Short Generational Poems

my closure not worth
      opening denial's door
 
       rest in peace at last




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matriarchy
generational
each branched out
adept heads of nests familial
strength of wills and influence
family tree in motion
evolutional



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on February 24, 2020...

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Head of hoary hairs and deeply creased brow,
Do indicate
Traveled miles
Children
Live
And 
Carry
On his name.
A warm embrace
Bonds the two generations together.


Photo 3
November 27, 2020...

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Photographs. 
Shaking with 
such fervor. 
 
Suited, chilled
Bony. 
 
Wetness contributes
to an anthem of
generational collisions.
 
Pebbles, sounds
of droplets
if you approach
the bench,
uncovered....

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She wouldn't allow me to enter her sanctum,
Due to my affliction entitled kindness
For she wanted tough love
A touch of insanity and a pinch of absurdness,
Kindness was my weakness
Never mind my apparent strengths...

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aging awareness...
generational inputs...
resultant outlooks...

philosophies differ...
as arrows in a quiver...
good shots and poor shots...

betray past order...
to love and buy the present...
humans as robots......

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A world full of madness
equals people with sadness

Is the glass half empty or half full?
Nobody would know because everything seems dull

And so here we are again
With a new crack
And a new lack
Doing what we're told
Till we're too old...

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The black holes ringed 
the galaxy. Tainted  
moon, was in tow.

         *

Any generational gap 
was evident between 
Neanderthals and humans ?

         *

How our brain works 
I wanted to know ?
Are there any real men ?


Satish Verma...

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Hear grandma’s tea-kettle whistle,
quaint-blessings…out-moded thistles.

Soak mighty generation soil,
leaves steeping…ancient toil.

Stir mind over matters Gen-Z,
while you and bestie, spill the tea.


*spill the tea - gossip
**bestie - best friend...

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She had a promising soul
He had to let her go
He look into her eyes
There were no truths nothing but lies
There’s needs rare
Devil demon Satan’s child
No one seems to care
Sin nature’s generational curses

6/6/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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Family Together
Magical Generational Celebration
Warm Weather

Seaside Picnic
Laughter and Play-filled Occasion
Frolic 

Ice Cream
Sweet Creation
Dream

Family Together
Laughter and Play-filled Occasion
Dream

Written for Let's Minichu on Fun Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Mohan Chutani...

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Everyone blames Eve.
They believe
she was the cause, effect and reason.
But she was human
and did not weave
generational punishment on her own.
We cannot leave
the story there
without remembering the gift she was given:
free will, from her Father -
the right to choose.
She deserves reprieve....

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Such history recorded in antique wool;
A knit of generational saga
Hand-woven through matriarchs’ tales--
Creating  a patch of triumph and  fault.
Now, this  mantle lays on the bedside,
In antique wool, I inherit my elders' legacy.



For nette onclaud---The Best of 6 Contest
June 6, 2016
Visual 2...

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LIFE AWAY ASTRAY MAYBE NOW YOU GET IT RIGHT

The joys of your life
Have flickered away
You spirit soul gone astray
Generational cursed your life
Ridden and ridicule in stride
All that’s remaining is life
Alas before you die maybe you’ll get it right


12/11/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2018...

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Some are born Harlem Mercedes
and cast their shadow wide
Turn the world around
with love and peace
Sapple as a Jamaican Calypso
you rode the island Sun
and gave your generational heart
An Aladdin's legacy of activism
of civil rights with Martin King
and the antithesis of Bush and Trump
Wisdom as cultured Wine...

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thru
       the keyhole
of domestic
         virtue
a woman
               sits
                    questioning
                       concerned
a focussed
      intimacy
of
the
          eternal
              nature
unguarded
   moments

 generational
  &  contemporary

through the
                  ages...

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plaid announces self
variety of colors
speaks rather clearly

in children’s jumpers
or fanciest Scottish kilt
keen stability


plaid fosters feelings
upon arrival
saying blue collar

working mans fodder
powerful in every way
plaid picks up a rake

plaid is confident
marching in pleats and jackets
generational...

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He whom comes' with sin
Alternatively and without reason'
Corrupts' the absent 
Person of his being, and
Neither does' his gratitude 
Gain prosperity, It can only
Sprout envy
And dissatisfaction of
That trail which stridulates'
Through-out the annul'
Of-
Man and his generational
Quest to become insolent
This is man's last basting

GF...

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Ere Kyser
was Kaiser
or Söze
the records
a german
germaine
an immigrant
they granted him
a pass
some eight generations past
first, depressing
later, repressing
regressing
turning generational curse to blessing
and now messing
and fiddling
with rhyming and riddling
for an extended verbal stint
roger that
with another Jeff
and all the 
usual suspects...

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Oh, Annointed Ome, crowned this day, 
Whose beauty lights up the sky; 
Take over please as ruler now 
Before we elders die.  

We leave you all this Planet and 
Dark Universe beyond; 
Your word will travel far and wide, 
Like ripples on a pond.  

Our generation tires now, 
The baton we pass on; 
Please take it and run swiftly, for 
The human-race ... goes on....

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It 
will be
painful,
generational.
Hard
to keep up.
The old
will resist
fight the
loss of
their
world.
Change
will be
blinding,
the fabric of
civilization 
fraying 
turning to
dust. 
Everything 
known will 
be obliterated.
Humanity 
loses its 
identity.
It will
happen one
morning 
in a blink
of an
eye.
The 
other side
beyond
comprehension!...

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Living among dead corpses
My creativity becomes stagnate
As I surround myself with
Dreamless adults never realizing
Their full potential in life
Witnessing generational leeches
Attacking the mind, soul and legacy
Of an unsuspecting youth
Instead of experiencing daily
Burst of DMT in his pineal gland
He is subjected to
Buffoonery, treachery
Tricked into selling his birthright...

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From the ashes, arose the Phoenix unlike any other 
Destined for damnation and destruction 
Abruptly, the ground trembled 
A bird like creature shot from the ground leaving the onlookers petrified 
With an enormous wingspan, the creature began to pillage 
Not a word was said but action became the verb 
Eyes wide open but belief is a distant vision 
Forever oppressed by gouls and goblins...

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He may have joined the marines...
because of a sense of patriotism and duty
running deep in the fabric of familial DNA...
or maybe it was the only means of escape
from generational poverty -drugs and gangs 
...none but the newely purple hearted can really say.

but when i look at the awkward air
where there once was a limb
i can say for certain that he earned his freedom
more than most of us did....

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It starts with a smile
A bright flash blinds
Captures the moment

Look at the memory
Filter applied to maximise
Shared to friends alike

Waiting for something
To create that feeling
Approval of likeness

Vanity mirrors and fillers
Sunbed replaces sunshine
I need to look fine!

Is it a generational guise?
A picture perfect state
To be accepted today

It starts with a smile
A bright flash blinds
Captures the moment......

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