Short Nat Poems

“Free speech for me,
but not for thee”

All bridges burned
—an ashened dream 

(Dreamsleep: February, ‘Nat Hentoff’ 2021)...

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T-rue 
A-ffection 
L-ets 
Y-our 
N-iceness 

N-egate 
A-ngry 
T-hought 

Topic: Birthday of Talyn Nat (July 22) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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My cat nat is a fat cat.
He likes a pat,
to sit and chat.
My cat nat is a flat cat.
I say to my cat"dont do that".
That my cat nat,
i like him like that...

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an ugly old woman named Nat
wore pants on her head for a hat

with her skirt upside down
she pranced through the town

while we asked of each other "What's THAT?"...

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Oldies but goodies still turn my crank
Perry, Deano, Nat and of course Frank
Civilized crooners
Before the “baby boomers”
They were it, a pure expression of swank...

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chaase ta be different
Trying ta innavate
Laaking far same muse
as she tries to laak away
Wander if yau get this
hape yau get my drift
Ta be ar nat ta be
seem like such a gift...

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How many remember the crooners from way back
Frankie Boy, Perry, Der Bingle, and the King, Cole Nat
Little Richard, Deano
They were the cream
Brings tears to my eyes to remember the pack...

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Skiffle was on a roll,
we danced to Nat King Cole,
Elvis was King;
Rock 'n Roll made all things swing,
And Jiving was the 'thing'

Fifty years have just slipped by...
Since that day that we said 'Hi'...

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Dance ballerina dance
All the stations played it
Nat King Cole was the star
Couples smooched to the music
In every club and bar
Naughty things happened after dusk,
Girls wed, babies all premature.

Penned September 23 rd. 2013...

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The man they called 'King' 
   On Chicago's South Side
With a voice smooth as silk
   Pearly teeth smiling wide

Hit after hit, from 'Mona Lisa'
   To 'Unforgettable'
Not a number one hit among them
   ~ Whites wary of his ghetto pull...

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Meeting women online, werecat Nat

with the lovers of felines would chat.

When a cat he became,

he required a sweet dame

who – on seeing him – would not yell SCAT.


May 19, 2022
For Anthony Biaanco's Shapeshifters And Shapeshifting Poetry Contest...

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Old Witch,
   Had Itch.
 Huge Bump,
   On Rump.
    Foul Play,
    That Day.
     Her Ex,
    Did Hex.
  Wand Broke,
  Much Smoke.
Wrong Spell,
Loud Yell!
Beau’s Now,
  A Cow!
   Her Cat,
  Named Nat.
     Took Broom,
  Zoom Zoom!!!











Alexis Y.
10/23/2020...

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Gabriel -  my autistic nephew 
speaks few word but has a loving face
He has a place in my heart
I try to talk with hm
Even taught him a few songs
A couple of tiby the Lemon Pipers
and one by Nat King Cole 
Let poetry and music guide your days
and thinks of people like Gabe
who enrich our lives...

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Doctor Pol is a vet on TV

who resolves calving plights easily!

With his hands, puller tool

and his knowledge to rule-

baby cows are born live- breezily!


April 1, 2022

Contest: On A Lim
Sponsor: Joseph May
Syllables: 9 9 6 6 9

TV Show: The Incredible Dr. Pol 
Nat Geo
 ...

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He can barely talk
   since he was born with severe autism 
I taught him a Lemon Piper and a Nat King Cole song 
He likes music! 
But will never have a girlfriend 
or work for pay 
   Friends, if you feel bad about missing out 
on fame or fortune 
Consider the case of Gabriel - whom we love 
Be thankful you can talk!!...

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My nephew 
     has severe autism 
He has a tough time in 
    this world 
I've taught him to sing snatches 
   of Nat Kind Cole's "NatureBoy" and the 
Lemon Piper's "Green Tambourine"
   We all love this kid 
It would break his mother's heart 
  If he wound up in a group home 
So have a kind thought 
    for Gabriel 
"We must love one another or die"...

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(in Memory of the late, legendary singer, Nat King Cole)

Once a great balladere, was
Nat King Cole
Singing like captivating US,
was his main goal
A tendency, he had to swallow
Us up, whole
Having a Big voice full of Power
and Soul
How it often kept Us in Spirits,
"on a roll"
Why, he could make come from
under- a mole
It's No wonder, He, many hearts,
had stole...

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Those burnt black wrathful eyes staring,
Truly a sharp pencil
Truly as dark as my soul
Truly marking a scroll

Those burnt black wrathful eyes staring,
Seeing in lies I produced
Seeing in hateful help I created
Seeing in an angry time, dated

Those burnt black wrathful eyes staring,
Looking at screens of absurd god power
Looking at parts of parts of parts of me.
Looking at what will be....

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Is heaven a place where flowers always bloom?
Where fruit is delectably sweet,
And birds flitter in a celestial ballroom?

Is heaven a jewel crested mountain,
With silvery wispy clouds,
Raining ambrosial nectar,
From a majestic crystal fountain?

Is heaven the sounds of,
Beethoven, Brahms and Nat King Cole,
Or, is heaven not a thing,
But a aspiration that lives in the,
Chasm of one’s soul?...

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My favorite 
time span,
the sixties’s of course.
When blues and soul, 
and rock 
and roll
combined to 
give us
Isaac Hayes and Nat King Cole,
and Elvis sings across the land. 
Boston Pops 
on stage
and the three stooges a rage.
I’d go back in a heartbeat
if I could see Grateful Dead,
or catch Cher on the scene,
revisit Tiny Tim’s obscene,
get into Melanie’s head,
I would, 
surely would. 


May 24 2011  
For Nette's contest...

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insignificant 
man smaller than insect so 
in kind bothersome 
~
like a nat  falling
to and fro unwavering
bothersome in kind
~
always around buzzing just
in my space in the way on 
the way by the way 
~
compelling annoyed
so in tune touching my peace
still bothersome so
~
insignificant 
man smaller than insect so 
in kind bothersome 
~
still a nat falling
to and fro unwavering
bothersome in kind

8/30/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023...

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