Summed Poems

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The leech boasts he ends many wars
With each speech Trump’s truce total soars
His confused amount
And White House account
Are summed-up trysts with Epstein's whores

once upon a time

What if I read to you a story Starting  

once upon a time 

And you realised that is was your 

Life spelt out on every Line. 

Would you hear my voice and Wonder as it  

Brushed across each word and pray my Arms have the strength to hold the truth About your world 

 would your view on life be different and would it shock you most to find that  

the things you thought defined you could be  

Summed up in just two lines and all the  

Ones you took for granted the ins and outs of 

Everyday play a bigger part in who you are 

Then you ever dared to say would you wonder 

At the pages left and all the places that they could lead then vow to make 

each moment one that you’d be very  proud to read because there is the story

 of your life but its you who holds the pen  and i hope you fill  the pages right 

before you reach the 

end

Just One Thing to Leverage

She believed her Barbie's and Ken's
had shared a love far more complex
than any feelings they'd expressed --
AND dolls couldn't even self-dress!!!

She knew they were a mistake -
one she wanted them to address.
Her thoughts led to a request -
they both take a fear of change test.

Pleased to speak free, she confessed   
being a part of couple failure debris
and held no fear of changing things. 
She sensed relief peak as he owned 
his tendency to cultivate regrets and
said he'd be more than fine living alone.

Once they aced the test, she at last
felt their tensions loose resentments.
Then they intelligently addressed 
the logistics involved in couple deletion.

Next, they tossed their dysfunction map
and then summed up zero further cost 
applied in paving a way out of this trap.
She was sure they'd only leveraged crap.

Things My Child Said

It is quite common to kiss 'ouchys' on those wee.
At three, my son asked to have bath autonomy.
I tossed a washcloth, then stood where he could not see.
Soon, he called out with words that completely shook me,
"Mom, it washed red and sore, please come kiss my pee-pee."

Shopping, strolling him down the grocery store aisle
where female hygiene products are sorted in piles,
my son, age four, earnestly said, "When I'm grown, I'll
buy all these things with flowers on them for my wife."
His words styled a smile in me that would last for life.

I used mild-applied wooden spoons for mood anchors.
This set me up for disgust from food cart flankers
when my son yelled, "Look Mom, a hole bag of spankers."
My child, four, eyed that, not the shelved Power Rangers?
I hoped no one would report child welfare dangers.

Once, when a minister summed up his sermon's span
asking "Who's the greatest force in the universe?",
my son, at five, stood up with some dramatic plan.
Lifting his toy hero as high as small ones can,
he enthusiastically declared, "Batman!"

Thoughts of vacation, developed my fav word pearl,
"How many times do I wake up before Disney World?"

Petrichor

In the hot, dry summer, there is little doubt
that there often can be severe periods of drought.
All across the dusty terrain
the earth seems to cry out for rain.
People exclaim with disbelief
about the high heat and pray for relief.

When the rain does come and falls upon the ground,
one can hear, feel, taste and see it all around;
and there's something else, something olfactory 
that is not noticed as much but quite satisfactory.

A fragrance that is earthy, pleasant and sweet,
a sensory bonus borne of summer heat.
So, here is a word that you may not have known before:
the scent from rain on dry ground is called "petrichor".

And so to conclude and have everything summed,
you can all go to bed tonight, a little less stunned!

The Curse of The Pearl

Legends from Hawaii, are in themselves,
legendary, like some treasured keepsake.
The Pearls Curse is not on library shelves,
just a few Hawaiians that I forsake ...

Prompts summed place the world had called Pearl Harbor,
the locals called the same place, "Wai Momi." (why-MOE-me)
The shark goddess, gifts her home, "pearls water,"
the locals know what this place used to be.

Wai Momi does not shine for the people,
a goddess takes human form--learn what's wrong.
A car stopped, then, "I'm Admiral Kimmel."
"I lost the Pearl?" "This place, you don't belong."

He turned to his driver to call the gate,
in turning back, he said, "You folks ne'er lost ..."
and she was gone. "I guess she saw her fate."
A goddess watched, "Our paths meant to be crossed." 

The Pearl has chosen you, Mr. Kimmel.
The pearls once loched in my water garden,
you're a pearl amongst pearls to my people,
pearls lose their luster ... the curses are done.

OPEN VERSE 3-4

STRATEGY
a spatial
  boundary
dismantled
from
  memory
tranquil
  cropped
in
an
  encoded
facade
encroached
by
  eloquent
   realms
of unspoilt
semi- abstract
crests
  glistening
phenomena
patterned
  representation
consonances
plays of light
in recurring
ambivalent
  composition
indifferent
intractable
 invisible
dynamic
 contrasts
    summed up
in the
   unfamiliar

ELOQUENCE
a
 reticent
  celebration
of ambiguity
latent
licit
  straightforward
yet
oblique
  interpretation
beyond
 the
  inner image

nurtured
  in
  connected
tendencies
to evolve

closely
  obsessive
an ambivalent
narrative
  observed
in
  dreamy
abandon
of
unmistakable
pleasure
initiated
in
the
 unconscious
made
manifest
by
desire
  once
repressed
derived
  by
a sense
of
  intimacy

Tina Turner

Tina Turner was the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
 She earned her dues for music's cause
 On stage she played her regal role
 Belting out tunes to thunderous applause

 With hits like "Proud Mary" 
 She had fans screaming in the aisles
 As the big wheel kept turning on the ferry
 On a musical journey of many miles

 She had some rough times with Ike
 But eventually she took freedom's flight
 Her song, "I Don't Wanna Fight, 
 Summed up her feelings on the mic

 Her song, "Whats Love Got To Do With It"
 Described those times well
 Yet she blazed a musical trail that was well lit 
 In her songs her memory will dwell

 6-5-2023
 What's Love Got to Do with It - Poetry Contest
 Sponsor: John Anderson

Love Your Neighbor -

all about love
 all of my love
 life is all about love 
agape 
the entire law is summed up in a single command 
it's summed up love your neighbor as yourself
It's not about you, it's not about me, it's all in the name of Jesus 
Jesus let's lift Him high this prison High 
Joyously we cry out,  Jesus( Jesus )
All about Love our fellow man
 All about Love of a very person
 all of my love life is all about love agape
 the entire law is summed up in a single command Jesus 
Says love your neighbor Jesus says As You Love yourself
O' FATHER brother man love your friends and neighbors 
For the entire law is summed up in a single command 
Love your neighbor as yourself in Jesus name Amen 

5/18/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023©
Referencing Galatians 5 :14

A Handful of Haiku: What Is a Haiku

I
What is a haiku
A moment plucked from time's flow
Summed up in three lines

II
Writers of haiku
Prove that one doesn't need a 
Big pot to pith in

Grieving Holy Spirit : Ephesians 4:30

I
I would, help me LORD Jesus, advise 3 Scriptures for learning more about the Holy Spirit's role on earth and in CHURCH, as Jesus is at the right hand of God

II
John 14 is a part of the Gospels that explains what Jesus intended for the Holy Spirit among His followers. Romans 8 (26-end) explains how the Holy Spirit even "teaches" us the truth about prayer, including for the Creation that's groaning. I read Dr. Jenn Proxenos's poem today about the environmental damage humans are doing to our planet-village! Sometimes, we are at a loss how to pray. Third Scripture: Read Ephesians 4, and see why the New Testament  can be summed up in: DONT' GRIEVE and DONT LEAVE -do not grieve the Holy Spirit AND do NOT abandon faith in Jesus's sacrifice for our sins/freedoms!
III
Next, I want to expose the lie of so-called pastors who "cause" church goers to fall down (allegedly slain in the spirit) during worship of the Holy Spirit, or God(?). Read ahead Romans Chapter 8, verse 11.

Variant Seasons

Variant Seasons
David J Walker

I
Indecision has never been 
my intention

My lifes work summed up in 
short sentences 

I greet the morning sun 
head-on

and about-face to the west as if
		it might be the last

it might have been the best
		but I don’t know

and may never know the rest of
		the variant seasons

II

I have time yet to grow older
		Gravity takes its toll 

Words become bolder and gardens 
yet to harvest need water

there is yet another summer 
		Autumn has placed its order

Winter bivouacs in Northern quarters 
		Spring is the thing in doubt

The Glint In Your Eyes

Let go of the past, let go of the pain.

You never knew that parts of you would hit the ground like cold, hard rain

Find a balance in your mind for what’s right and what’s wrong.

See behind your own eyes for what you’ve become.

Life reshapes your smile and dims the glint in your eyes. 

No one even yourself understands the madness of your love or the lost hope of your cries. 

With age comes wisdom and the understanding of your mind.

The acceptance of the track of your life no matter where the future may wind.

The reasons for living can be summed up in the positives and negatives of this life.

The water still flows in the rivers no matter how dark or wild the waves crash under the moons of your tides.

What You Do In a Small Town

She gave so freely of herself
Whatever she could give
She was a small town girl
It was what you do in a small town
Where everyone knows everyone else
Where your character is being summed up hourly

She gave too much, and had no food
But she knew it would not be a problem
Sure enough, there was a knock on her door
The neighbor invited her over for a chili supper
The next morning another neighbor brought her waffles.
Hot with maple syrup

This is what you do in a small town
You look out for each other
You take care of each other
Not so it will be reciprocated
But because it is the right thing to do
And it makes your heart feel glad.

Sonnet

Strict Iambic form- should

Set fourteen rhyming lines:

Syllables checked, ten each
        
Spread 'tween Pentameter.

Staged in eight-line Octave

Summed wisely with Sestet,

Sealed with ending Couplet. 


October 21, 2020

Contest: Pleiades S
Sponsor: Kim Merryman

7 Lines, 6 Syllables Per Line

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