Than Bauk Poems

Went to cut the grass
Lawnmower would not start
Just needed gasoline to run

So I got some gas
Lit a match, flame on
Spilled some on the lawn

Sun was so hot
Whole lot burnt-up

8/28/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2019©
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Don't want to get
In debt yet? -- It's 
No sweat: Don't bet!...Read More

Jane tried to skip
But she tripped -- Split!
Her lip she bit...Read More

Artwork on walls --
school's tan halls show
enthralls her eyes

Mama Mia!
agree -- a big
idea inspired

Life without art
Can't impart joy
her heart is bold

"A Day of Beige"
all the rage -- plain
upstage colors

Saige Paints the Sky
hue and cry -- beige?
hereby point made



(Based on American...Read More

Wham bam slam splat
That gnat, flat lies --
Death's stat; squished prize 
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The cunning shrew
Her bow drew -- Why?
Bull's eye!  O, my!...Read More

Our cat strayed
We all prayed, hard
Afraid, she's scarred...Read More

Alone, I sleep
You're gone, deep pain
I weep for you



Date written and posted: 06/15/2019...Read More

Dad overstepped
Where I swept, there...
Then crept around...

Toes near my pile!
What a trial! Now
His smile -- clean, but --

Dustier feet! ;)
Being neat? -- I
completely... tried.

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That was my response to a poem I reflected on recently:

"Your steps on the stairs
have always stayed...Read More

What can she say

  if he prays for  
 
    a lay? -- Oy, vey!...Read More

What can she say

  if Mex pays for 
   
    a lay? -- Ole!...Read More

           Shut the back door,
           Let no mosquitoes in.
           Or bites hurt badly, on your skin!


         

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His sun's light rays
Make our days bright
God's ways just, right...Read More

On the east coast
They will boast tongues
Stress most when pitched.

Each of the town
Will pass down how
Theirs sound in talk.

From New York to
Penn state you will
find new forms said.

Not like those in
Cape Cod being not
Like Maine as same.

They all have flaws
As...Read More

As God’s steward*
March forward then
Toward service-heights…
Ward off self-gains.

Propped by God’s might
Seek truth’s light glow
Shine bright with bliss
Fight for the right! 

*Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler...Read More

Went to the dentist;
And tooth's he did pull;
Opps!! pulled the wrong ones;

So when I smiled oh, oh;
A darken breech peeked;
He’d taken out three

Now I can drink with a straw twixt
 my tWo front t__th?
TEETH



4/09/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr....Read More

I made a meal;
Must have over cooked;
Burn up didn’t look;

I peered, added water;
I’ve should have stirred;
Had to throw away;
 
Should I have been 
Guess I am now..
Going to Burger King; 


4/8/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019 ©
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Lonely, can't sleep
He feels deep loss
He weeps for her


Date written and posted: 02/25/2019...Read More

Fast the ice holds
on limbs old with
untold passions.

Frozen in sleep
buds won’t leap till
rays sweep branches

easing vice grip.
Kept tears drip at
last, slipping fast.

February 4, 2019
For Than Bauk Poetry Contest
Charles Messina, Judge & Sponsor.


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                             She must not weep
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song birds so bright
wings in flight, a
sweet sight for me

swoosh, they are gone
back with song, when
it's dawn again 

2/3/19

Any Theme Than-Bauk Contest
Sponsor: Charlies Messina...Read More

From Dovecote Hill,
my thoughts spill round 
the mill-town’s ways

My childhood lies
there, dream-size, in
my eyes’ embrace,

Oh, if only
life could be so
tiny... always 




2 Feb 2019
For Than-Bauk Contest sponsored by Charles Messina...Read More

                Spring-TB


                   Whispers of spring

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Hush, his toes creep,

          Dusting sleep, those

     Lost deep in dreams ...



His stardust strewn -

          Riding moonbeams

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                TASTES GOOD 

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