Short Emperor Poems

Emperor and empress, together 
In bliss, far within the abyss....

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Gentleman in tux
Left out in the cold until
Wife returns with food....

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He stands an emperor
and behind this veil of colors
is a pecock built...

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Without
an emperor-
the original star
within its constellatory
circle....

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emperor's dry tears
fallen spring violet 
of love
people coming 
crying....

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 emperor butterfly
iridescent blue delight
my lonely heart flies...

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the great pretender
emperor of emptiness
and lord of nothing...

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The brilliance in
the dazzling sunrise 
The fair emperor
______________________________

April 14, 2018...

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Rise from the grave
Emperor shaka the great
Azania needs you
The nigerians are here 
To corrupt all of us...

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~On going pageantry riegns night of king dawns emperor rules~

3/8/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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A solar halo
Sol Invictus blistering 
Or the cross blazing
Burning for roman bloodshed 
Who in truth was Cain scheming 
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The cadaver of an emperor
Lying in wait at the bottom of the catacombs
He is halcyonily waiting
Not for bandits but for Life...

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ice cream cone
finally throwing out Stevens*
I find the emperor
and feel its comforting taste 
the soft crunch of melting cone...

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Client 9 Governor Spitzer
Was once New York’s ethics blitzer
This VIP flub
At the Emperor Club
Came from an overworked spritzer...

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Listen to poem:

all bark, no trunk tree
wind howls from cruel blank sea
calls all in, bluffing
the emperor has no clothes
no child innocent remains...

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"Their cross will decay
Rome will be as a phoenix
Helios will reign supreme"

"The sun always sets 
Accept the eagle’s old age
Find dominion in your mind"

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The Emperor jailed in wishful thinking,
 where only he could be

As I escape inside myself
—a prisoner running free

 (Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

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If ignorance is truly bliss,
  and the Emperor has new clothes

Then who am I to judge at all
  —where peace and freedom go

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)...

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Tone of Judith emperor of resolution stand high

hexagram of faith engage truth of day

Congregation salah of hymn

Voice of heaven above

What is it to listen....

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Roman Gnome

There once was an Emperor of Rome
Who invented the first garden Gnome
He thought it looked cute
In its Christian suit

Mascot to the Coliseum of Rome...

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    ‘Mens sane in corpore sano’
      “A sound mind in a healthy body”

     A phrase once fit for the Emperor of Rome
       In America today, the saying hits home
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Love like in Mine
Glittering
Glistering
In Mine
The heart
Love's dear
Heaven feels near
Pain subdued
Love regnant
Soul's emperor
Body's lord.

Drencho POET Loads...

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Egos 
not armies
destroy the Crown

Arrogance
reletting
the blood

The Emperor
naked
upon its back

Odysseus 
in
— from the wood

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024) 
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In the annals of Rome the least glorious
was an emperor named Honorius.
Though Rome's plight was alarming
he spent his time chicken farming,
a pursuit which made him notorious....

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The Death Star builder said it was flawless
But in hindsight he wasn’t too cautious
There was the exposed center
But what really helped end her
The emperor had no corner office...

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