A DAY WHEN YOU’LL HAVE A COMPLETE NIGHT SLEEP-
Good day
Some day
sleep tight
All night
Ill gain
sustain
promised
sublet
Light show
Rainbow
hostile
docile
awake
await
compete
Night sleep
11/4/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
Categories:
sublet, allusion, analogy, anxiety, endurance,
Form: Footle
Don't sublet your heart
across the sea
I feel the ease
of the incoming breeze
midnight Hollywood
Unvain your heart
play your favourite song
its telling me
we are getting closer
Categories:
sublet, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout
His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved
Faith worn and tattered
the bible debunked
Crusades a bad memory
the Grail marked as junk
He orders a cocktail
the waitress comes back
A napkin — her number
salvation highjacked
(The New Room: December, 2023)
Categories:
sublet, god,
Form: Rhyme
In the distance spies yonder kindling rise
In thIs have I hearing screeching birds cry
Full grown cedar tree hovers above me
I feel the waves of the branches breeze
It's a shame to see the frowning clouds
As they overshadow and darken my view
A different subject sublet as I suspect
A ravaging rain coming forth sprawling
I feel the ravishing storm approaching
Henceforth the rain
12/26/12
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Categories:
sublet, adventure, analogy, introspection, nature,
Form: Rhyme
the apple had holes
early springtime crawling bores
rotten sublet cores
the apple soften
as the worm nest and eats more
it disintegrates
Categories:
sublet, adventure, analogy, food, insect,
Form: Haiku
Breaking winds came across the docks
March has invaded
Below a sky of pale blue mildly faded
Floating around in one spot as thou they had to yield
Ships of beauty wrapped in white jackets
They rest like packages waiting to be unwrapped
Wore paint on cutting cold rails
No duologue, no chatter
Just a sublet hint of spring
A handful of scarce seekers popping out to peak
Anticipating the fondness the summer brings
And soon enough there will be a multitude of bodies
Scrambling up and down the streets
Places to go, people to meet
Soon there will be sails to cut loose
Sun scorched backs and inviting aromas of the sea
But for now stillness envelops the harbor
A reminder to embrace patience
As I peered out the window of time
Categories:
sublet, people, places, sea, seasons
Form: Free verse