Short Contention Poems

Idris Elba speaks out '
Heirachy isn't democracy
Truth Is. No; yeller..?...

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In contention
For congestion
I fight you all back
And now
I have
A lungie
To hack
Lol...

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When a loved one leaves this earth
It's out of all contention
They don't die, they still exist
In a new dimension ......

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Upset at the attention?
All day you primped and preened.
Why the self righteous contention…?
That much cleavage .. begs to be seen....

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hold on to your hat
   here comes the election time
      the Lord’s house’s meddling

05/09/16

A placer in a
"Short Form Poetry" 
contest....

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Trump Big Bone of Contention

Trump was big bone of contention;
Smart Aleck at political convention;
Much  disdain;
Constant pain;
In ranks raised so much dissension.

Jim Horn...

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Contention has sold me a used psyche swallowing my pride pricy;
Problem with this is disputation disharmony discords hot and spicy;

5/1/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2010©...

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Contention has sold me a used psyche swallowing my pride pricy;
Problem with this is disputation disharmony discords hot and spicy;

5/3/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©...

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Must Mention Each Ration of Compassion

About Trump are things we must mention;
Definitely has been big bone of contention,
And nibbled at,
A dumb doormat,
While many problems exist with retention.

Jim Horn...

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A bone of contention 
 can be chewed until 
 nothing worth having
     is left to be won.



May 20, 2022
Naani Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May
21 syllables checked with howmanysyllables...

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Bones of Contention Center of Attention

Bones of contention can be at center of attention;
Often are found to be interesting I must mention;
Never up freeing;
With not agreeing;
They did mix among ranks with much dissension.

Jim Horn...

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You scream at me with contention
O' did I mention
I am forgiving yet also retaining
You're condescending
Aforementioned
With your attitude
I'm instill within forgiving
Yes, forgiving I am retaining



8/5/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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Listen to poem:

I looked for you one last time; as the sun went down
I looked for you again; when I was about to run aground
Was that my guiding star; it, was nowhere to be found
In a sea of contention; you were never really around
But even still, as I look for you; the sun goes down...

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Trailing Arbutus



Whatever your persuasion
very likely there your heaven is.
Mine? A run of tiny stars
as pink as any rising dawn
in April’s eyes, whose scent 
confirms beyond contention
or dispute that heaven is as much 
down here as it is up there. 
Nothing will persuade me differently....

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The art of decision
Crafted with precision,
A right amount of tension
With just enough suspension
And so very little convention
Will yield apprehension
Mixed with contention
And some derision
With a true vision;
But your invention
Requires attention,
And did I fail to mention
It will increase your pension....

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An introvert in isolation

Talked to fairies in desperation

Not even quit faint

So neighbours complained

Called Police for incarceration


An extrovert shut up and inside

Climbed into tupperware as his guide

Held in detention

He gained contention

But then the lid was dissatisfied 



28th April...

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I remember when
bell-bottom pants were a fashion;
I wore them not thinking I was a hippie
protesting war with contention...
mom was afraid I'd be drafted and lose me.


I remember when 
an ice cream cone cost only a dime,
all its ingredients were truly natural;
now, all vendors compete and mime...
one can't find that one that's sensational....

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Jealous Beauty

Your hair is jealous of your face

Longing to lay against your cheek.

Your lips touch like love at first sight

Every time you speak.

Your nose, picture perfect,

But aspires to be noticed.

Your lashes twinkle, 

But battle for attention

How can something so perfect 

Cause so much contention

Jealous beauty....

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There is hope
Left and hopelessness
Hopelessness provides despair spoke
Right undeniable reliable unknown bless
Tension unmentioned
Seen unseen being contention 
Anticipation reliance faith
Seen unseen beloved believing waits
Believing faith not seen beyond hope

12/17/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023...

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Oh to be content, a state of mind
A conclusive state I cannot find

But should I stop, consider, compare
Be it a place, then I'm almost there

What barricade stops me in my tracks
Do I over contemplate the facts

I'm more content than I do admit 
Epitomising content misfit 

Couplet Poetry Poetry Contest
7th May 2023
Sponsored by: Sotto Poet...

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Certainty's excess, nor revelations stress
is empathy for rule, not ingress.
A sacrifice so willing must suggest
the option of forgiveness not complex,
a savior ranking forward as our crest.
In torment's indecisions we have lust,
and so endanger others pathways thus.
Contention must be free and motives just ~
in order that our battle . . . . changes us!...

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Fey King knelt to me.
Hearts engraved with oak leaves
Songs of fires and green rosaries
Bands of merchants plying their wares
Queens ascending toward mountains glen
Scenes of battle and quests of yore
Live contention favors from source
Cosmic gardens Love branching forth
Trees connecting roots deep in the earth
Stars descending fall from the sky
Open secret I never die.
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Behold compromise and contention
Release the dark hold of grudged spirits
One mustn't underestimate our inner powers
That the healing of hatred acquires
Bearing strength in a shell of perception
Demodulating spiritual frequencies to our universe
Adding Nobility to clarify such wisdom 
To compromise our learned perceptions
Is noble indeed…
…attaining high moral principles one needs~...

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~~**~~
not my intention
nor a bone of contention
social convention
~*~
look for facts I search
I research but get confused
or am I confused
~*~
I used to be brash
I used to be brazen bold
no more I got old
~*~
we take sides to fight
politics and religion
pray or become prey
~*~
hate poisons the mind
arrogance is ignorance
divided we fall
~~**~~...

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He comes from a secret place way below under ground, hiding from the outside world, safe from hate and harm, he has saved my life from all of the hate and contention in this world, so he is with me in spirit. There for we have a bond stronger then any friendship or love you could imagine. All though we can not be together out in the open or together at all we will never ever be apart, because we are together by spirit....

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