Short Deftly Poems
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Misty mornings drew us in
Where footprints deftly shod within
The steps of heart we took to find
The beating of eternal kind
A Soup poet wrote a love sonnet
She should have kept under her bonnet
Though deftly composed
Her love was exposed
And she can't put her finger on it
A lady so much older than I
Deftly signalled a path from her thigh
Like a wrinkle in thyme
Something started to climb
Hmmph! I forgot to zip up my fly!
Deeply, dangerously,
daringly, darkly
defiantly, deadly
deftly, dumbly
disgustingly dis-guarded
10/8/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020
Philly in pink haze
Skyscrapers tucked deftly
behind a string of trees
car trucking along Girard
unaware of amaranth mist
slowly adjourning into dark
Rising
by sin
falling
by virtue
Caught in the
blind spot
of destiny’s
rhyme
Words
overweight
in consonant
sorrow
Vowels
deftly stolen
inverting
— the time
(Cooke City Montana: August, 2025)
The gift that is given is given in vain.
The loss is incurred by having to explain
What the present is and why it is hers
The acceptance of which she deftly defers
Thus avoiding, yet causing, much heartfelt pain.
“You play words like an instrument”
someone once said
Each vowel as a whole note
to consonants wed
High praise from a seeker
deftly looking for more
New songs in the making
—words singing du jour
(The New Room: March, 2023)
Spider deftly climbs on by,
Quickly moves on toward the fly.
Ugly, arrogant arach,
In he steals for the attack.
Silently devours his prey,
Hungry still, he moves away.
Enter bored and grumpy cat:
Death to spider, whack and splat!
When darkness styled me for a while
He deftly like a surgeon broke the spell
Begin we dropping dangled from a chute
From above we land one step from hell
Remember … You jumped and pulled the ripcord to start the journey
Clandestine orchards perched upon the horts and whos so we'll make anew, the glowing fruit, is it purple or mewed pink, like colored sinks that sink the pink rose in the backyard pond for shallow eyes, that deftly see deepness and solidarity.
I heard
what you said
But not
what you meant
Your words
but a smokescreen
Belying
intent
Each one
deftly crafted
To lure
and delude
Anointing
your weakness
Blaspheming
— Saint Jude
(Chicago’s South Side: July, 2026)
Francine, of contests,
the sullen cause the bitey claws,
as the proud poet seeks a place,
jerking open mental doors,
encompassing mental flaws,
blind true judgement, deftly insures,
who gets the honored place?
perhaps?
Don Johnson 24-july-11
Delirium delves deeply
Deeply dense
Derivatively dying
Dancing deliriously
Driving deeply densely
Happily hastily
Honeyed homeliness
Lying loneliness
Levitating loveliness
Delirium doubly
Dealing deftly deathly
Deeply delving deliriously.
Teacher and students
Sitting slumped in impossibly rigid chairs
Staring at
Shadows creeping deftly into
Corners never considered
Classes never attended
Vacations never enjoyed
Wedding bells never rung and the
Glorious reality that
“Only the good die young.”
Moths flutter
anxious
Windows prevent
entry
Saturday
Turkey remains
reheating
Dark falls upon us
plump moon sliver blushing
Stars race into view
In patterns
familiar
Another sunset
missed
In too busy
Moments
Changing leads
Blindly
Deftly
Oblivious
Listen to the light that so deftly surrounds you.
Like the night it holds onto everything, it holds on to you.
Watch and wait and listen for the sounds you are bound to hear,
Sit down on the rain and turn an ear, just one ear,
So that you will hear the sound in the light.
The thunderstorm has passed. A sparrow at the birdfeeder under the tree tilts its head, catching the morning sun, deftly snatching up a stray droplet as it is shaken loose by a breeze. The chicks are impatient for their feed.
twice rain
under the peppertree
stained slippers
Zero turn, dual stick,
deftly blasting grass with a high speed hover deck:
very slick!
Without delay,
warping time, phasers on trim, trek
away!
At last,
hope-you-dont-wreck
fast!
Zero turn, dual stick,
warping time, phasers on trim, trek
fast!
The moonless night that enhances light
Of the stars and all their clusters
We all delight in this joyous sight
And the reverence that it musters
A tapestry for the eyes to see
So deftly woven in the sky
The majesty of this imagery
Will inspire life as time drifts by
I’ve been so many people in this lifetime.
Each tethered to the last - a lifeline,
Connecting me to my selves
As I deftly delve
Deep, and wild,
Free
And beguiled.
Even fish themselves
Swimming continental shelves
Marvel at this little heart of mine.
I’ve been so many people in this lifetime.
words hurled
from a bitter tongue
deftly flung
across a tranquil pool
cruel and biting
pebbles ricochet
leaving rippling scars
across a heart
throes of pain
from glancing blows
verbal stones
you chose to toss
skimming emotions
eyes swimming
with caromed tears
echoing of loss
true feelings
concealed craftily
beneath the sheath
of saccharine psyche
fragile fantasy
of self sanguinity
fostered
by colors
of chameleon skin
spurious emotions
sprawl surreptitious
pretentiously
paraded skillfully
away from
edge of reason
epitomize deftly
camouflaged ego
Winter was years ago
we are plagued by the sonnets of the Sun
all our yesterdays a furnace of heat was brewing
Celluloid viewfinders of more pleasant vistas
appear deftly
Tall Ships frozen in the Arctic
and the clouds azure in the Mediterranean
We are refugees from industrialisation
and deforestation
Feathery frosted brilliance
reflect bended prism color
Shaping mindful thoughts
as they float and deftly hover
A fleeting chilling prance
Falling faintly from above
Swiftly shaping blankets
of icy liquid love
Silent echoed sound
between wind swept drifts
A melody of fallen flakes
released from heavens grip