Short Gauged Poems

Eyes from a distance reveal the man
  Strengths, weaknesses, gauged and scanned…

Close-up, they open upon the soul
  Plunged in mystery ~ Pupils of coal...

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Each new baby, at the moment of birth,
is weighed, measured, and gauged for worth.

Grandparents, their happiness cannot hide,
while parents beam and swell with pride.

Our Father sanctions each new creation,
smiling at the joy, joining the celebration.

Lucifer, also, smiles and claps with glee,
chortles with evil intent, This one's for me....

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“I’m not old – I’m retro”
Says the sign that looks antique.
I bought it ‘cause I liked 
Its sassy message, tongue-in-cheek.

But really, who embraces old
Or elderly or aged?
Why, even senior can be wrong
When someone’s years are gauged.

So I will stick with retro
‘Cause it sounds so cool and hip.
Come join my Retro club – 
It’s an exclusive membership!...

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We tore out this hell and sank this English ship
We rafted a life till the Americas ran us dry
A sandy engagement, laughter, our world to tip
Our beats, our waves to sounds ugliest cry
In plunged your thunder to our words your stip
To have us quiet, browbeat, safe and nigh 
Old masters married our merriment to desolation
Boys gauged, girls versed, and learned a false elation...

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nothing but to be still
 my heart as it keeps beating
we're settle worlds apart
 my eyes gauged shying upon you
 cuz I see through your eyes of victorious view 
of flourishing random stratosphere beautifully
 unfolding sweet sounds I hear
 favorable love letters form words
 I read I'm instilled beautiful soul you are, my sweet dear


8/4/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024...

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Life should not be gauged by the years old are we
Or the amount of tears we have shed.
Or should one's life be measured by the people you know
Or how much money around you throw.

Judge our lives by the examples we set
Each and everyday of our lives.
Gauge our worth by the smiles we give freely
And the patience we show sweetly.

Measure our value by the children we raise,
And then as parents, we deserve some praise........

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How does one know when they have truly arrived?

Is it gauged by material things or fancy supplies?

Could it be a feeling of unbearable lightness,
leaving all the baggage behind ?

It might be a mental destination when a person
envisions celebrity status in his/her mind......,

"Arrival" is relative, and means different things to
different people,

It is getting where you want to be when everyone thinks
your goals are unattainable...........

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And now here I am
In the centre of your palm
In the middle of your dream, so calm
And in a sight that soothes, like balm
A world with the best, of no harm
Inside where am myself, a man
And you are the beautiful maiden woman
In your dreams I have emerge
And here with thousands gauged wire am guard
Then our fantasies come to merge
And to the centre of your chest, in this world I brace a badge
Here into your simple world I have travelled
A place where I do nothing but marvel...

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V  Visions begin to fill my head,
A  About the way you move on stage,
N  Not unlike my pen upon page,
I   Inviting you where you are led.
S  So, my inspiration is fed,
H  Having my pen properly gauged,
A  Allowing passion to be waged,
D  Dancing around what can be said.
A  All creativity is born
I   In the deepest part of the heart.
L  Love and sacrifice are both worn
E  Every time influence starts.
Y  Yet, art and expression are sworn
S  Secrets, striving to play their parts....

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