Is summer over or just cooling down,
days are getting shorter do not make a frown.
Sun time use varies widely,
in many different places.
Do not tell me barbeque time is over,
that will make me want to pee my bedcover.
As BBQ corn does eat,
great with hotdogs and watermelon too.
Tell me it is not so,
no more ice cold sweet tea to drink slow.
Now to make only hot tea,
keeping lips moist not open.
Summer will be back next year,
must I really wait twelve months with no cheer?
Friends gather happily in just,
time for the holidays and not missing the summer.
Categories:
varies, drink, food, giggle, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Plants, probing growth
Trees, tall and widespread
Shrubs, simply surprising
Herbs, healing wounds
Land, multiple in variety
Hill, high with rare plants
Mountain, with its ranges
Valley, vary near rivers
Water varies variously
In River and Ocean
In Stream and Sea
In Lake and Well
The Sun and the Moon
East, West, North, South
Night or Noon, Dusk or Dawn
Each and every is boon
The Elements of Nature
Are always friendly creature
They are namely five
For making all survive
Usual changing of Seasons
Regulates the life cycle
Helping and ensuring
Farmers for farming plan
All these are marvellous natural
Nature preach to be dutiful
And helps for our survival
It's really wonderous beautiful
Categories:
varies, appreciation, nature,
Form: Free verse
Orange red the yellow;
Brown cow moo-ed
While white pigeons grin;
Grapes and raisins beloid;
From deep purple to blue;
Varies rainbow glitters;
Kaleidoscopic mixes strange bed-fellows;
7/23/25
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©
Categories:
varies, allusion, analogy, appreciation, environment,
Form: Rhyme
“What we affirm, varies from the scripture ~
This is the way our heart paints the picture “
~ quote by poet
The Atman or Self is our true essence,
white light that renews itself in itself,
a completion which is our quintessence,
at peace with no agenda in its shelf.
Free from attributes, the Self is complete,
acting as of spontaneous intent,
head at God’s feet, mirroring His heartbeat,
choosing love as the path for its ascent.
With God as the source Who lights every flame,
liken Self then as a flame lit by God,
which though one with Him and seemingly same,
is get to grow by giving love a nod.
Behold stars glistening in the night sky ~
All hues of the rainbow make our heart sigh
Categories:
varies, god, self, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Every day that I see you I see you as a strong lady
Through many trials and joys taking care of your babies
Who can speak for you with no child of their own
Every child varies so there is no right or wrong
I love the patience you have and I find it so amazing
The thought of me having a child sends my heart racing
I can't help but stare at you with much admiration
The way you guide your children and give them direction
For nine months you carried them so close to your hips
Then for eighteen years or more teaching and giving tips
To be a parent to a child must take a lot of energy
The day I become a mom it's like you I want to be
Being a mom requires teaching them the facts of life
Using laws and principles hoping they turn out right
You make a wonderful mom and you do your job well
In your quest of parenthood I doubt your efforts fail
Categories:
varies, child, children,
Form: Rhyme
A rose speaks in silence
Delight in sweet words
That fills your tender ears
Its thorns send warning
Not to do playful things
That pertains to the heart
Its color varies depending on
Lovers' class selection
Its delicate fragrance scent
Calm and comfort your body and soul.
Categories:
varies, beauty, perspective, rose,
Form: Other
"Normal, a term we all know well,
Yet, its meaning begins to unravel and tell.
A spider's intricate web, a marvel to see,
Is normal to the spider, but a hazard to the butterfly.
Is normal an illusion we create?
A relative truth that varies with each state?
A concept that shift like sand of the ground,
Leaving us questioning what's truly profound?
~Byeol
Categories:
varies, 10th grade, imagery, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Appreciate glass
When it's painted
Your fave color.
See glass display
If colorless
Putting water.
Slim glass fave
Sexy drinker
Pairs neon light.
Glass varies form
Comes variety
Set occasions.
People knows class
Way they use glass
After they eat.
Glass for candle
Glass for furbish
Wall, flat or desk.
Categories:
varies, class, meaningful, metaphor, uplifting,
Form: Than-Bauk
Life is unique and different
As no fingerprint is the same
As no flower is same in design
They may have the same color
But varies in form and style.
Beauty is unique and different
Different race, different grace
Seasons affect its appearance
Fashion is beautiful in each culture taste
People's nice determine countenance.
Love is a unifying force on earth
It makes the people live in harmony
If there's love, there's God
It makes two steps synchronized
It connects two opposing poles steadily.
Career is the best source of economy
It boost country's internal copper
It develop ones skills and talents
It develops ones personality
It makes a country becomes rich.
Categories:
varies, beauty, career, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Annoying brother can't drop explaining,
Fun game helpfully inspiring jokes,
King lends more notice offering people questions,
Reality sets truth,
Understanding varies,
Waning xiz,
Yielding zilch.
Categories:
varies, 8th grade,
Form: ABC
Consider the love that people have
it varies a lot from person to person
we talk about our love for one another
but we can't measure the love of God's son
This is divine love which comes from God alone
it is an eternal love that has no end
Jesus alone is the sole giver of this love
which makes Him such a wonderful friend
This kind of love comes only once
as Jesus displayed when here on earth
for He went to the cross as our substitute
to prove His love giving us new birth
Then after three days in the tomb
this Jesus arose from the dead
as the first fruits of the final resurrection
feeding His own with His living bread
This love of Jesus is truly unique
surpassing any human love we know
for this love takes us as we are
taking our sins, to make us white as snow
Categories:
varies, jesus, love, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
I shall refrain
From voicing my political taste
As it varies by occasion
A soft mushy oatmeal
Breakfast
Accompanied by a few
Blushing strawberries
A street vendor hot dog
With relish
And a side of sauerkraut
Washed down with
A finely distilled, purified
Arizona Aquifer water
A “choke and slide” PB&J
On the run
To pick up the grandkids
Fresh fruit and veggies
Of unknown origin
A flavorless meat mime
Of questionable authenticity
Milk, with an expiration date
Longer than mine
Dessert
The hope of the day
Soft, chewy, warmth
Draped in a whipped cream robe
Delivered
To another table.
Categories:
varies, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
The longer I am stuck in this labyrinth, it gets harder and harder to visualize the gate to the nirvana I’ve been searching for.
A place of perfect peace, pure bliss. A place so beautiful, fiction is adjacent.
A place that transcends suffering.
The suffering that comes from feet making contact with Earth’s soil. The suffering that varies from one soul to the next. The suffering that can cause you to become breathless.
Death is the opposite of possibility, and it is possible to arrive at this utopia I long for.
This place of perfect peace, pure bliss, this place that transcends suffering,
this place at the end of the labyrinth is found within myself.
Categories:
varies, depression, emotions, identity, lost,
Form: Free verse
The concept of dignity and life varies amongst the living.
It does not vary amongst the dead unless they are part of the spirit world.
After death many believe that the people are still living!
Does the conception of life and death exist on the same line; therefore, there is another world?
Am I dead or alive?
This is a question that seems awkward to ask.
Still the conception of life being on the X of the Cartesian Plane is intriguing when it concerns being alive.
Well, I guess we just sit outside pondering these thoughts as we are ready to bask.
Do we end up with person that multiplied the fish?
Are we to dine at a banquet in a great hall?
Do we go to a place that we made it become a wish?
Are we to be in the sky with Siddhartha and not fall?
Is this life our only shot?
Are we to be taken by extraterrestrials as if we were bought?
Categories:
varies, deep,
Form: Sonnet
The thought process of people starts at ground zero.
Being born to people the level of knowledge varies.
Is it possible for a person with so little ascribed status to achieve the status of a hero?
This level will depend on the person's desire.
Would the person like to be a clown?
Would the person want the textbook?
Would they like to make the world frown?
Would they instead take their life to improve upon their look?
Heroes are born out of strife and desperation.
Platinum and golden lives are the mere slaves to which the commoner gawks!
Looking at false artistic beauty and the beauty of a false member of Club 700 is not desperation.
It is the false credits of lies that these members take to our heads with a bat!
A zero to hero is easy when the person adds more to their achievements!
It is destroyed when the person looks at their life with bereavement!
Categories:
varies, deep,
Form: Sonnet
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