Short Hearths Poems

She came with her heart in her chest her life was her breath

7/24/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.© 2020...

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In the chokehold
of a sweltering
August night
  I fondly recall
  the soft glow
  of the embers
  of the hearths
  of December...

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In poignant silence hearths ripple, veins pulse, eyes meet in warm glowing
 beams.

Created and submitted : 26th February 2021

Contest : Without Saying I Love You

Sponsor : JCB Brul...

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Limerick: An Invasion by the Maimed, Tamed and the Lame

An invasion by the Maimed, Tamed and the Lame
Is still an invasion by any other name
     “She stoops to conquer!”
      Hearths freeze in fire
Better life for theirs is the name of the game.

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2015...

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Deep within the hearths and hearts of man

That fans the flame of freedom's fire

Resides the yearning ever burning

Atop the pillars of man's desire

And when the fist of tyranny rises

To smash liberty throughout the land

Then must the brave and common clave

Fight for all the rights that they demand...

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Fragment 10-27-18

.for public domain

Spare Words

No one stands for sermons in pouring rain,
there is not a one who stands to preach them.
Unless a Lear throws his fist at a storm
and howls at his fate in a savage rage,
we huddle around hearths and throw our shadows,
low voices comfort the hardships we bear;
to praise Heaven's Grace, not a word we spare....

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 Cool wind blows
Chilly feel creeps
Snow glistens
Ice sparkles
Dreamy mist swirls
Wisp of steam curls

A cheery void unfurls
A white quilt flung

Hearths burn
Logs crackle

Sun peeps and thaws
Ice breaks and cracks
Crystals slither
Tiny rivulets flow

Winter’s dual majesty
In full display


Placed First
A strand's (1061) Poetry Contest...

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It’s official - winter’s here,
With lots of things to bug us -
The cold, the dark, the snow, the ice
And this year, none to hug us.

Of course, there’s also coziness
Indoors with hearths and cocoa 
Except this year when all this
Inside time will drive us loco.

A Covid winter won’t be like
All others, I’m supposin’
But most of us would much prefer
To be with friends and frozen!...

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What words, dear God?
For an idiom 
Or an idea
Of all that this means!

If not then, or when
My soul resounds 
At a silent thought
Lights an eternal flame
Recalled at sacred hearths;

Within quiet chambers
Wounds would heal
Once dealt unwittingly
Now in privacy, thoughts
Wrench relentlessly
At souls adrift
Through time and space;

Words cut at passions denied
Allow this one impression
To swathe us
Dear God, what words?...

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Brighter so than burnished Gold, Is the spirit truth be told..' 
Where around the haven home, riches are beyond knowledge shown..
Enheartning though despair stands by..' The possibility's all; under Gods good 
sky,
Where hearths are polished, by loving hands; there faith and perserverence 
stand!
The time of the flesh a passing tide, till we go on through to Emmanuel's side
Where no corruption there will be, under the boughs of the living tree....

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Let's start ourselves a fire
And I don't mean the kind
That's started up with kindling
I've something else in mind

We'll build it up real slowly
Until we're toasty warm
Who cares what's going on outside 
I want a big snowstorm!!

Each of us a matchstick
We'll strike at the same time
Combine our flames together 
And watch the celsius climb

Our hearths aglow in love light
Slow burning firewood 
This may just be a long night
But it will be so good...

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To every woman and girl
That I have called pretty 
Before anything else,
I am sorry

Women are the hearths of life 
And I am sorry to have not
Shown my awe at your strength 
Before your beauty 

Girls are impressionable and 
I’m sorry I didn’t ask you 
Your talents before I saw 
Your [girlish] beauty

I’m sorry that “beautiful”
Came first, instead of 
Talented
Strong 
Important 
Loved 
Willful

Because all women, and 
Al girls:
You deserve more
Because you are more...

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