Short Gradients Poems

Gradually gradients level out.
After a lifetime of hill climbing
the body explains to us
that the far side can be explored
from the near fireside
with a pipe
and a whisky close at hand....

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Blue cornflowers quickly accrue;
accrue under clear skies of blue.
May is a time for fun and play;
play is synonymous with May.
Reds and whites adorn flowerbeds;
flowerbeds filled with whites and reds.

Tweeting songbirds start competing; 
competing by sweetly tweeting.
Green grasses complement the scene;
scene inked in gradients of green.
Flowers climb up trestle towers;
towers laced with climbing flowers....

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EBONY BROWN BRONZE WOMAN

Ebony luscious dark bombshell
You prevail, comet from the heavens
God's bronzed angel
Dark chocolate, your my brown candy
Brown woman
Leading out from the moon light
Standing in front of the sun 
Gradients shines bronze as the lights
Shining ever so bright
 You are by far brown clay
That God has made
I commend
you who're ebony brown bronze woman


4/02/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©

from anthology “SPRING SONATA ”...

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the shades of dark cascade
from dusk to midnight
their gradients increase
only to subside
up and down delightful shadings 

their musical scales tickle my heart
gentle is the play of light
that holds dear such delight
to depths of cloudiness
inside the sinews of my mind



AP: Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on June 24, 2022 for contest A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 2ND

Posted on June 23, 2022...

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