Short Waxen Poems

Honey

Sunlight caught within
Waxen chalice….Elixir
Of the Gods…for man
...

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Marco Rubio
would show best perhaps in a Tussaud's studio
stiff waxen smile
the Cuban marionette attempting to beguile....

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Butter of kine and milk of
sheep with fat of lambs,
and the pure blood of the grape
Deuteronomy
brings Jeshurun to
waxen fat.
Diet !!

             Deut. 32:14/15...

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~Highlighter dumping iron mini Crayola colors left out on the driveway melting
                                     now fused together a waxen rainbow~



11/17/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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on my brim
dons tangible markings.
Crafted genes engage
to warn iconic
of principled
death.

She measures
her tacky line, loping
anchors across
waxen badges
encrusted with
doubt.

I don’t fear
the web she spins
above my cerebellum
since due warning
of predatory intent
gleans....

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Great black clouds
Clot the blood-red sky, 
Pink stained shadows
Where daylights go to die.
Candlelit processions 
In valley ways awake,
Trickle waxen grief
Onto valley lake,
Threading bright the promise
Though choir has ceased refrain, 
Holding back the night
That dawn should come again....

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Allusions of brewing brown 
that made its way to tinsel town. 

At dawn it turned to waxen white 
with gleaming glow against the light.

With warm embrace to fuming flow,
it wilted into glazing glow. 

With shifting shapes like honing hue,
its flare became the fad of few. 

October 3, 2022...

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Giving up,
we lose ourselves
in soft denials,
tally up bone-tinted
Kodaks – recall
brief glints of eye,
succinct resemblances
of generations. 

Listlessly,
we wait
death’s domination—
cool brushes
of wind,
flutterings 
of waxen wings
& last breaths,
dusky, distant
as the webbed
membranes
of memories....

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Invisible knife shimmering soft
Delicious brides shimmering soft
grooms chortle love on silky slips

Stealthy sultry skin
hot and waxen
Fevered positions
nocturnal passion

Vows of night
consummated by day
Shadow dressed light
love bled away

Invisible knife shimmering soft
Delicious brides shimmering soft...

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Flames glow with rhythmic fluttering,
casting dark shadows upon my wall.
Paraffin rivers trickle from candles,
spilling in flow that mimics my tears.
My voice whispers, calling your name.
I smother the wicks of waxen pillars.



October 31, 2021
Bite Size Poem no25 Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier...

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Listen to poem:

Triku

Toiling beetles in
the clime whilst floats a tethered
weathered butterfly

Dreamt woods tapestry
whilst wraith forest mural sketch
a well-drawn sapling

Flames bolt a waxen
cell whilst predators flicker
and sparks trap's a moth

     2020 June 03     

*1st Place*

Fresh Traditional HAIKU (5-7-5)
~~JCB Burl...

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He thrust the dagger through her heart
Then watched her breathe her last,
For once she had forsaken him
The die was surely cast.

Upon her waxen cheek
He placed a tender kiss.
Then lay his head upon her breast
And opened up his wrist.

Tears stained his face 
As they were joined in death.
He took her lifeless hand in his,
Then took his final breath....

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Syrupy dewdrops,
slowly trickle 
down the sides of
a yellow tulip.
And a red blush
tints the bloom,
as though kissed
by the sun's first rays.
Its gilded light pools
like liquid gold,
as translucent cells
absorb color.
And waxen petals
morph, into a
spectacular 
unique flower.
While a sky of blue
hangs in contrast,
for this masterpiece
of living art....

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Some were peeling 
others chipped and cracked
some sat tall and semi-pristine
others were beautifully bent and black
one even wore the colors of another
all were silent as ice mountain monks.

There were a few empty seats
(monuments to the lost?)
where do the discarded and forgotten go?
where do waxen souls leave their mark...
An old box of crayons is much like a city bus....

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Subtle sounds are all around us
A kind of silence one can’t hear.
A child’s soap-pipe-bubbles bursting
or some lovers eyes shedding tears.
One does not hear a falling snowflake
nor nature’s music of the spheres
for so many go unnoticed
it’s as though we all lack ears.
Silence is a lone taper flame,
a dim flickering solitaire
smouldering on its waxen wick
to a slow deafened melody
extinguished before it is heard....

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Singing silver in the sky,
thinks that life won't pass her by,
on wings of silver she will fly,
avoiding land where dead ones lie.

Metal feathers and waxen wings,
he didn't listen to a father's teachings,
only was told to pack his things,
should have remembered what flying high brings.

Golden eyes and feathered hair,
deep-set pupils take chance to glare,
both will not fly in their domain,
metal wings always bring pain....

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Uprooting dreams
of yesterday,
time sows the seeds
of tomorrow.

Grey clouds shed tears
in April rains,
as winter wanes
and warmth abounds.

Fleeing far-flung
sanctuaries,
migrating birds
start heading home.

And on the winds
of open sky,
caterpillars
try newfound wings.

Wild trillium
and daffodil,
usher in the
first days of spring.

And tulips flaunt
their waxen bells
atop stems of
emerald green....

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GLACIAL
Scent of lilies. 
His pain over, mine just begun.
I caressed those hands, gifted, loving.
Kissed his waxen brow.

A blink away from the dying sun,
the ignition key trembled.
I half-expected to waken, 
clasped in his arms. Soothed 
back to life, on the mourning  air. 

Our silent house stood strong, 
and healthy,
ticking away lonely hours and empty nights.
While I flinched from the glacial steppes,
of our marital bed.


DECIMA WRAXALL...

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Hanging brightly like lightning from heaven,
a riveting explosion of colours,
from angelic white to royal purple to classic pink,
you'll find your choice here.
Slender white flowers covered 
with a three piece waxen skirt of bracts 
makes your fingers itch to touch them,
but all beautiful things come with a cost,
minute thorns surround the flowers,
like mini towers, protecting them.
Dazzling evergreen beauty,
bougainvillea is a must for your garden.



04/07/19...

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whimsical windswept whiteness 
wedding weekend wanderlust
willowy wonderland waltz
wrongfully weathered woe
wintry wishful whispers
wrestling woodland wintertide

welcome waxen wallflower
weeping wheezy widow
whimpering wholeheartedly
wrangling worthless worries
wanton wretched wrongdoing
wedged within wickedness



Submitted on December 7, 2020 for contest ALLITERATION sponsored by EVE ROPER

AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Originally posted on October 23, 2018...

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Oh heavy heart these PR men in power
Yellow waxen masks reciting lies
Discovered by research in college towers
Who watch flashing brains in MRIs
Recording as fear lightens lobes
Word and images recorded and sold by drones
For use by corporate men round the globe
Control both CEOs and worker clones
Yet life's free forces flow in city and town
For through the dark. forces strive to transcend
As ever bruised and bloodied onward bound
Through a jumble of fears passes the path of men...

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