Tagoreweb era sukher lagi They, beseech love as a token of joy, love is nowhere to be called in
They, beseech love as a token of joy, love is nowhere to be called in
only to bid farewell to joy, left behind, a hymn
such is the glossy glaze of a subtle worldly longing , a fading heartsong to lull
oblivion and them, an array of whim, newly reborn, blossoming recklessly, vagabond a feel,
And so is the
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Categories:
token(a), perspective,
Form: Free verse
Heartbroken is Love's Token
Hearts must break to earn the token.
That love is tired and too softly spoken.
How else can a hurting heart bleed,
to reveal it’s overlooked and in need?
Gathering the pieces, starting anew.
is what helps true love pull through,
the slime and sludge of dreariness,
weighing the heart down with weariness.
Use the
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Categories:
token(a), lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
BROKEN TOKEN SAUSAGE BISCUIT-
broken token
despise disguise
~
holly-Holy
trouble double
~
eating bleeding
sausage biscuit
5/1/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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Categories:
token(a), analogy, angst, food, longing,
Form: Footle
Timeless Token
If rain poured
in susurrating sounds
of unshed tears,
will ungrateful dialects
change their insincere
expressions of speech,
or will this unheard
voice forever be
lost as echoes within
glass walls,
where lilac-feathered
letters of farewell
written in red diamonds,
illustrate illusive
narratives of an onyx heart
haunted by
holographic
harmonies,
in glitters
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Categories:
token(a), emotions,
Form: Free verse
token
he gave worth to love
no longer crying like a mourning dove
he taught me happiness
and touched me with tenderness
the calmness of his breath
had me high on meth
his eyes a beautiful shade of blue
the perfect view
his voice always so deep
all restless thoughts piled into a heap
oh how
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Categories:
token(a), happiness, happy, heart,
Form: Rhyme
A Token Chance
A fool and his money is soon parted,
No truer words were ever spoken.
I spend a fortune taking chances,
The lottery teases with a token.
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Categories:
token(a), money,
Form: Rhyme
A Token Be
a brief symbolic
equivalent of...
reflections passing
in mind dreams...
be of a now
present reality...
buzzing what's
next...
as a consumption
of events...
of times passing
for some...
thing like
a next poem...
stans sand
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Categories:
token(a), analogy, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Token For the Master
Boiling away the edges
letting the core expand
Limitations drifting free
clarity at hand
Horizon coming at me
sky and earth as one
Sunsets in my memory
answers on the run
A token for the master
a pittance bye and bye
Value placed in what is not
scientists decry
My width and breadth immortal
the universe set free
To roam forever in my heart
—your eyes too blind to see
(Saint
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Categories:
token(a), visionary,
Form: Rhyme
The Token
While writing verse from now till then,
its toll I humbly paid
Across a bridge where time had stopped
—the truth to pass each way
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
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Categories:
token(a), poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Token Girl
shiny hard plastic heart
i become a work of art
i captivated a lonely assemble
and when they leave only i remember.
vintage bows and victorian dresses
i am the one who always impresses
they need a doll that they can keep
so they can blossom after they weep.
legs of power hands of warmth
i mimicked it all for all its worth
i
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Categories:
token(a), loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Discreet
I know we've been taught to believe
that it's wrong to willfully deceive.
But raw truth causes cutting pain,
and friendships are never the same.
If rumors about a friend are spoken
deny them, pay them not a token.
If you're asked to judge another,
bypass his flaws, be as his brother.
Nothing good flows from words stark
hide them, bury them in the
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Categories:
token(a), 10th grade, friendship, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Token Steps
Image of South Africa Cape Town Table provided by Pixabay
Token Steps
Ruling winds the austral buttes naked slopes ...
as vortex smoky rise aloft Zulu's kraal
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Categories:
token(a), africa, hope, peace, tribute,
Form: Kwansaba
Tokens
I used to think of tokens
in terms of appreciation
Until someone mentioned
something in passing
they said they had grown weary
of being a token
What a curious thing to say
is what I thought at the time
But I soon got to see it all
for what it really was
It often starts off
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Categories:
token(a), africa, community, corruption, discrimination,
Form: I do not know?
Token of Blessing
Token of Blessing
Simple brass token sits with anticipation,
Like pennies, abandoned in the streets, wait,
Gracing my desk with reminisce
Of an inlet crossed by a narrow bridge -
To an island basking in spring air
Or trembling in the nor’easters grip –
Finding open arms of smiles
To rest embraced in hospitality
Warmed in glowing fireside warmth
Before the matin hour,
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Categories:
token(a), blessing, farewell, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Token of Courage
It was really unbelievable for her first
She was not ready to accept it as well
But truth is a strong dictator
Who never listen to anybody's likes or dislikes
And make people understand it's power
He whom she eloped with is just a body now
The courageous army man dedicated
his life to his mother
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Categories:
token(a), courage, death, family, love,
Form: Free verse
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