Short Passer Poems

passage through the fire but i won't smell like smoke  


9/24/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2022©...

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concealed 
booby traps 
hidden throughout 
the interpersonal 
land 
meant to trick 
the unsuspecting 
passer by
spread out in order
to try and catch 
another victim...

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A crawling held a walled frame as passer-by beheld too
A football helmet and high school pennant encased against a wall
Tapestry of day shades painted wall of ledged held rolled flag....

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Give me a break! Shall you?
You say that you are free in free society
While your liberty is stolen!
By that freedom, so, let it be
Let them do as they will
Let them enjoy their marginal utility
Or leave it alone....

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Her soul --
a panorama
behind the pages --
offers casual glimpses,
through word-peepholes,
of edifice-in-construction.

Based on individual choice,
each passer-by may find
a view totally unique.
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Its special indifference
and weathering smile,
reminds every passer
 —its strength and its guile

It stands in the desert
alone and unbowed,
to flower in protest
—its nature avowed 

(Tuweep Arizona: January, 2018)...

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i the angel Cupid
just in case your heart does breaks
my arrow pierced heart

gives a random chance
a fleeting passer by glance
shot love now at last


5/21/18
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright © 2018...

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We all are passer byes...
Traveling eternity skies
In heaven then born in sin;
Placed on this earth to be born again
Why must we try to be good
Why oh, why must we die hereon this world

1/8/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019 ©...

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He walked though path he could not see, just to see his dreams come true. 
He faced the odds only dared by few.
With his touch, he read the book of law. 
With his cane and ears as his eyes,
his wit made him see the sunrise. 

April 15, 2023...

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He sits rounded, like a stone
colours dripping with the rain
fading like an oil painting

His grimy hand outstretched
holding out a white cup
his very own white flag

My expensive leather shoes
thump the ground in time
trembling, eyes cast down

I scurry by...

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I had a dog that did not bark,
one day I took it to the park.
It stopped beside the plants
and started eating ants;
a passer by said "nice aardvark".



A funny Limerick - Any Theme Poetry Contest, placed 3rd
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin  
Date wrote: 30th May 2022...

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This is the flow of Cynic wit,
But here, within, I tell no lies
Whom so patient to idly sit,
And observe the passer-by?
In the Night, like ships we pass,
A silent break in the waves me make
Frigid waters in iron-cast,
And in my Heart there sticks the stake!

*A nod to Poe :)...

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We 
wish to 
show our nice
colors to all
passer-by; they praise
but with season
change lost shine;
none sees
us.

None
cares for
dry leaves on
road, they trample
us, same fate awaits;
later stage they'll
suffer too;
fate spares
none.
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P erfectly composed is she
O bject of the artist's eye
R eginal serenity
T ransfixing every passer-by
R iddle of her mesmeric stare
A ges long has mystified
I taly's Madonna fair
T hrough thick glass immortalized.




11/08/18


Acrostic Quatrain Contest

Sponsored by: Savannah Brown...

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Aloft; hidden within the sky
Linger as to catch the eye
Whisper silent peace

Entertain a shining day
But a pause upon the way
Gentle wisp of fleece

Hidden to the passer by
Friend of silence; here I lie
Raised to be release

Through the hour, here I stay
Graced in light; a gentle ray
Ever held in peace...

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A tiny blossomed flower amidst a flat and barren ground

It shimmy’s in the wind with no buffers or surrounds

A mornings limber stretch to greet the sun-filled sky

Offering a gazing gift to any random passer by

If only to be remembered when it’s persistence is through

It’s life of simple pleasure bestowed solely upon you...

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I've left it alone.
If for no other reason,
Then it takes to much to justify.
Every time.

I've touched on it with my loved ones,
Gone over it with friends,
Conversed with colleagues
and poured over it with the passer-bys.

But as I drove my car over the bridge,
I decided - I'll leave it alone.
It's nothing to do with me anyway....

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Homeless

Tears sizzle-n-swelter
From the Arizona sun
While Mercedes, Bentleys,
And Porches proceed …
Homeless can’t … move on. 

Triple digit asphalt
Skin turns a crusty shade
Passer “buyers” ignore strife
Pass judgement everyday.  

Issues on the street
Momma holds a sign and prays
“Please,” she begs for Mercy,
“Send an Angel my way.”...

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Forever vOtre-FOREVER YOURS--

Dois-je Boo Too-A
Puis-je caresser vos cheveux;
vous tenir ma chère chérie;
Soyez avec vous
Forever près
En pressant mon esprit à travers
Dans ton âme
Hélas, pour passer l'éternité
Forever vôtre
Forever vOtre-FOREVER YOURS--
Hélas, dans ton â me pour toute
 l'éternité
Forever vOtre-FOREVER YOURS--


1/18/19...

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no matter what you  
say to the contrary you
will always keep on giving 
me renewed opportunities 
to reenter your world even 
if they are very sort lived 
the chance always exists 
even when it may not appear 
to be so to the untrained naked 
eye of a passer by the chance 
still exists and will continue to 
exist through the knowing eye
of the two of us...

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While walking in  the market  one day
I started talking to a friend we had lots to say
Unmindful of whatever came before  me
Kept walking somewhat straight  with glee

Suddenly  my  forehead banged into a pillar
My hard lense fell off and the pain was a killer
Hooding one eye I looked for the lens but failed
A passer-by made a call to my son ,the problem  was nailed...

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The pavement grabbed
At the feet of the passers-by
Who passed by the puddles
And the mud
To get to the taxi’s,
Who, like a string of dirty pearls
Were threaded by the muddy road
Where many a flattened toad
Stared intently at the sky

The pavement grabbed
And snatched an unsuspecting shoe
Of a passer-by
Who turned and cursed
Whilst many a flattened toad
Stared silently at the sky...

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Outside the circle of life I sit,
not knowing exactly where in it I fit...

I watch the circle go round and round,
not missing a beat sound for sound...

I watch it's flow and it's vibe,
it's humpping and bumpping it's so alive...

I wish I weren't afraid to go inside,
to brave the world and take that ride...

but since I am I'll just take my stand
right over here in passer-by land......

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I sit and watch the passer-byes
Not staring back my curious eyes,
I wear a mask of oak-like tree
To knot the stodginess in me

Walk, they do in robotic pace
A grip of stride, a steady race,
What they do, where they go
It puzzles me, this mortal flow

Do they portray a test to truth
A weary show to pretend aloof,
Or am I seen as idle fool
A wasting one, a stubborn mule

Should I care?...

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The dirt and stones around his feet
Encrust the child’s skin
With tears creating smears of pain 
Upon his fragile chin

He looks and begs for scraps of food
From every passer by
But they don’t see the small still child
His hand a reaching cry

For those who do not hear this child 
They stride along life’s path 
Their souls encrust the dirt and stones 
With hearts that seek life’s wrath...

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