Short Becalm Poems

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give a little,
squeeze a little drop,
give up on,
the illusion of seclusion
belay to open up,
to be becalmed
to be becoming....

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Seasonal precipice
eErie haze, becalm water
elongating obscurity
Binded
promisingly adorned cirrus
tinged fuscia, luster
Ascending radience
captivating        
Still

unnerving...

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gavel,  raffles,
travels unravels.

palming,  bombing,
becalm, embalm.  

death on-death on
becalm, becalm

2/9/20
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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*Image of Lady Bug by Pixabay.

IHO We Ladybugs Who Started It
(Gender-Neutral)

My dearest ladybird,
with your orangey shield,
protecting your body when stirred,
as the creatures who languish after you,
their piquant beckons skill to wield.
Becalm, I'm not afeared ...
misterbird flew revealed.

2021 July 17
e.g., Julyme
RhymeScheme; abacbab
Structured Lines...

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One golden eye glowers, proud Poseidon deigns lift
the scored shards of malice where mere mortals sift.
Becalm unnerved waters, cleanse steel gray to green
before sanity shatters with one glimpse of this scene.
Surge forth healing rivers, bathe stunned souls to heal
Sweep clean filthy flotsam, let no grim grime congeal.
Stout salt of forbearance, restore what had once been
Sure embrace, stalwart prince, lest it happen again....

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