Short Elephantine Poems

elephantine woes
conspiracy of fools
us government...

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OBESE

O---oversize
B---bovine brimmingly bulky
E---elephantine enormous 
S---solid stoutly
E---extensively

4/14/18
written words by James  Edward Lee Sr. 2018©...

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elephantine small talk - vibrations of  the sole


inspired by Shell Wildlife Photo Comp Great Foot by Kur tJay Bertels

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?
photo=2336&category=50&group=1 Bertels...

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Transfixed upon a lucite sunray
the iron blood of longshoremen
washed beneath the whisperings of the bay
a pupil canvas pierced through
by the scalpel of elephantine deceit
vision yellowed in the flowering of a lost identity
the young man swallows deeply and mourns
the gist of his first twenty-nine years....

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my muse 
springs awake 
from slumber;
in overdrive 
at the crack of dawn.
my mind's eye
wide open; 
my imagination,
a bird spreading
it's elephantine wingspan,
taking dizzying flight.
poetic inspirations
are breadcrumbs
scattering
here and there.
my ink-filled pen 
gracefully skates 
across a blank page; 
a poem was born 
with a faint gust of wind....

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Sandra’s appetite was elephantine
People gathered at nine to watch her dine
She loved her beef, ham, and duck in a roast.
Also. cheesy eggs, ham and beans, and melba toast.

Breakfast was hashbrowns, bacon, cheese and ham.
Left of the plate was a brown gravy mashed up damn.
Lunch was never a sandwich or anything small.
Sandra weighed four hundred pounds and was two foot tall....

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Elephantine
Slow motion measures
out of time
in pace
Great go-between
grows notions
in lines 
and space
Eglantine
embows fragrant pleasure
springtime's
embrace
Mezzanine
bon mot for half measure
lying low
in place
Intervene
plover distraction
displeasure
paradigm
about face
Serene
glow sensate pleasure
time felt
with grace


Written 16 May 2020
posted 19 July 2020

''Eglantine'' - a wild rose....

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You stole my far away kingdom
didn't say what for?
Said I didn't have the jurisdiction 
to grapple my own crown

The ice resurrects steely bacteria 
will our antibiotics endure?


I feel all elephantine
the piper is never paid 
My foot prints are all asunder
on ancient sanded dunes

My ship is sinking
The troubadour sings
The innkeeper perilously on the cliff yelps
some erratum does he detect 















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