Short Braid Poems

cold cold breeze
leaves partially cover her
chopped off braid...

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Stories braid and flow
Our robes refract our spirit
Reality ends...

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Braid thoughts of thee and smile Caelan
What waits beyond the burning Sun...

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Threaded in silence
strings of golden looks and sparks
braid my eyes to yours....

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Braid flutter sun sets,
College breaks,
Deliverance free.

Free Skys By WolfLove...

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the rain soaked morning
the rose comes out of the bath
waves weaving the braid

April 10, 2018...

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silently I braid her long hair - my fingers whisper


A Monoku contest hosted by S1
Placed 1st...

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let your flowered braid cascade to say hello to two thousand eighteen


For Monoku 2 : New year Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One...

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I  braid  her
hair, time to
go to school

Long white gown
her  curls  hang.
Where'd time go

She braids my  
gray hair. How 
time   passes...

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It is raining now
Clouds wander in sky like lambs
Now and then break up
Children come out of their class
You braid your hair with a smile
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August 2, 2016...

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summer rain
upon hand
a fallen tear
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winter snow
upon her face
rosy lips
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autumn wind
upon her hair
braid unravels
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spring breeze
upon her cheek
breath exhaled

3/25/15...

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i dis(miss you, altogether,
too much to mis)take
me away, g(host of all
evils, whispering trans)fix
my sickness, steady
em(brace yourself, as
i braid your nerves in
one long str)and tell
me you like it....

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Melting cloud sprinkles pearls on you,
shines the black braid with heavenly hue.

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March 2, 2023
Syllable count : 8/9 (HMS)
Contest : A New Crystalline - Any Theme
Sponsored by : Tania Kitchin...

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braid my hair
watch you stare
eyes evoke
words choke
coughing it off
cough cough cough
swallowing golf balls
fluffy cotton candys
how candid
hand me
your hand
blink twice
three times
do it faster
i love you
braid my hair
?...

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Mama N them would platt N braid my hair;
She’d say girl git up ya got to go somewhere;
Where si tat skirt I juz hemmed up;
Git o’ver here and don’t be stutting yo stuff


2/8/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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woven into midnights braid
sunsets goodnight kiss charade
bowing low for curtain call
draped in heavens endless shawl
warmth exhaled in cooling rise
silent wings of butterflies
woven into midnights braid



©7/9/2021

Elemental Poetry Contest...

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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a mermaid
I thought the dresses were stunning and pretty
I would sit in the sun and tie my hair in a golden braid

Now all I want is to really change
I want to express myself as I truely am
Even if being a man is seen as strange...

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I braid the sisal in my shaking hands

Noughts and crosses ensnare my trembled thumb

The tight tugs throttle my Adam's apple


A single drop suspends my teetered feet 

Swaying south and outwards in a rhythmic creek 

I brace for the embrace to unknown realms...

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Some braid of thought, my reason's caught,
prohibiting my grace, its ought.
Iniquity - the storm of naught
does catch my mind, then exits ...bought!

The price I pay for disarray
is grievous more than faith's relay.
A silent spring, like truth's redeem
is equity of hope's new scene!...

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I'll put on my foundation,
so my skin looks fair.
I will put on eyeliner,
And braid my hair.
put on the eye shadow,
and powder my nose.
brush on the pink blush,
that's how it goes.
Nexts goes the lipstick,
then I look in the mirror to see.
The person that i'm looking at,
Just isn't me....

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There are people 
who
 I love to hate
that live inside my heart

They thread me
 in
then knot me up
new patterns in the dark

To make my world
a 
thicker braid
than those who fawn and swoon

And stitch the flame
 of 
tangled fire
—unwoven in my loom

(Ronald McDonald House: August, 2021)...

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Thy are in the parlor
Little ones run

Thy are in the parlor
Brothers fight

Thy are in the parlor
Sisters braid hair
For the day

Thy are in the parlor
Little ones walk

Thy are in the parlor
Brothers lye down the weapons

Thy are in the parlor
Sisters stop

Thy are in the parlor
All is quite...

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Old barn
The antique picture on my wall

While on left field
My memory twice to conceal

The Olive Branch
Just a braid of grass keeping the peace

While in my plain eyes view
This is what I do
Living my life within the picture frame this antique barn is surreal

11/30/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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She had the loveliest hair, but it brought too much attention to her.
Shaquita was shy; she did not like people to approach or speak.
I will braid it, her mother said, but what can we do with your face?
People gravitate to beautiful people. You don’t have a chance.
And her mother was right. Everyone wanted to be her friend....

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Morning tumbles into my arms,
I give a gentle hug,
Smooth down 
Her long gauzy dress,
Run my fingers through her rays
And braid sweet pea tendrils in blond pigtails.

Lifting up her quivering chin
I gaze into sapphire eyes,
Drawl encouraging morning words:
“Good” and “glory”,
“Dove”,
And she embraces the petunia day....

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