Short Fortuity Poems

possibilities
chances given for fortune
risks taken for fate

fortuity kept
opening for new leisure
moments of juncture

a shot in the dark
probabilities for luck
liberty for all


November 1, 2016...

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BY CHANCE 

fortuitous  fluky
coincidental prospect
probability

anticipation
happenstance providence fate
accidental fate

serendipity
likeliness expectation
fortuity by chance 


05/15/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©...

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Listen to poem:

He dabbles in this, dips his toes in that
Dithering with daubs, splattering dollops and spatters
Dilly-dallying, loitering lazily lackadaisical
Unable or unwilling to commit.
Half-hearted efforts lie half-baked, unfinished
Laying listless, languidly lolling and littering.
It's so annoying to see time wasted and fortuity fraught
But what can anyone watching do?...

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...speak sporadically in soft sassy syllables
...open opulent overtures to appease my err
...revoke risque rashness of the adulterer
...modulate too many manic memories.

savor satiable sweetly shared sensations,
admire adored avenues divinely alone.
target toxic tones forever together,
why wholly wade, wondering where we
faithfully failed famous fortuity forever?...

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After your butterfly alighted my dreams,  
I never forgot your kiss,
You became the object of my vespers,
The refuge for my injured toiling chest.
I await your spectacle, your curtain call.
Your fragile teasing dance. 
Like Groundhog Day, I predict your fluttering 
Wings, the wavy flurry of your bowstrings,
Again and again.
What wonder comes next?
 Are you counting down my dreams?...

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the fragility of a flower
quavering in autumn's draft
infallibly will succumb
to the rime of night

the capability to shield it
prevails in your hands
if only to prolong its life
from the foreordained path

imagine your own life
retained in your hands
your trembling fingers
grasping the tips of needles
wary of each droplet
perceptive to the fortuity
that each could mean
extended life or inevitable death...

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