Short Flagpole Poems

Staunch, spine straight as a flagpole
    Chin tucked into neckfolds of flesh
  Face itch, lips blubber incessantly... 

    Hips thrust forward... twin bulldozers
  Life expectancy, a speck in a sandstorm
    Rows of medals under gray sash, Iraq...

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The way metal sounds tapping against a flagpole 
Flash of brilliance
In the form of light

To be born
Bright child

lightning strike
Loud thunderstorm 

Shine
The earth like a bow
Thrown through pale-earth sky

An electric charge of energy
An echoing cry 

Of Life...

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A skinny yellow dog walks 'round
Needin' to find some shade.
The dusty little one street town
Is hot as God has made.

He eyed the flagpole in the square
No shadow could he see
He raised his leg an' aimed it there
"You ain't no help to me".

11-10-19
Contest: Give Me Eight Lines Of Rhyme
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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J   just as cold a March and December
A  always is the month of the wolf
N  National spaghetti day on the forth of the month
U  usually on the 3rd day it’s Festival of Sleep and Fruitcake Toss day
A  and January named after the Roman God Janus
R   run up the Flagpole and see if anyone Salutes Day on the second day
Y  year is new so it’s a new year welcome to the quary it’s January

1/5/19
Written words by James Edward Lee 2019...

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Freedom rises in patriotic hues,
Lowered to half mast in mourning.
Abecedarians first salute of red, white and blues.
Greeting of new school day on slate-gray morning.
Pole sealed in globular cement — a foundation
Of a world of promise waving in the winds of fate.
Learning with loud claps of chalk dust in ovation.
Every student shaped by curved line or straight.

8/7/2018
Acrostic and Quatrain poetry contest
Sponsor: Savannah Brown...

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