Short Leased Poems

Forever rented,
  never owned

The moment leased
  —the future loaned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)...

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L-ight
O-pens
I-n
D-awn
A-s

Y-ou
A-re
P-leased

Topic: Birthday of Loida C. Yap (October 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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the lovely language leads lorn lost lovingly leased literaure 





8/13/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020...

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Unction from heavens
Mitigating crown
Ballasting nature and nurture
Ritualistic canopy
Ecological shield
Leased providence
Licensed convenience
Amended space...

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John
William
Henry famed
steel driving man,
no
more
a myth-
leased out from
Virginia's
pen' -
died
on the
railroad line-
buried 'neath the
san'....

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P-oem
I-n
A-wesome

M-use
A-bout
R-ighteousness
I-s
N-oble
A-s

Y-ou
A-re
P-leased

Topic: Birthday of Pia Marina C. Yap (March 30) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Smiling down on His creation,
evergreen sentries gave Him peace.
Turquoise lake held the reflection
of Rocky Mountains with snow’s fleece.
Nature’s beauty is leased to man
by an Artist with a loving plan...

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Hurray! Hurray! Today is your day!
Always and ever, best wishes forever.
Pleased to wish you happiness,
Perfect serene life – away from strife.
You deserve the best. Happy birthday! Yes!
...

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Heart blushes, I smile, content. 
Answered prayers merit praise, 
Pleased with love that's heaven-sent, 
Peace-filled soul delighted stays;
Yester cares gone, God's ways amaze! 

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I cannot thank in past tense-
     knowing care has not ceased
     that this moment is not leased
But granted freely to me.

A fleeting moment already gone
     must be in my thanksgiving
     consumed, unmindful, in living....

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Ovarian, Breast, Pancreatic, or Lung… 
there’s a look that is shared the same

And staring straight into the eyes of time,
all promises gone and reclaimed

Each moment borrowed and leased from your fear,
 the walls crashing one by one

Tonight no longer a sleep guaranteed
—under blankets of doubt unsung

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)...

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I'm Divorcing My Past ,
Lord, I'm divorcing my pain .
I'm divorcing my doubts 
all my set backs ,Lack of judgments .
The judge for all is : God .

The reward for it all is that 
I got full custody of my destiny .
And full custody of my life .
God divorced me from my past 
so that my future can be leased 
and my destiny can be fulfilled ....

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Kutie kid
A Christmas Joy
Really our baby leased for a price
Talking and crawling
Everything is new and wonderful
Relief to know you are growing and well

Justice was served
Angels are aware of your plight
Messiah, loves you from the very start
Eternal savior brought you out of harm's way
Sweet lullabye, sleep peaceful tonight

Karter is our adopted baby(My Nephew)...

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Having long since ceased to weigh, measure and size,
with fetters of our past having been released,
we dwell in the heart, claiming bliss as the prize,
within this body-mind, by God to us leased
and as truth of existence we realise,
we cannot deny our soul presence is pleased.
As bliss mists suffuse form, we do not resist,
centred in love’s storm, by Divine Mother kissed....

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Above the skies dwells One
The maker of all, the owner of all
The only when there was none
Who as vessels of clay formed all
and leased his breath to what he'd done

Above the skies dwells One
To whom our knees should wear
With kneeling time'n again
And our voices tear
With praise'n amen!

Above the skies dwells One
Above the skies indeed?
I would say He be there as here
For all is in Him
And He in all...

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Red beacon, burnished landmark

Rustic domiscile, ruddy stable


Sentinel on the scenic route

Natural redoubt with primitive clout


Wooden canvas, organic sculpture

Unvarnished facade with homespun charm


Fabricated equine loft

Habituated shelter for rodent, fowl


Free-flowing form in static realm

Leased to the fertile land you adorn


Pastoral heirloom, cherished monument

Essential dwelling, nostalgic mold...

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        I pay no attention to sports
        I turn off the weather report

        Pretty girls don’t attract me
        No more do mosquitoes attack me

        I read the obits and emit a long sigh
        Thinking, there but for the grace of God goeth I… 

        A backed-up sewer full of manure
        Made me gag; I was so immature

        Today it bothers me not in the least 
          ~ Life on this earth is just leased
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P-leased to see you once more, 
A-llow me to say a wish; 
M-ay your birth be joyful, 
E-ven if drips don't vanish.
L-et me see you once more to personally give my regard; 
A-llow myself to hand you this beautiful birthday card.

D-elightful to see you once more on the eighth of October morn; 
E-ven though the sun is hiding from the day that you were born.

L-et me look at your face, 
E-ven at the poise you once wore; 
O-pen your eyes and smile, 
N-ice to see you once more....

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The job is to lit in night,

From Sun,leased out the light,

Edison is the master,

Taught Lincoln,not history but how to become a history?

A philanthropist,

Giving all light free like smile,

A camera fixture along the road to capture pictures,

A wayside police always straight and alert,

Vanishing,handing over the night to the next in shift,dawning,

Rolling down the blankets mist and snow in armpits,

When the big way to open to the big boss,Sun to come on Sky!...

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