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Lilith, Finale MoonZenith swirls of black rose petals,
burst into a flock of circling crows,
descending ash and rain on my frozen form.
Viscera and scarlet pools flash,
feet running of a child,
car screeching tires with broken glass.
Piano motif grave into...
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Categories:
mystery, beautiful, change, dark, death,
Form: Bio
BetweenSometimes it takes some time to recognize the difference between
What you say and what you mean the things you want and the things you need
Not everything is black and white, even though that's how...
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Categories:
mystery, conflict, for teens, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Swans
I wonder how aware they are,
what shadowy sense of self
occupies their brain. Perhaps
no more than a flicker
of consciousness glows
in the far reaches
of an inner dark,
sufficient to propel them
here and there...
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Categories:
bird, mystery, self,
Form: Free verse
A Small SurpriseOn my morning walk, which is
Adjacent to the river,
A small surprise is sometimes what
The city does deliver.
So yesterday, I heard a thump,
Metallic, so I slowed,
Expecting that a hubcap flew
From somewhere on the road.
Instead, I saw...
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Categories:
mystery, new york,
Form: Rhyme
If only you knew
Categories:
mystery, word play,
Form: Questionku
The Unknown
“The Unknown”
Something beautiful in the ugly of it all
raised its hand in the classroom
and asked,
is that all?
The Reader considered it all.
Silently.
Perhaps there is Life
on Mars after all.
Safely removed from...
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Categories:
muse, mystery,
Form: Free verse
'A Riddle' from my Dreamwhere is she? where is she? asked the emperor
the lady with the candle must not be found...
do you think the captain of this ship is blind?
the anchored ship must not be caught...
the baby in...
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Categories:
mystery, 12th grade, adventure, beauty,
Form: Metrical Tale
DarkDark is the light in us all
Death destruction and poverty consumes all
But there is a light
A light so bright
A light in us all
In a world full of complexities
The light seems to fade
Humanity in...
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Categories:
humanity, mystery, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Checkmate You LoseDo you tremble,
as the monstrous cadence,
of the rhinoceros' stride reverberates,
like the buffalo's onslaught?
Vipers at the water's edge,
darting hither and thither,
not above but beneath the surface,
their sinuous silhouettes fabric of nightmares, tearing sinew from skeleton,
swifter than...
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Categories:
mystery, adventure, animal, change, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Rainy Days, and the Old Red Barn“Allen saw it first
Charlie then later
Allen chased the black raven
Charlie lived his dreams”.
Steady rain had been falling for two straight days
In dimming, muted light.
Striding out from the middle of a weeded field
The two men...
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Categories:
mystery, adventure, bird, dream, horror,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
mystery, myth,
Form: Free verse
SPRINGS GALE WINDS SCRIPTED-Battered winds surrounds me so
Engulfing intertwining
Capitalizing on the…
Atmospheric pressures gales
5/10/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
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Categories:
anxiety, appreciation, mystery, visionary,
Form: Jueju
The Two WitnessesGod spoke to men in visions and dreams.
Their words are like unpolluted streams,
offering dying souls life-giving drink,
and giving hope to those on the brink.
These witnesses, both the old and the new,
were written down by a...
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Categories:
christian, extended metaphor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
from here to therefabled desert land
mere whisper of what once was …
humble Timbuktu...
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Categories:
africa, history, mystery, time,
Form: Haiku
Last QuestionTime an elusive thread,
Unraveling mysteries, yet time remains unread and unknown.
From birth to death, its secrets keep winding,
Yet its origin, and ours, reprove our theories.
A journey through aeon, our pale...
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Categories:
mystery, destiny, father, humanity, imagination,
Form: Other
Specific Types of Mystery Poems
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