Short Tokens Poems

seek— fill your basket— tokens of love are out there— red roses...

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Liquor cabinet, doors wide opened
All those bottles,
Chosen Tokens...

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For some their Death,
The Devil has Spoken.

And their Souls,
He holds just like Tokens....

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saturday morning—
green; handfuls of blue berries
small tokens of grace

6/20/2020...

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Time regresses
images blur,
memories detained

Tokens injected
into the madness
—forever to remain

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)...

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red roses are fine
to give me sweet valentine
but this year I want
tokens that lasts a lifetime
honesty, trust, commitment
~*~
1/25/13...

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Poor graphics,
disappear with your friends 
into a quest;
Tokens 
succumb  to virtual reality,
Shut down the arcade.. 
Game Over....

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the broken arrow
the oh,dare,oh,care
sariavo
their people too
god remebers you
covets your fame
your name
and game
same as me
aboslutely...

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Before I woke
The Reaper spoke,
He told me so
This way go,
I said no!

After eyes open
God gave tokens
To remain,
Be the same,
So I live!...

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In the crepuscular half-light 
Our amaranthine trysting dreams 
Are transformed to apodictic
Iridescent lyrical love 
Tokens of rhapsodic tranquil...

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Our boundless deep well tokens really count  
with folk who bear a burden or a cross 
they heal so many wounds in times of loss
Be lavish fellow pilgrim, be a fount....

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Phases hurting, memories not forgetting
Stuck in the mind with torns and pricking
Pluck of the heart that worns and piercing
Tokens shattering, to be free but not letting....

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Poetry Soup

Souls and thoughts
Spirit
Laid open

Perhaps unrealised
In just words
Or worded tokens

Burdened
By lack
And description

Or 
Freed
By 
Interpretation...

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Soft fell upon your shrine
Settling, covering words
So lately graved, did those
Snowflakes; winters first fall
Since sorrows darkness smite;
Summer’s tokens fading,
Shrouded, by snow, on stone....

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heart broken
words spoken
life taken
rude waking
trsut lost
emotions dependent
tears shed
anger bred
chains linked
circle continued
cycle breaks
hearts separate
emotions handled
life gained
joy filled...

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You’ve misspoken my heart is broken;
You’ve insist you’ve witness;
A winked eye, a blown kiss;
Most of all these things are just tokens;


3/29/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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Nullable gullible hear cheer
Wear tear people absorbing here fear
Wheedle needle arm to harm
Bare to where your broken tokens?
Sanatize prize sought fought
Human acumen great berate
Blunder thunder, yet ride that tide'...

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wilted flowers and candy
that's well past its sell by date
are the tokens of your love...
the trash can is mine!

* based on a friend's failed romance

written 15th January 2017 for Constance's Valentine (form D) contest...

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Soul
Your life
Voice that speaks
Body in peace
Thoughts of you travel
In the air that fills me
Memories that soften me
In tokens dispersed so plenty
And me, just watching and standing by
Praying more good souls write and multiply...

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You've used up all yo tokens
No mo pokin'
Done wit you strokin'
Out yo bed I'm boltin'
Forget that gun a smokin'
Dis time dis witch ain't jokin'
Finally awoken
The spells been broken
After all the hopin'
The words were never spoken...

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Happiness or sadness.
It is giving more than you can
No intention to receive
Trust, honesty, caring
Tokens
Are given to measure
But nothing can truly measure.
Compromise yet sacrifice
Different levels
Different stages
Constantly varying...

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That toy train; those two tanks.

Tell Teddy Thomas thanks.

Those thoughtful tokens three

to totally thrill thee -

treasure them, tiny tyke.

Tomorrow –the toy trike!


July 1, 2022 
for Angela Tune's Begin With A Letter Poetry Contest...

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Take flight from the fraudulent fury of fear to find a form of peace,
Turn tears into tokens taken to purchase a time when sorrow ceased.
From the aftermath of ashes arrives an arbitrary thought,
When did we wade away from the waves of wars once fought?...

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Momentos of tokens that last
                          Treasured pieces, life’s long past
                                Illuminating years I trace
                          Reminiscing with heartfelt grace
                            Memories unfold, joy is cast...

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Apt aim arts
Set swift start
Prize poise parts


Tough times tell
Spice sure sell
Words work well


Glimpse good gloom
Bright blogs boom
Reap rich rooms


Craft clear cuts
Bright bold buts
Grace grand guts




Leon Enriquez
02 May 2019
Singapore...

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