Short Zeugma Poems

With laughing mouth and feet;
With a running mouth and feet;
With waving arms and hands;
With grasping wrist and bands;

Praising with my body, mind and soul...




(Form: ZEUGMA)

1/19/18
written words James Edward Lee Sr....

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She found a husband and her keys,
So threw a party and a ball
(And cheered so hard it made her sneeze).
She found a husband and her keys
As she was climbing in the trees.
I kind of worried that she’d fall.
She found a husband and her keys,
So threw a party and a ball.

For Sara’s zeugma contest...

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The massive ship and hopes were lost
No lifeboats left for passengers
Their lips were blue, skin bit by frost
The massive ship and hopes were lost
Atlantic Ocean not yet crossed
The radar failed, no messengers
The massive ship and hopes were lost
No lifeboats left for passengers


*Written August 28, 2014 for Sara's "Zeugma" contest...

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A Perishing Soul

Warrior fell with desperate woe 
  pride wounded or innocent hurt
  missed the play but never the show 
Warrior fell with desperate woe
  dying quickly he does not know
  prayers offered but so very curt 
Warrior fell with desperate woe
  pride wounded or innocent hurt

08/10/2014


Zeugma/Triolet contest entry.....

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Love’s Sullied Rose


He emptied the trash and his heart
the detritus of loving’s pain,
vain attempt to erase the start,
He emptied the trash and his heart
of sullied sweetness turned to tart
of loving's roses gone to stain.
He emptied the trash and his heart
the detritus of loving's pain.


9/2/2014
for the Zeugma - Poetry Contest...

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Married in the spring many years ago
She held the key to his door and his heart
They will always be together they know
Married in the spring many years go
The advancing years now a gentle blow
For fifty five years they'd not been apart
Married in the spring years ago
She held the key to his door and his heart


For the Zeugma contest.......

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Dawn peeks over the hill and I.
The lemon lights stretch the shadows.
The beasts and wee birds grumble and fly,
each seeking food, and so do I.
My stomach growls at cocks reply
the cows in the pasture all low.
We sit with tea just he and  I
watching the sun grow the shadow.


*Zeugma line 1 Dawn peeks over the HILL.
                     Dawn peeks over the I.

9/2/14...

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Dawn mused skies and heart in turn
Through dew hazed eyes, a tear is veiled
Emotive hues as daybreak yearns
Dawn mused skies and heart in turn
Horizon blushed as night adjourns
A new day’s face, softly detailed
Dawn mused skies and heart in turn
Through dew hazed eyes, a tear is veiled

17 Aug 2014
Zeugma - Poetry Contest
Zeugma Line - Dawn mused skies and heart in turn...

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You made me wait for love and a cab ride. 
You refused to return keys and kisses. 
You left me broken hearted and outside. 
You made me wait for love and a cab ride. 
I felt cold tears as I cried and I died. 
Leaving me against my wants and wishes. 
You made me wait for love and a cab ride. 
You refused to return my keys and kisses.








Zeugma Contest
08/10/2014...

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He played the piano and the romance 
This tune vibrates with stirring sound and class
Making some celebrities  stand to dance
He played the piano and the romance
Like music expert and poetic freelance
Mixture of sweet wine and bliss in a glass
He played the piano and the romance
This tune vibrates with stirring sound and class.


Contest:"Zeugma" sponsored by Sara Kendrick....

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ran the bath and fingers through my hair
I buttoned my blouse and my lip
no longer in love, no longer care
ran the bath and fingers through my hair
wanted to soak away hurt not talk and swear
needed to relax my heart and close the zip
ran the bath and fingers through my hair
I buttoned my blouse and my lip




Penned 24August 2014

Zeugma's

ran the bath and fingers through my hair
I buttoned my blouse and my lip....

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 triolet w/ zeugma 

Nervous wife holds her breath and the cell phone
as her hubby’s patience and pool are drained.
Neighborhood tempers are surely well-known,
nervous wife holds her breath and the cell phone.
Pesky locals thought the pool was their own,
the water’s too cold or hot they complained.
Nervous wife holds her breath and the cell phone
as her hubby’s patience and pool are drained.

for Sara Kendrick's Zeugma Contest
26 Aug 2014...

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