Short Hold A Candle Poems

Out of touch in their Limos and jets
making promises not fulfilled yet
they can't hold a candle
to the pair who wore sandals
vote them all out of power? You bet!...

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stars at night too hot — to handle
sizzling their light can't hold — a candle


February 26, 2023

A New Crystalline - Any Theme Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin...

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In the Darkness 
I hold a candle 
And it's wicked light 
Shimmering beating like a heartbeat 
Flame of light sparkles bright 
Challenging the darkness


12/17/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Shine So Ever
I come into the darkness
I hold a candle light
The beauty of this world
Shines so ever bright
And so in conclusion
I stand in this resolutions
The beauty of this world
Shines so ever bright


1/14/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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To you I am thankful, 
for all that you give.
To you I owe this life thatI live.
You taught me to be all I can be.
Often I failed,
Yet you didnt give up on me.
In my life there will never be another,
To hold a candle to you , my dearest grandmother....

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The pen
not so mighty perhaps
as men choose swords -- 

words not so powerful
enough, as men restrict
their dialogues to: Ready!
Aim! Fire!~ and mourning... 

Global warming...tectonic plates…
asteroids from a-far, hold no candle
to man’s temperament~ when war-fully
lit…

temples and churches they fill

God only in their chanting….
...

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I Found You
Years and years I looked 
I looked and was lost 
No one could hold a candle 
To light my way 
I kept looking in all the wrong places 
When all I had to do was 
Look at the man who had 
Started it all 
When we said I do 
And when I did, I knew 
That you had been the one 
All along 
The One For Me 
Forever.
@ Delia Rimes

MMXIV...

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The armadillo
In his protective thick shell
Holds not a candle
To the armor protection
Built around his emotions  

Holds not a candle:

Meaning:

To compare badly to a know authority_to be unfit even to hold a subordinate position..

Orgin:

Apprentices used to be expected to hold the candle so that more experienced workmen were able to see what they were doing.....

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Hold all my calls
I’m by your side
I’ll hold your hand
You’re not alone
I’ll hold you tight
We won’t lose hope
Holding our breath
We’ll stick together
And we’ll hold on
Just you and I
No one can hold a candle to you
With better days ahead
Hold on tight to me
Do not despair
We’ll hold it all together
I’m right here by your side



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 25, 2019...

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Cold and lonely comes twilight,
to creep among the eves.
To brush against the window panes,
rustle amongst the leaves.

Hush now, hear the calling,
of voices on the wind.
They speak to you only,
of death, they do portend.

So sleep not on this moon.
Keep vigil within the light.
Hold thy candle true against,
the whispers in the night.


For the contest:  Two Thru Twelve
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Placement: 2nd...

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I climbed upon a mountain top,
hoping I could see
the world and all its beauty,
held captive just for me

But, as I climbed to reach the top
the clouds, they blocked my view.
So, I just sat and waited there
and saw images of you.

And now the clouds, they blew away.
The sky had turned to blue.
The world and all its beauty
couldn’t hold a candle to you.

I descended from the mountain top
with that vision, I did steal.
I learned, despite all beauty
my love for you is real....

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