Short Blacksmith Poems

Were
these
blacksmith,
goliaths-
all eye & no brain...

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When the anvil falls
The sky is broken
Go tell the Blacksmith...

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Tapestry sunrise
The Gods
Forging iron
Behind the
Blacksmith-mountains...

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He was a Blacksmith
He made swords for the movies
Tall, strong and brawny....

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The blacksmith while he was hammering
did hit his thumb, oh boy how it stung
dipped it in water
got bit by an adder
boy, he swore and swore at the aching...

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a hungover farmer went one day

to a blacksmith shop to buy some hay

please dont think this funny

for he had no money

and so went home less vertebrae.
...

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"Bellows",
bellows the blacksmith
the thatched roof crofter's cottage
so beautiful 
in the cottage garden
the wild pink heather evokes
fond memories of Victoria....

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There once was a blacksmith at Danville
Who made so much noise on his anvil
That the neighbors, one day,
Quietly hauled it away,
And bulldozed it into the landfill....

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Stone quarry
Stone quarryman
Stone worker
Quarry worker
Quarry labourer
Stone mason
Stone chisel
Cold chisel
Metal worker
Whitesmith
Silversmith 
Tinsmith
Goldsmith
Blacksmith
Wordsmith;
Black art
Word art...

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Became because
Background bedbug
Boldface bookcase
Blackmail blacklist
Misspoke backstroke
Bellboy below
Blacksmith bluefish
Backside backslide

4/1/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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Coal-smoke on summer air –
the leather apron’d smith,
a donkey to be shod –
what tribal memory burned,

forged into DNA?
Forged into DNA

by forebears of hammer
and tongs – there’s nothing like
metal against metal
to give meter to song....

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Innocent.
silently the blacksmith works
trying to make a living.

Harmless.
The finished product;
the cute cold black metal rod.

Viscious.
The gun swallows
poisonous pellets.

Violent.
It roars.
It spits fire.
It spits death......

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forging
noble timeless art
brute strength and skill
reverence for the forces of fire
innate passion for working metal
precious knowledge passed down the ages
honoring with pride millennia of blacksmith ancestry



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on May 26, 2019...

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Small shards of Flint stone, picked from the quarry’s rubble
Blacksmith-bent bit of iron, wrapped around my fisted knuckles
Strike strike strike spark!
Charred cloth poised to catch, glowing grows with gentle breath
Introduced to fine fibered tinder, Suddenly aflame, yabba dabba doo!

20161024...

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A blacksmith exploded a missile 
at  point-blank
to lower the animal
in a candid manner.
So close that truth went brute.

Nativity of a patriarch
was challenged.
The birds had migrated a long distance
to find the water.
The doors remained unlocked. 

An apology for the flesh. Bones 
had exited long back. Sermon
was writ large on the face of moon.
Night was very black.
Aphonia was the word.




Satish Verma...

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create a picture 

using a pen and paper 

needs some craftsmanship 

bend these words on the anvil 

to make something much greater 


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it is easy to write a haiku/tanka 
but the art is to create a picture ..like a blacksmith 
it takes true craftsmanship to make it happen with just so few words .. 
with this i call it " the wordsmith "...

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When the woman wove the crown of thorns,
She didn't realize to a king it would be worn.

When the blacksmith forged the nine inch nails,
He didn't know our savior would be impaled.

And when the carpenter made the cross,
He didn't see what man would reign against loss.

Though these three folk would create a path,
That would transcend time in which to last.

So be aware in all you do,
As God puts grace in all of you.

3-September-2021...

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(after Robert Desnos)
 
I spit in the eye 
of the father of the bride 
of the blacksmith who made the axe 
with which the lumberjacks 
cut down the big old oak 
with a hundred lusty strokes 
and which they split in half 
and from which the bed was carved 
(with a swag of fruit and leaves) 
in which the fellow was conceived 
who became the great-grandfather 
of the guy with the massage parlor 
where, provocatively clad, 
your mother met your dad....

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Out from the 'Chop Shop,' breaking laws,
"Speed bumps, Hoods!" Scold Grand Mamas,
Found with the blacksmith made lots of noise,
Served an acquittal now kissing boys,

First comes the stocking of little Nell
Wait cause Grand Mas legs still swell,
Next comes the stocking of little Will
Oh, it's filled to its brim with swill

Oh, oh, no! "I" - "da" - "ho?"
Oh, oh, no! "O" - "hi" - "o?"
Get up it's nonstop, quick, quick, quick
Down to the car and without this chick!...

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the grim reaper is not our enemy
he is liberator of souls
slayer of gravity
bushwhacking paths to
heaven and hell
not a racist never prejudice
everybody treated equally
        can any of us say the same
he's consistent-persistent
ambitious -timeless
tireless
can any say they have such virtues 
he tramples both
young and old
virgin and whore
the clean and wicked minded
day time or middle of night rider
soloist Armageddon- 
blacksmith 
pounding death into
angels and hellions...

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