Short Tucking Poems

tucking away
a smile
in his lunchbag



posted on September 10, 2018...

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as quiet as they
are during the day
they silently yawn
tucking themselves
under colorful covers

dreaming
of days when
hummingbird
wings cease 
to beat...

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Taunting the day,
red moon rising,
tucking the sun, 
back into bed,
calling me forth,
her faithful soldier, 
collecting memories,
of stars for millennia, 
night's watchman,
at it again.


...

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Tucking in her baby, Miss Furball gave his head a gentle kiss.
His eyes slowly closed, and his meow mouth gave a tiny hiss.
She liked sending him to dreamland in the best mama way.
Insuring he will be in a terrific mood the very next day.
...

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Out she comes
A smile of anticipation
Lighting her face
Neatly folding that slip of white paper
And tucking it away 
In the usual pocket of her purse
To stay there 
Until the day of the draw
When her numbers could make
Her dreams come true...

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I take in a sunny day is like a tiny season, reading a bedtime story, while tucking the sky, lifting holy cover out of the heaven sky, angels sowed throughout the quilts, a scorch warming beams down, a blazing substantial temperature over the earth's ground.
- Loverboi...

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darling multifaceted crystal butterfly
natural prism causing light to zing and zag
I revere you and honor your pure beauty
as you have probably guessed by now
cousins will be here today
I am tucking you away
in your protective pouch of black velvet
do not make a sound okay?...

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darling multifaceted crystal butterfly
natural prism causing light to zing and zag
I revere you and honor your pure beauty
as you have probably guessed by now
cousins will be here today
I am tucking you away
in your protective pouch of black velvet
do not make a sound okay?...

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fall gardeners
prepare the beds
tucking in the bulbs

dried up corms look dead
fate's stems and leaves
rise slowly from earth

tourists in awe
emergent blooms preside
o'er sights unseen

blossoms shrivel
wilting leaves die back again
food for the bulbs

February 9, 2011...

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bird raises its wings
insect in grass stirs to look
and is gobbled up


checking all around 
bird steals remnants of dog food
then flies to the trees


tucking in its wings
pelican dives and misses
fish scatter laughing


soaring in the sky
vulture though hideous looking
gracefulness in flight...

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Spreading
a white blanket
slowly covering
the faraway hills
in a misty fog

Rolling over
the horizon's bumps
Nature
putting the world
to sleep

Tucking cities
into bed
whispering goodnight
as the sun
sinks behind her

As the flowing clouds
tumble slowly
over the slopes

The world is asleep....

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She loved bedtimes with her daughter
reading her a story
listening to her ask the Lord her soul to keep.
She loved tucking her in
kissing her good night
and watching as she nodded off to sleep…

And when the room was filled with darkness
save one errant moonlight beam
she loved to linger in the doorway
and listen to her dream....

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pruning pulpy pear
tactic tier's there 
passion pasting prayers 
fostering fallible fair 
felon figs belched 
contractions cobbling crest 
 
whooshing wind yawned 
tucking tainted flaws 
owed to draws 
 
then a coda 
mystic melody murdered 
concerto grosso clustered 
 
pulsing pear blushed 
leering lanky lust. 
     19:12:13:08:23...

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reviving rusts revamping 
frolic feigning feasts
damped desires drooping 
mystic mists moaning 
puked passion plying 
tactic tier tucking 

sour scrunched smoothened
pleasant parks heightened 
dark dances darkened

fiery flames simpering
mocking mystic mists
towering; twigs twisting 

archaic aura blending 
brooding base bleeding. 
     19:11:15:10:25...

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INTERRUPTED    FLIGHT


I remember
The pigeon man
Could take a bird
Recently hurt
From a window or wire,

And holding her in giant hands
Could smooth her feathers
And stretch her wings,
Tucking in her down
And ziplocking her ruffled plumes,

While she snipped at his fingers,
Her trembling heart racing,
Until he returned her to flight,

And her eyes shone as she soared,
Repaired....

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Cook and toil 
Changing dirty diapers 
A mother's job a nurturing
as a nurturing job is never done 

Cooking cleaning washing clothes in washing machine 
placing in dryer tucking folding clothes
First term learner teaching
 fellowshiping preaching
 a nurturer's job is left untold first home teacher

Mother Nurturer's

11/14/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Scorned and scorched by the flames of the sun
Burnt by hell’s fire, her reign’s begun
I tremble with fear of the chosen one
Ballsy, cocky, arrogance well hung
This talentless slander seems to be fun
(k)No(W) judgment or guilt, excuse the pun
But if the shoe fits, wear it and run
While tucking tail, think temple and gun
and Russian roulette or combustion
Stick a fork in yourself, you’re overdone...

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A tiny sparrow                                                                                                                                                      fluffing feathers tucking head                                                                                                                                                the loneliest warmth...

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Wailing winds, crying in the empty night; 
tripping leaves rattle across, walls and roads; 
click-clacking out a lullaby.

Soon, squirrels will be rocked into a 
hibernating dreamtime; 
their nests swaying in high treetops.

As fall unmasks winter, 
Mother Earth beds down her creatures; 
tucking them in for
the approaching nights.

Wrapped in her white blanket, 
she takes her, long-deserved rest....

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Wailing winds, crying in the empty night; 
tripping leaves rattle across, walls and roads; 
click-clacking out a lullaby.

Soon, squirrels will be rocked into a 
hibernating dreamtime; 
their nests swaying in high treetops.

As fall unmasks winter, 
Mother Earth beds down her creatures; 
tucking them in for
the approaching nights.

Wrapped in her white blanket, 
she takes her, long-deserved rest....

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He cocked his head at me
   First this way, then that
Never looking straight ahead, you see
   Was he much too shy, a cat?

No, no, no -- he had no fur
   Nor when content, did he purr
Boldly did he hop toward me
   'Till he froze, and then did flee

I chased him, hoping he'd slow down
   But he intended to leave this town
Tucking a prayer under each wing
   A warm-weather mockingbird began to sing...

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Little girl on her daddy's knee
looking up, into her hero's face
baby eyes, seeing massive strength
smiling small, knowing she is safe

little girl, in her daddy's arms
flying high, soaring in the sky
waving at birds, giggling madly
falling into hands, knowing she is safe

little girl, daddy tucking her in
yawning softly, closing baby eyes
snuggling deep, imagining a new day
sleeping soundly, knowing she is safe...

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The cool evening breeze blends
With the warm beach air
And the damping summer fog
Rolls over the shifting sands

The twilight fog moves gently
Floating over the retreating waves
And the hushed empty shore
Reaching the hectic urban streets

Fog muffles the clamor
Of daily Life, as if
Tucking us all in
With A heavy winter comforter

Nature’s nighttime breath
Edges forward, Encircling,
Gently telling us
Be still, Good Night....

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The cool evening breeze blends
With the warm beach air
And the thickening summer
Fog rolls over the shifting sands

The fog moves gently 
Floating over the retreating waves 
And the hushed empty shore,
Toward the hectic urban streets

Fog muffles the sound
Of life, as if 
Tucking us all in 
With a heavy winter comforter

Nature’s nighttime breath
Edges forward, encircles everything, 
Gently telling us 
Be still, Good Night...

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Winds shriek down the narrow lane,
mist covers many a window pane,
holding smears and dust at bay,
while camouflaging rut and decay.

The newscasters predict heavy snow.
Temperatures dip to zero and below,
inviting the flu and common cold
into putting holiday cheers on hold.   

Sizzling hot fireworks light up the sky.
People seek cover to stay warm and dry,
tucking past year’s missed goals away,
to recycle them on New Year's Day....

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