Short Swimmingly Poems

Strong snow seems smartly;
Slushy snow ploughs seriously;
Soft snow sleighs swimmingly;

2/17/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2021...

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snow strong seems smartly 
slushly snow ploughs seriously
soft snows  swimmingly sleighs


2/22/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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black and white fish cap
swimmingly innocent
1950’s photograph

grayscale the norm
lovely beauty
lipstick probably red

appears black 
1950’s ad 
brimming with bubbles

colorized would ruin it
a sliver of essence
capturing the honesty of the 50’s...

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Hey, diddle, diddle,
    what’s that in the middle?
A girl doesn't have
    something there.

The only retort
    to this travesty, sport:
testosterone levels
    are "fair"!

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for the u Choose Poetry Contest
sponsored by Anthony Biaanco
subject: MEN in Women's athletics
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thinking only we
being human but
not humane
were the
only

species able to do
what some say is
the unspeakable
but now i know
because I've

heard the songs
sung knowing
now why they
sound so sad
as the words

and the whales
travel across
the ocean
blue to
tell

all that they no
longer want to
splish splash
take a bath
but wail

their swimmingly
goodbyes by
committing
suicide by
beach...

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For a while it seemed everything was going swimmingly 
Goodbye to concerns, doubts and all the things killing me
For a while the worries grew more distant every day 
I remember only feeling sad when the sun went away 

To wake up and no longer feel the world on your chest 
Breathing everything new and exhaling the stress 
Having the ability to concentrate with nothing on your mind 
For a while it seemed I had nothing but time....

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Wrestling with consciousness
fading in and out,
 the darkness threatens to sweep me away
Where am I?
How did I get here?
What happened?
No voice escapes my lips
dry, parched tongue mouths wordlessly
as dreams tangle with reality
swimmingly, a face appears
in a moment of lucidity
in the storm of incoherency
I remember your face
your love
your lifeline to me
a tenderness fills me with warmth,
as I sink back into the darkness
but now there is a light.......

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