Short Diagonal Poems

George Seurat died too young
his pointillist angle had only just begun
to art,the diagonal&horizontal did bring
but the vertical however was never his thing...

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Counting stars I was lying on the roof.
Daddy forced me to sleep
Even Mummy wanted me to rest.
Felt their hands woven together
Wrapped all stars in skysheet in diagonal knot....

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someone says the world is spherical
or is it oval?
why not diagonal?
or we can make it recatangular
that should be the goal of the arts
pursuit of science and religion
to make not mar the world
to push and widen its space
to shape and fashion it to fit all...

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bottles of empty plastic
ancient breathing machines
electromagnetic fields in
eyes ears and air
inner child is waking up
books and crumbled clothes
sleeping in a disorganised
diagonal bed
hugging like blissful
children
i am looking at
bicycle lovers from
last night...

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Overnight rain hangs wetlights on the twigs of the autumnal hedges, 

as the light blue sky is ploughed by diagonal yellow furrows to remind 

farmers to finish their ploughing in this 'Yellow Belly' county, the most  

               the most farm favoured in all England.  

the blue sky ploughed by diagonal...

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discarded, dismissed in rain
faint arrows of moonlight, peering through diagonal blinds
i hang in the shadows
drink pus, eat silicon
and believe in nothing.

rain is only until the darker, jet black vastness unwinds the lesser space gray of clouds.

when you sleep, i awaken.

i look at my hands

and they become mine....

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It was the war of the cookies, battle lines were fiercely drawn
Dipped versus no dip, diagonal frosting turned on
Sprinkles versus non-sprinkles, arguments about a treat
Dipped cookies bringing in generals, all kinds of heat.
Pure breads adamantly denying that icing was any good.
Causing a huge daily skirmish in our confectionary neighborhood....

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Theree was always a party...through
 nature's diagonal rings there seems
 to be, appearing against the sun, 
some irate lust for companionship 
in humans.  Mad scientist amuck
 about the land, all on different 
schedules, different interests.
 They never get the opportunity 
to walk around their own body...to
 view themselves as 
semi-self-constructed circuitry.  
With a thirst for air....

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Diagonal princess with hidden faerie wings
Her beautiful loveliness effects all other things
Power animal a red and blue dragon so fine
Mushrooms and tulips help her pretty garden shine
Her purple baby dragon wants her to throw his bright ball
Magical multicolored butterfly admires them all
Diagonal princess picks up her sword and shield
With flora and fauna, she admires her gorgeous royal field...

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lines
   through the past
confront
    the 
     eyes

a hidden reality
a revelation

  of       simplicity

an essence
        of       purity

geometric parallels
vertical
horizontal
               diagonal

graphic contours
of
   the unknowable
in
balance

pure minimalist 
in
           form
yet
     structured

blocks of conception
networked
       ratios of the rational

liberated...

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Heart
                                                                Triangle
                                                     this of mine heart solid
                                              Irregular inscribed diagonal pink
                                              Double beating strategic oedipal
                                        Heart pounding arresting songs beautiful







3/10/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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The Birds opening move ,
What was I thinking?
White pawn F2 to F4 
I knew I would loose,
White King castled,
Diagonal weakened, 
Black advancing,
White Queen attacks,
Bishop supports,
Queen checks, checks 
Again, my Kings trapped,
Bishop compromised,
Pawns in wrong places,
Knights captured,
Queen sacrificed,
There's no way back,
White king has fallen.

Life is like a game of chess.

Reminder to self,
Every move like life,
Should be our best move.





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