Short Mannerism Poems

eccentric
distortions flowering-
in uncertainty...

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You will shrug, leaving the talk
I will measure the mannerism,
Your prejudice, your reluctant mood
And then the omniscient third person
Will whisper,” Are you done, finally?”...

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I once knew a lad from Mississippi
Who was known for being rather lippy
His retorts were rude
His mannerism crude
And strangely, he was a sixties hippie.

written September 23, 2021...

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I live with my words,
It’s a defense mechanism.
A coping strategy,
Like a good mannerism.
These expressive views,
Never go out of style.
I can scream thoughts
They run for a mile.
Close to certainty
Not to perfection
But my crazy words
Are close to a million…...

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A belligerently positive anarchism,

a lack of plan,

embracing a peaceful mannerism, 

learning to stand:


in place.


Rest forever… 
…in the light of space.


Moses to the river of thoughts rushing.

No Karma dealing,

only a Buddha’s “nothing”

stops the wheel from believing

in my endless suffering....

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in spite of them so
those idiosyncrasies
strange usual HAVES
~
mannerism OF traits
YET eccentric peculiar
strong behavior quirks
~
ways of behaving
eccentricity METHOD
 mannerism SHOWING
~
so peculiar traits
those idiosyncrasies
affective distend

1/25/2024
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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The dafthood of it all
is overwhelming
at times.
I am a fool, and my
foolishness
is not a mirrored
human mannerism
or shared trait,
but a pious
and unique flaw
I have been
taught
to champion
as my truth.
It is my sharp
knee, and
my uni-brow.
It is a welt
on the underbelly
of my tongue,
craving the 
acidic touch
of citrus drinks....

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positivity in voice,
mannerism, mollycoddling
may bring tidings
up from down-in-the-mouth
to a weak grin
     if that doesn’t work
perhaps, a little gin,
olive plops,
fizz fizz,
a little sun, a little breeze
wings flapping…
     just
omitting, oblivious,
staring straight ahead
     tethered
to fair-weathered feathers,
free-and-queasiness of tears

9/29/2021...

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Dear Vilas,

Now a magical mason
Proudly by profession
My school captain
With tremendous mannerism
Used to mimic my math teacher
Very close to all 
Had a way with all 
No drama was ever made
Without Vilas and Sajid I bade..!

Dear Lakshman Waghade,

We used to fight always
For the reasons just daze
Later became very close
Missing each in all phase
Clever student being Lakshman
Used to prove a good bowler…!!...

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Twas maybe her pretty smile 
Her pretty looks intoxicating
The way she carried herself
The kind polite mannerism
That spake a good nurturing
That light in her pretty eyes
Her way with word outwardly
The motions only she evoked
The inspired moments' lover
I call her Aggie jewel of time
She makes them now gawk
Astride that rover bike Aggie
Too many secrets held deep
Visits across starry portend
Beloved of lovers momento...

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The sequence of the movements
The dropping of the shoe
The alignment of the stars
It is the end and a beginning of a new day
This ship is not build to sink

It is peacefulness it has embraced
It is eagerness it has formulated
It is knowledge it has achieved
It is wisdom it has acquired
These troops are surely coming

The mannerism of the situations
The unfolding of the circumstances
The practicality of the thoughts
The clarity of the goals
This beckon is to be the future...

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