Vocalized Poems | Examples

In Praise of the Euphemism

Of that body part men activate
to urinate or procreate –
as the case or need may be –
it’s clinical terminology
is still considered by many
as off limits in polite society
whereas its vulgar substitutes
still more than ever constitute 
the norm, though by the puritanical
are condemned as inexcusable.
And, therefore, to circumvent
their use and avoid embarrassment
they’ve been discreetly sanitized
and inoffensively euphemized
or camouflaged, whichever term
will spare you to least squirm –
like peepee, whatchamacallit,
skin faucet, little man, or whatsit.
Whereas using even the proper
or vulgar words will cause a shudder
leading to outbreaks of friction
by those who abhor such diction.
Even a French menu word like “coq”
(rooster, as in “coq au vin”) will shock,
and unless it’s correctly vocalized,
please leave that one unanglicized!

An Astronaught's Goodbye

We were never rivals
You learned about me later
But the choice was made
Long before it was vocalized
You were the obvious selection
I never stood a chance
It turned me inside out 
Three words were met with two
And then with one
But now it's zero
And in the deafening silence
As I feel myself fade away
I have but one request 
Take her to the moon, okay?

These Lazy Days

About we lie and laugh and laze
In these hot and hazy lust-filled days,
Counting clouds amongst temperatures rising:
A world of us two, and from others are hiding,
Sharing personal jokes only we understand.
Facing each other, you reach for my hand,
And in that moment, a bond’s made and sealed,
A secret pact good as long as we feel
These majestic moments that make up the “now”:
As sure and as sacred as a vocalized vow.

Broken Is Spoken Quiet Marks the Spot

  Spoken said
Verbalized declared enunciated
Given aired voiced
Brought out whispered
Proclaimed commented
Blurted breathed broadcasted

SPOKEN

Asserted affirmed promulgated
Spoken truths and untruths
Advertised where am I to be casted
Publicized overwhelmed subdued demoralized

BROKEN

Talked discussed uttered thrown up despaired
Vented broadcast gasped phrased up and out
Broken
 Snarled shot ripped (out)
Silently diverted screams of dispersions’
Vocalized shouted articulated denounced

SPOKEN

Shared passed announced Be it so, 
Spoken is the broken speech at naught
Alleged ventilated averred formulated
Drawled avowed
Doubted Be it so, spoken is the broken

BROKEN

Vocalized shouted articulated denounced
Shared passed announced
Be it so, spoken is the broken speech at naught
Broken is Spoken
Quiet marks the spot

5/4/23
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©

Regular Movements

Cleanse your colon
the future of poetry demands,
and this is just the place for it.
Backed-up words =  writers block.
Void the unavoidable,
eliminate the congested
proud and loud.

Fear not the mess
white pages and toilet paper
so similar

Write on with a lax and easy grace
to the next vocalized movement,
your next creative peristalsis.

Chess

I lost my queen,
And I just started.
My will to proceed,
Has departed!

I grab my hair,
And look at my knights...
I fear my defence will soon fall,
As my opponents bishops bring fright!

Perhaps some trickery,
And I will survive;
'En Passant!"
My pawn does drive!

Then there was a dance,
Between their king and their rook!
And a vocalized dart, 'checkmate!'...
Where sixty-four squares violently shook!!

3-September-2021

Deep Yearning

I'm still faltering.

Even though I'm sitting down.

Befuddled and lost.

That could be vocalized by.

Chagrining longing for life









03/13/2021

Better Left Unspoken

--------

You enter confines of 
love’s hideaway in 
silence, yet oral 
articulation overflows;
every need, want, and desire 
vocalized within velveteen caresses. 
Moistened murmurs echo 
from secret grotto where
coquettish companions cavort.
Depth of soul kiss inspires
profound passion, surging
swells of sensuality, and 
savory satisfaction.
Eagerness escalates and 
enjoyment abounds in this 
enticingly exquisite
entanglement.
All is confessed;
lips, mouth and tongue 
communicate ever so skillfully.
There are times when words 
are just better left 
unspoken.

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The Hole

I stepped into a hole
 into the deepening darkness, I did go
at first, a foot drowned in the water puddled
 then the calf and knee were scuttled,
then deeper yet, the leg was stuck
 pulled further in the blackened muck
I pulled, I tugged as it dislodged my sneaker and my sock
 as my leg and foot released, now naked along the icy rocks.

Looking back as I walked away
 my dog dug down in the puddled quay
pulling up the sock for display
 shaking wildly as if it were prey.

The hole grew deeper, darker in the wind
 and the puddled water was set to spin
in a whirlpool twirling out and in
 and stepping back with bark and vocalized chagrin
my dog and I slipped safely to the house within.

Just a silly expulsion
tale of my foot's locomotion
and the sneaker is lost
the other to be tossed.

38 Years 2004

38 years  2004

Obscured by mist, as time went on
when our life was blurred 
we would make a list of negative thoughts
that were vocalized 
by anger, resentment and pain
but we always managed to see a light
through the fog no matter how faint
it would flicker from time to time
then it would become bright
and in our life all was right with the world
I’m happy to be here with you living somewhere different 
and doing something new

Ralph Sergi

Spring

I waited... I surmised
I know I agonized
Of course... I never realized
Springtime was disguised

I pondered... I personalized
I know I criticized
Of course... I never recognized
Spring had improvised

I questioned... I vocalized
I know I dramatized
Of course... I verbalized
Spring had not arrived

I charted... I analyzed
I know I hypothesized
Of course... I never was more surprised
A third Nor'easter materialized

I remember... I fantasized
I know I rationalized
Of course... I never romanticized
That spring would be winterized

April 4, 2018


For Michael Vacek's Spring Monorhyme Contest

Sunset Lullaby

Upon leaves of gold, orange and brunette,
I lay with backpack as my pillow asset.
As air touches me, smooth as any duvet,
cascading songs sing from a drowsy sunset:

Mountain sleep-persuasion strong
sways treetops in cradlesong.
Lay down contents of your daylong -
wake the morn to sweet birdsong.

Rest in mountain’s majestic lure,
in pure sunset breezes demure
touchingly tucking you secure
while stars twinkle sleeps allure.
Rest as night sounds of content
wrap you in natures melodic intent.
Trees give loft to cares ascent 
as sunset grabs peace’s descent.

Rest easy under night’s canopy
vocalized in sunset’s rhapsody,
and trilled in twilight’s pageantry,
to bring dreams of prime fantasy.
Sleep sweet in sunset’s essence
under the galaxy’s guard presence.
Feel sunset’s alluring radiance
rock you soft thru night’s cadence.

Mountain sleep-persuasion strong
sways treetops in cradlesong.
Lay down contents of your daylong -
wake the morn to sweet birdsong.





... CayCay
March 24, 2018

Entertainment Tonight Theme Song

Entertainment tonight;
It's alright;
Entertainment tonight;
Out of sight;
Woo oh oh, we're here to entertain you;

We've got entertainment media news;
Music, and fashions dresses pants and shoes;
We got the scoop on the latest Hollywood news;

We're here to entertain you;

Entertainment tonight;
it's alright;
Entertainment tonight;
Out of sight;
woo oh oh, we're here to entertain you;

We've got Isaac Hayes, even Bernadette  Peters hey, hey, hey;
We'll comment on Big Albert, and even Willie Mayes;
Got the gossip and views on whose marring who. . .
Woo oh oh, we're here to entertain you;

Entertainment tonight, it's alright;
entertainment tonight, out of sight;
woo oh oh, we're here to entertain you;




Words sung or vocalized to the music,  original theme music from the 1981 era



06/09/85
Lyrics written by   James Edward Lee Sr.  ©1985, 2018
Composed music by    Michael Mark

Pebble In the Sea

Her jacket softly brushed against itself, 
Painted a soft dull green, 
Her hair hid under her knitted woven hat, 
Showing the lower lobe of her ears, 
Where her earrings matched her bright white smile, 
A joyous occusion, 
To see her smile, 
Her eyes peeked through the clear lens of her thick black glasses, 
I can't help but think, 
Anything else would be an understatement, 
Would I think the same thing, 
Through someone else's eyes, 
Such music, 
The way her voice vocalized, 
The indentions left in her cheeks, 
Her skin wore a radiant brown, 
Beautiful in color, 
Her blush shown red as her cheeks could go no higher, 
Her smile stretched comfortably across her face, 
Leaving more to the imagination, 
If I gave my eyes to someone else, 
Would they see the same as I saw, 
No longer blind as I felt I could be myself, 
No longer a pebble in the sea of her eye

Dawn

Rays of light mottle an atmospheric canvas
Varnished with a saddened hue of blue
One requires the other

Alarm clocks chime the birth
Vocalized stretches alert commencement

Rising spines challenge each mind
to acknowledge gratitude
Whether expressed or not

Fate marks an autographed message 
which lays the foundation for maturity

And growth...blossoms

A breeze that captivates flesh
A song that whistles its own etymon

Begging for style
Ignoring rhetoric
As street lights decompose

The life before the night before
Exposed.
She never belonged to him anyway.

The skyline explains
The fate that was chosen
Froze.
The night was ours
The morning belongs to no one.

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