights - Aurora
Dances

12-4-20
Cinquain – Five lines - syllable count 2,4,6,8,2...

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Onward, tumbling,
graceful and discarding
the mirage of life.
Propagating pinnacles
and particles freed by the
warmth of oceanic wind.
Fixed, frigid, by crisp 
artic breath.
The infinite ascension,
the transformation
torrents of blue porcelain fall.
A glued tongue to the childlike
icicle of Winter....

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Oh, sweet nature you are beautiful but sad
as you think back on the bounty you once had.
Artic palaces stood firm for many years.
Now the shifting, rising shore so closely nears.

6/23/19

from Still Lovely  written 4/2/19

Arbitrium Divisa 2 Poetry Contest    Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden ...

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Howling artic gusts
frighten birds on snow clad trees
frozen wings swept off

Winter sun burns ice
storm force gales melt and mellow
creatures free to roam

Window frames rattle
wooden huts quake in harsh climes
homely folks cluster

Reindeer sleigh dots sky
children’s starry-eyed rapt gleam
carols thaw iced fog...

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I am a gnu but I wanted to be an ox.
Or an antelope or artic fox.
Enlightened by summer’s equinox,
Rowing my boat like a well-trained cox,
Please meet me today down by the docks.
Where maidens preen in pretty flowered frocks.
But do not wear those stupid ugly argyle socks.
I will be the large one wearing the face of the ox....

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in the latter moments
seasons move slowly quick
lowering abundance consequence
grounds covered in dews mist
end of Winter, breath of artic
springs next on seasons list
kiss of solace of springtime rings
welcoming robins-sparrows solemn sings


1/18/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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