Short Pitfall Poems

Mouth puts you
Judges you
You
Love
Lord...

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Cowboy Oh-boy
Combat Kit Kat
Rapid Salad
Baseball pitfall
Soldier Dozier

5/20/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024
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Low and lonely, but not to succumb
Through warring thoughts a pitfall deep
Ireful, rueful, contort
This speaker’s blunder deemed

Subdued with met solution
Devil’s plot decayed
Ruinous intent aborted 
Blithe courage keenly resumed...

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We answer big questions one by one
As scientific progress marches on.
When we find an answer, we’re not done.
Up spring two new questions to dwell upon!

Math then informs us of a sad pitfall.  
While the pace of learning does not relent,
There comes a day we know nothing at all - 
Rounded to two decimals, expressed in percent....

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If in my journey to achieve my goals 
I crumble or stumble an lose my soul,
My close acquaintances will know I gave 
it my all 
and know this was only a pitfall,
Without No father-No money- No choice-No guide 
I only act towards my voice inside
If it leads me wrong an down a dead-end
I'll learn from my mistakes an try to comprehend...

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I did not know what I did not know
Though I thought I knew it all
So I went where the wise don’t go
And pride came before my fall

Headlong down into a pit
Bleeding, bruised, heartbroken
Now in a darkened stupor sit
My future fears unspoken

Far too feeble to escape
Despair has left me numb
I find myself in need of grace
Waiting for rescuers to come...

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I can't avoid all the pitfalls
they run to deep or stand to tall
I will dodge as many as I can see
some I will keep to strengthen me
others may show me where to go
very well needed to soften the blow
once I have traveled and endured
the wrath,those mishaps encountered
will broaden the path,then my vision
will become so clear,the next pitfall
         "I shall not fear"....

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My dear mother, pray
remember us your children
in so many ways.
Silence, the mainstream
keeps us focused on Someone
God, our source of Life.
Why there is sadness,
joy, victory or failure.
They are part of Life.
Hail to Thee, our God!
Why there is sorrow
trust, triumph or pitfall.
They are part of Life.
Hail to Thee, our God!
hope and cause of existence.
To love and be loved....

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Carnivore lay in wait like,
the feline among the sparrows.
“Come sip my nectar,
sweet syrupy elixir
it’s free for the taking,
a desirous sensation
to lull you to sleep”
sings Darlingtonia.

Within ruby pitcher,
tendril awaits,
a cavernous throat
dining on insects,
perhaps a frog or 
tree shrew
for the gullet
of unassuming Cobra Lily,
pitfall trap.


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(Hidden pitfall; judging a Poetry Contest)
 
I like to approach
the final pass
at morning sunrise,
after a long restful renewal.
 
This was not that morning;
awake at 2:00 AM
baking cookies by 7:30.
 
On the fourth cup of java
crispy peanut butter crunch
wades across my tongue,
floating downward
in a warm, brown stream
 
to settle in fat cells
on waist and hips
as the spoken words
cross my lips....

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(Hidden pitfall; judging a Poetry Contest.)
 
I like to approach
the final pass
at morning sunrise,
after a long restful renewal.
 
This was not that morning;
awake at 2:00 AM
baking cookies by 7:30.
 
On the fourth cup of java
crispy peanut butter crunch
wades across my tongue,
floating downward
in a warm, brown stream
 
to settle in fat cells
on waist and hips
as the spoken words
cross my lips....

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Pelted with such incredible force 
one hundred and ten on that fastball;
Harder to dodge than anything in sports;

Foggy you’re lost within a pitfall 
sweet nothings condensed on your cheek;
That whisper is the be all end all;

Flooding you and now you’re left weak,
rambling and gambling placing bets;
You’re lost toting a winning streak;

Confused and so happily distressed,
Stuck on lips coated in liquid bullets....

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The grim reaper casted his scythe 
The hurt was real from the slit 
The black smoke capped the dark of night 
There's not even a glow of light 

Then suddenly, in heaven's gate 
I stood up to meet my fate 
In silver clothing, I shone so bright 
In silver hair and beard of white 

But then before me was a pitfall
I walked as someone made a call 
I was about to fall so deep 
But then, I woke up from my sleep 


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You got me but you failed to see me 
For you were looking for a jewel
In my thoughts I shined brightly 
But you were digging for a well 

You broke my heart in two 
And made my spirit wander 
You didn't see how much I love you 
You only cared for your plunder 

Don't you blame me if you fell 
In a pitfall filed with trash 
For my love for you was real 
But you wanted more of cash 

October 20, 2022, 1:33 AM (PT)...

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*Image of Cat Thoughts by PI.

neuroticism

downpour recesses
leaf refuge exits hostage
pitfall disguises

not in use mirror
lain supinely being calm
motion copied cat

intruded ripples
unexpected force a hunch
hissing reflects swells

2022 November 11
#1
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 20
12/11/2022
#2
*2nd Place*
Writing Challenge - X'd Poems Second Chance
~~Constance La France: Judged 2022 December 05
#3
*HMS...

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My self mutated behavior 
Resides over me
A disturbing dark form
Drifts there permanently 
The sadistic hovering mass
Forces torrential downpours 
Which rain decaying acidities 
Sweeping over me instantly 
As an infectious disease 
Running ramped through my blood
I have yet to catch my breath
And still it pushes forward
I have damned the innocent
Or is it with my self loathing
Grudge seeking, spiraling pitfall of insanity
I have damned myself 

M. Lyn Church 
February 15, 2013...

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