And Then There Were None - For Agatha Christie
...I’ve only desired to light old lamps with young wicks
(the tongues of flame must be blinking hard with vigilance)
Across dark, mildewed alcoves that smell of ink —her writing ink —
But one thing l...
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Categories:
voyaging, tribute,
Form: Ode
Us
...You and I are such individuals
Gregarious by nature and to interact
For friendship and for uniquely love
To knit and share life's happiness together
To sooth the sea's bitter
And to smooth ...
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Categories:
voyaging, blessing, community, fate, happiness,
Form: Sonnet
The nanosecond bad **** to risk romance
...The nanosecond bad a** to risk romance
Twenty first century technology
allows, enables, and provides
instantaneous virtual unconsummated love.
Within the course of a texting or sexting sessio...
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Categories:
voyaging, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Stella not a Gal
...Stella
not a gal
yelled for
in
passion
but
a guy
passionately painting
my eyes
go back and forth
in lines
and curlicues
in lighting
and floral
propensity
irises flicker
voyaging North...
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Categories:
voyaging, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
I paid no heed to the call of the sirenS
...I paid no heed to the call of the siren(s)
where amble lances
hurled with the might
of off fish hull seductress dances
setting figurative stage to take a bite
from canoodling beastie boy bes...
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Categories:
voyaging, abuse, adventure, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
I Wish For The Death of Me, My Ghost To Resurrect, and Haunt You Infinitely
...
"Silenced tears, muffled screams, A storm penetrating in your chest that seizes your soul,
Is god watching the world burn? The bricks that create a barricade were the ones confiscated within me, ...
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Categories:
voyaging, absence, addiction, anger, corruption,
Form: Free verse
V I C T O R
...V I C T O R
Victor, a visionary, who won't vanquish,
Voyaging through virtual veils of a wish,
Very valiant in his virtual venture or quest,
Venerable in his reality & veritable deals.4
His...
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Categories:
voyaging, 1st grade,
Form: Alliteration
Ethereal Autumn Sun
...I am Seraphim voyaging to descend
Spanning the lake of invisible water
A spindrift of twirls of huffing wind
Falling-in Fall leaves gathered on a rusted altar
Blissing in delicate spirals I bend
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Categories:
voyaging, nature,
Form: Free verse
Politesse Pleases Me
...Politesse pleases me...
thank you very much
for letting me clutch
your attention courtesy
sharing following thoughts
thru reading my poem analogous
to invisible electronic,
fantastic, kineti...
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Categories:
voyaging, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Acrostic of LOVE
...Lost in reverie
Out of time
Voyaging through stars
Embracing infinity
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Categories:
voyaging, horror, mystery,
Form: Acrostic
Voyages
...I feel like a tumbling kite
I don't know where to hid
I have neon colours
to paint five o clock shadow
The Pontiff has paid my full fare
Im voyaging down South
I need to afford my back
for ...
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Categories:
voyaging, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Zinc In Meals
...With this substance a lot to link,
If only one would clearly think
But nothing between Zinc and school’s ink
Nor voyaging vessels that sink:
Perhaps the gray of oysters, not pink…
We all sh...
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Categories:
voyaging, education, food, health, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Daydream
...As the rain pounds against the glass-stained windowpane,
all I can think inside my head is, what from life can I truly gain?
What is my purpose on this earth? I honestly do not know,
will I always...
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Categories:
voyaging, anxiety, depression, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
Given Eyes To See and Truth To Feel
...?*** Given Eyes to See and Truth to Feel ***
“Yes. Yes, sweet, dear soul,”
my promise speaks
Once again
Of agreements created, sent
Into the rippling, “Amen,” resonating
Prayer’s progre...
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Categories:
voyaging, god, heart, humanity, journey,
Form: Free verse
Adventure - a Didactic Cinquain
...Adventure - A Didactic Cinquain
Adventure
Freebooting, foolhardy
Fantasying, voyaging, tethering
Ever so imagined
Gamble
2/3/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©...
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Categories:
voyaging, adventure, allusion, analogy,
Form: Didactic
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