Short Redden Poems

in the crystal vase
filled to full with redden rose 
arranged loving you:
no more room in me so full,
so filled is my heart with you...

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Your skin turns as lush as the gleam
Of frosty vanilla bean ice cream,
While I make your blushing cheeks redden,
Each as though pieces of a peeled watermelon....

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Coarse and contrived
Sterilized pride
Deaden

Absent and aloof
Formalized spoof
Leaden

Surly and wry
Hostilities nigh
Redden

Distrust and dissent 
Predestined event
Armageddon...

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Redden skies
blue spaces
amidst the daunting spies
the a bliss
nothingness
yellow kiss
summer's autumn view
hues of
formidable
reds, orange, yellows blue!



9/9/2021
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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I’m in line,
Staring at the floor,
I look up,
I see him,
He walks by me without a glance,
I wave and say hi,
He doesn’t look up,
I keep staring and waving,
He turns around,
Smiles, 
Waves,
And winks,
I feel my face redden,
He turns around,
I say bye,
He leaves....

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Dry logs redden and snap;
   The fire is soon impressive.
The wolf moon takes better shape
   As night begins to settle in.

I watch the conflagration spike;
   A spark flies off, then others
Like the universe had coaxed them
   To become one of the stars....

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i wish
             map your body
             with my hands ...
            Redden me with your kisses,
            blush your face with mine
            excitement...
            Adorn your silence
            with whispers of love
           and pleasure... !...

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I Desire to
           map your body
            with my hands ...
            Redden me with your kisses,
            blush your face with mine
            excitement...
            Expand your silence
            with whispers of love
           and pleasure... !...

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The dishwasher watches, waits confounded
as knuckles redden and waterlogged fingers
scrub and rub in a slick soapy dance.
Later I will explain to the machine
that it was made by atheists to replace prayer.
Meanwhile bubbles pop their silent hallelujahs.
Hands toil at their holy work....

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How does it feel?
when I kneel
we make love
and confess all our sins...

Anoited in our sins
embodiment of our sins
rare gold in color
we always want more...

We sin of lust
swirl in amber
my tongue
licking your flesh...

Midnight wrath
we kiss
we coil
in a fit of redden anger.......

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My eyes sore
Redden in pains
Pupils dilated engrained
Blurred visions
Mind comprehends not bored
Should have been forgiven

I’m a witness to my mess
I am forgiven and yet
To my surprise I am
Light so soul shines
Energies lights so bright


1/25/2024
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©

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I am asking you Gordon:
Why thrust upon a maiden
That which shouldn't her burden?
Your sin for River Jordan!

Still mistreating a maiden
And her face you did redden
Like had King David's Amon,
Who sister had made common....

Your embraces are modern 
Coming before your wedding;
Not her wished Pelty Trading
You with Satan now grading!...

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last night
Late heat,
temperature higher than body
In the unlit darkness
Let's move the cell phone
I saw the mosquito
on the screen
buzzed.
I turned off and fell asleep
In the morning
my wife was upset
the mosquitoes bite and redden
shoulder,
calves,
the back,
and thigh and
I was all right
always, yes
even mosquito only like wife....

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AUTUMN SONG

Maples redden, farmers gather
apples, pumpkins all together
some for pies on which we lather
whipping cream like snowy weather
hiding every bud of heather.

Blue sky deepens, gold grows bolder.
Hiking through these colors, vibrant,
hearing streams and creeks flow colder,
friends explore this mountain highland.
Open-mouthed, they stop, stand silent....

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Mirrors show 
the pain 
      and anguish on your face
   The years have shaped your visage 
  You'll not catch those early days again
Now - if you want to delight in something 
  Then taste the wind 
It will certainly redden
the face 
   and the wind offers 
its own special 
    reality 
  Of which you can partake 
And if you are open to them 
  Songs of delight and pain 
will teach you 
      and make you cry with joy...

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UhUhUh! Even cattle on sunny hot days 
Feel suffocation 
Inside windows-doors-shut sheds 
(yes! i have seen it, how their eyes bulge out and redden, 
And they take deep sighs, 
And look perplexed in fear.)  
And no one! no one! minds it, here 
In this huge crowd! 
Even this arrogant hands-raising-high 
Moulvi... 
Oh! I get angry 
But soon i cool down, 
As it quickly comes to my mind, the old saying,
"As is the preacher So art his listeners."...

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Dilapidated houses line these streets.
Lawn furniture that holds memories,best kept discreet.
Neighborhood air redden of cooking.
Seniors who've weathered the years of onlooking.
A tumultuous life for those who have lived here.
With nothing but boredom,and occasional fear.
Hollow eyed children,blank with thought.
Raised with the beliefs,of what their parents sought.
A neighborhood best adored from afar.
For living here would just add to the scar....

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Tears can easily bathe the wounded soul
Flowing unhindered from sad, redden eyes
Do their part, helping the heart to console,
When desires, circumstances compromise
Tears can help us to compartmentalize
Sadness, and to uncover its sources,
There among our most precious resources
Then, while pondering on the deeper hurt,
And summoning our various courses,
Work with us, our future woes to avert.

Written February 27, 2022...

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Dilapidated houses line these streets.
Lawn furniture that holds memories, best kept discreet.
Neighborhood air redden of cooking.
Seniors who've weathered the years of onlooking.
A tumultuous life for those who have lived here.
With nothing but boredom and occasional fear.
Hollow eyed children,blank with thought.
Raised with the beliefs, of what there parents sought.
A neighborhood best adored from afar.
For living here,would just add to the scar....

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My green in white snow
Snow blanket on your red scarf
Quake in your pockets

My nuggets of snow
Seeking handfuls of red warmth
Your hibiscus glow

Cool snow embracing
You redden further in flame
Jingle steps in veins

Let snow melt in joy
Let beauty come out dimpling
Our neurons mingling
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Inspiration from the photo of snow on flowers
in the haiku ‘Snow Flakes V” By Demetrius Trifiatis,
dated 10/01/2017...

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Tongue lashings are bitter
  they hurt and injure
Gnawing at both the heart
  of victim and abuser
With each hostile strike
  both hearts bruise and deaden
Hostility a most deadly poison
  injected as cheeks redden

No word of a lie striking a chord
You live by the sword you die by the sword



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on December 6, 2019 for contest IF YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD THEN YOU DIE BY THE SWORD sponsored by SILENT ONE  -  RANKED 1ST...

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The beautiful game
Is one of different hues
It can redden your face
And cause marital blues
Especially when you add
An excess of cheap booze
When victory is achieved 
Sex often ensues
But it’s a different story
If he watches them lose
He’ll wear a football shirt
And she’ll wear a bruise
The bigger the match
The shorter his fuse
As he rants and raves
She shakes in her shoes
At the final whistle
Full of anger and booze
He wears red and white
She wears black and blue...

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Bush: she had a deep
black birds nest.
Fecund Arabic woman
dark peaches for thin lips.

White faced, I redden in the sun,
a blanched fig, a thirst
for dew drops.

One night is enough, maybe two,
there must be a Spanish guitar
pleading the stars for more tears.

I have a comb
for her oval waves,
she is, for a while,
the mother of the world
the secreting seeds
of a fruiting pomegranate.

I am her despoiler of silk sheets,
she, a font of arousal
baptizing a love-song.

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