Short Farmlands Poems

Spring in her charming
ways sprouts lime-green grasses
that in early Autumn

will be a sun faded
shade of chartreuse, in overgrown
fields, or farmlands bowed 

to a coral sky.
And by the Sea, Spring's diamond hues
captivate the shore.

April 21, 2021
For the Spring Haiku Poetry Contest....

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Off to war he speeds, jolly
his generation's big chance
to defeat the evil enemy
   to destroy
   utterly 
   his cities
   his farmlands
      to take prisoners
      to gloat, boast and brag
to prove that his side is surely in the right --
yet, strangely enough, his evil enemy looks exactly like him...

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The February morn' hangs the soft light 
puffs of cloud as if to decorate a milled land, 

the snow-shine as bright as the sun.
Yesterday there was a trace of the wake 

of a skywriter, the color of aged lace 
against the lightest blue, 

blending with the faded olive
pines, theirs with an orange frost.

And the Igiri tree's captive snow
are the cotton blooms of farmlands....

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Marshmallow clouds float lazily by
Showing off fluff to blue bonnet sky
Seagulls and pelicans ride on the wind
Soaring and gliding to make their descent
Farmlands flash by dressed in celery green
Colors of butternut and gold can be seen
Architectural delights of wood, glass and stone
Stand tall like monuments, though never alone
Snow white tipped mountain peaks frame this great land
Framing the earth by the masters great plan...

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once Eden everywhere
Now Earth in despair
Once Eden now Earth now new Eden later
Fathom calls phantom voices in the air 
Mysterious shadows do conveyor this place 
Noises city streets farmlands rolling emerald rolls
 Grasses greens is deep 
And I envision it all 
And I begin to crawl 
Amiss the vast lands on my knees I pray 
For Eden to come back again


11/21/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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This is Ogori-Magongo,
a land of many hills
towering high
above houses and 
farmlands
scattered about
like cowries cast
on a diviner's tray.

Ogori-Magongo,the land
where gunshots herald
 moments of merriment
with well-wishers
dinning till tummies
threaten to burst, 
and wining
till senses go to sleep.

Ogori-Magongo,
a stream from where 
emerge
many intellectual hippos
whose steps quake the 
earth. 



N.B. Ogori-Magongo is a 
community in Kogi state of 
Nigeria....

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