Short Dainties Poems

Hangnails are painful, wish for a cure
Wish they'd disappear, need a pedicure
That's only for the ladies
Tough guys ain't dainties
We just grin and bear it pretend it ain't sore...

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These vast expanses and love for luxuries,
The dint and dainties ever luring, 
The beams that bend our narrow necks, 
The cares compelling all to the gate,
Our wars and wearying ways for filths 
The ego fanning fist for fights, 
And these for vain we vaunt and vent.
We wane in time, and leave em’ here....

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A craftsman's bowl in glass
    resting on the table
  Unsure if for dainties meant
    or for short-stem flowers, its intent

  Her sides reach outward, fingers
    beckon beauty to enter there and stay 
  No takers found she, but her spirit unbowed
    sunlight-kissed glass by small setbacks uncowed...

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I will wash the feet of my enemy
 I'll eat the dainties of the flower leaves
 I will kiss the bright of the Sun
 I will sit amongst the branches of the trees
 it comes to me 
life is only begun 
like the northern breeze 
forgivenessit comes to me

4/13/20

Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020...

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I will wash the feet of my enemies 
I will eat the dainties of the flowers leaves 
I will kiss the bright of the Sun
I'll sit amongst the branches of the trees
come to me
life is only begun it comes to me
like the northern Breeze
I relish all of these
sweeten is forgiveness
7  X  70

10/27/19
James Edward Lee Sr 2019...

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Daily bouquets from me just for you
Sprays of fresh dainties each morning anew
They're not made from flowers as one would expect
But corsages of orchids of music bedecked
Posies of pieces played straight from my heart 
Unspoken words, melodies of art
Unclad and uncovered, my soul now in view
Be gentle, these bouquets are played just for you...

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Alabaster staircase framing chandeliers
    Picassos, Renoirs, Van Goghs lining the walls
  Marble floors, dazzling in the starlight
    Polished perfection staging the Night

  Dainties, delicacies, tray after tray
    Sweetmeats, exotic fruits, more on the way
  Debonair men in their tuxes emerge from limousines
    Women goddesses wear sequined gowns, leggy queens

  Playboys, playgirls of the Riviera making the scene
    Jealousy left wondering what it all means...

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