Short Priced Poems

water water nowhere nor any free drop to drink—but bottled ’n priced!  


Monoku 3 Contest, sponsored by SO....

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The picture worth 1000 words
 is priced only one way

Its value screaming
—until eyes close

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)...

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The picture worth 1000 words
  is priced only one way

Its value screaming
  —until eyes close

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)...

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the price of passion
null and void if it hasn’t 
been merged in the Lord

2/12/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©...

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delicate worn hands
pick fresh cotton
in fields

carefully sent away
producing 
over-priced
t-shirts




karen croft
fabric and flavor contest
sept. 14, 2012...

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Flames sifts and seizes all, mankind’s desires burns through all 
All is exchanged for fire, for fire is the highest priced gold 
With a pearl within the flickering flames, still and wailing...

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Azoth 
     buy gosh
         and buy golly.
Remedy 
     a melody 
           for every ill.
Priced 
     just right
          for today.
Shipping
     and tripping
          are free....

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In the media, we are told
that lots of us, have too much guts

What we’re eating, is not the best
and what we’re drinking, makes us a pest

Its healthy food, that’s priced to the hilt
chop down the price, so we don’t feel the guilt...

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Gold
metal
so precious
yellow color
it's praised by many
used to make jewelry
both malleable and ductile
conducts electricity well
was once used to mint coins for money
it's traded on exchanges and high-priced
...

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Playing in the front window
  of your affection

My love became a storefront
  for all to see

Displaying what my heart
  had kept well hidden

Priced to sell, and tagged
 —on sale for thee

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)...

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Time -
a high-priced commodity,
leaves us with a shortened
supply of memories
until it's our turn
to pass on.

Death -
the fickle fiend
leaves a gnawing ache
inside our brains,
stinging with hurt until
there's a mountain left of
time....

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Drink it
Imbibe it
Slurp it
To some it's the devils liquid
To others it hides their pain
To a few it's money down the drain

Plonk
Never makes you drunk
Posh
Over priced flop

Drink and forget the world around you
Ponder the demons that inhabit you
Don't let this substance ruin you...

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A Roll in the Hay

Try to be different.
Take the plunge. 
Dare to live for today.
Be your own boss,
be true to your school,
and, charge for a roll in the hay.

Eat, drink and do Mary.
Boys will be boys they say.
But, Men and the boys
have different priced toys,
Some men even pay for the hay......

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The problem with Weights and Measures
Is akin to wealth and pleasures
The Rule of Thumb
Is really dumb 
Yet quickly produces treasures*

*American canned products may contain
30% - or more - unregulated water priced at 
the same rate as the product, making it the 
most expensive water on earth!...

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Principles that govern
a man’s thoughts and actions
are often purchased 
with unspent desire.

Scruples, 
logical ethics and morals,
are high-priced considering 
the value of pleasure.

A loyal and steadfast
husband to a frigid wife
mortgages his heart, 
and the affection of angels
is his only 
accumulated interest....

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Half Price Hearts

Half price candy in fancy boxes
Shaped like hearts
Sitting on store shelves
Wondering why they weren’t given
To someone’s sweetheart
Do they feel alone? 
Were they abandoned?
Like the many broken hearted lovers
That this day celebrates
Left alone wondering why
How did they end up on the unwanted shelf?
Alone and abandoned...

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A star-lit night,while out on patrol...If
the enemy is ever sighted,it's beyond my
control.Land mines and IED's blow up metal
boxes on wheels...American live's,of this
un-Godly politically oil inspired war of
Iraq,takes as steals.An American flag waves
in the wind and flies overhead...Is Arab
oil the price we pay for our very own dead?

02-27-2006'....

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Christ!
You let a life be priced?
However this thing goes,
Whichever way the wind blows,
This chap has begun to lose!

A mocking last- minute booze
For a throat in a noose
Far from loose:
A booze through a neck
They would soon wreck…

With people asking “Whose”
And whether the neck did this choose?

And soon it shall be on the news
A chap “Practical Roast Goose”...

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When the Spring season comes
All the closets get changed
Tossing out worn out clothes
They are no longer needed 

Or clothes that don't fit
Unwanted ornaments
A pile of books read
Toys collecting dust

All unwanted items
Donated to Good Will
Priced right for people
To use and enjoy

Its better to donate 
Then to throw away
Items folks can enjoy
It brightens their day...

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Agrarian....agriculture
wet and dry affecting bolster
basic grain pre-market commodity
dispersal targets rift uncommonly

Feedstock fodder higher priced
milk,egg,cheese will future thrice
upkeep livestock feel the strain
lack of grain...we'll all feel the pain

Corn,wheat,rice and soybean
hot potato money machine
pass the buck absorb the cost
surcharge tacked as all not lost...

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He beguiled me
 with his smile.........

Meanwhile:

Its a struggle to write;
inspite on my mind
 being all uptight
and alight 
with excitement
It's a plight
frought with
delight
when applied 
to provide sight 
that ignites 
being psyched 
to new heights
and reunites
rewrites 
priced into bytes
dispite 
providing a guide
to decide 
and set aside
my writing style......

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A MOTHER
Mother sacrifices
She never takes sides

Mother I often wish I were more like you
Not just physically but morally too

You suffer for my sake
Yet,find time to be a playmate for my make

Love,love is a mother's gift
To their precious children their hearts to lift

Nobody's like you,mum
Nobody cares for me like you do, mum

Mothers are wise
Mothers can never be priced...

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I’m goin’ back to cowboy ways
 What difference can it make
 I shaved and took a bath last month
 She still left town with Jake




Bart was an oldtime gunslinger,
 One that you never saw.
 Lightnin’ fast on the trigger,but
 Awful slow on the draw.






He was struttin’ a high priced roan..
 Came for poker with us
 Sent him back broke and all alone
 Ridin’ a Greyhound bus...

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You old fool, with her
We both fell in love
But your wealth deceived you.
I bought her heart 
With my feelings and grace
But you came one day
And priced the beauty
You found on her flesh.

Alright, take her body
You bought with silver
Surely, not her heart too
For her heart shall 
Always remain with me
As she wails for me
And you shall never find love
Except to lust, an old fool!...

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my back against the wall
and my mind set 
i'll look back 
for the last time 
and go where 
the wind blow me 

i'm continued in life
like sequels in movies
my menu 
is priced
from what i been threw

the odds 
even
my place in this world
i was locked down in my 
heart and mind
now release 
i'm reaping all the 
success i can find 

what a relieve 
to be the cheif 
of my own
life line...

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