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 Nov 2018 J L James
del
poetry.
 Nov 2018 J L James
del
mediocre and
faded
the average poem
no longer strikes chords
in the heart's harp
use extravagant vocabulary
weave your words tight
until they seem uncomfortable
the original meaning lost
between the claustrophobic corners
covered in lace and pretentious boasting
try but don't try so hard
that no one but the classic readers
would be able to understand
the words you've worked so hard to convey
do not force a poem out
or it will stick your fingers and
it will create a mess
similar to a teenage boy
it will be long and uncomfortable with itself
unknowing of how to adjust
into this thing that is supposed to be
mature now despite wanting to be simple
do not rush poetry
find quiet inspiration
in silent observations
of yourself, of nature
rushing poetry makes it fast
too many unfilled thoughts
racing around in one space
not meeting each other
despite being so close together
tell a story with imagery
with delicate words of morality
tell a story with flashbacks
with soft lips and with stained shirts
tell a story with love
make your poems with care
 Nov 2018 J L James
brian odongo
Love is a beautiful seed
growing in a field of weeds
Love is a rose in a garden of thorns
Its pickers  endure ****** and scorns
Love blossoms hope in all seasons
Though sometimes fear  give reasons
Love is a plant that forever grows
Even in pitch darkness it glows
A rose crushed produces a sweet balm
Love tested is like a well written psalm
A plant  flourishes  in a fertile farm
Our hearts is the soil where love work its charm
poetry is far more beautiful than prose
So let's our love endure forever unlike a rose


I am waiting here
Holding each breathe
When will you come dear?
Come fast, when my soul
Is still in my body
Don't be late dear

You are the star of my life-sky
Every breathe is awaiting you
Please see that
You are not too late

A life-time is not enough
But time is of essence in LOVE
I know there is destiny & fate
There is a right moment for everything
But if the right time passes
It is difficult to carry
The burden of LOVE Karma
For life-time
Please see that
YOU are not too late

When LOVE happened
I LOVED you beyond limits
Unconditionally, infinitely
Now when my life is leaving me,
I don't want to die with
My eyes remaining open
Please see that
YOU are not too late

My eyes gaze is fixed at YOUR image
I am gazing at emptiness
Waiting for you
I am afraid to leave this world
Without meeting you
Please see that
YOU are not too late


SHE


She always comes to soothe me
She always comes with flowers

She comes on a golden chariot
Like the Princess Queen of mine

She walks with jingle of anklets
She comes not to deceive me
Her restless heart perceives me
To kiss me with her lotus-pink lips

Her gaze is like lightning
Her mouth like open flower
She feeds me with million desires

Her heart has my name lock
And she only gives me the key

She haunts me days and night
She kindles extinguish flames of LOVE
In every cell of my body

She replies my every question
And confesses my every urge

She gives me her lap to sleep on
And blesses my desires fulfill

She unites my melody with her rhythm
Our eyes travel the same LOVE-beam

She shades my night with her hair
She awakes me with her eyes

She showers life-time of LOVE
In a moment on my being

Her dreams dissolve in LOVING me
She craves for my heart-beats

She snatches my life from death
And renders me dead in life

She stares through mirrors at me
And throbs lyrical music as I breathe

She indulges on me every second
While showing her path of LOVE to me


 Nov 2018 J L James
ArielMarriel
Beware of the emoji man
Who has no real emotions
So he borrows those
Cartoon ones
And thinks that you won’t notice.
 Nov 2018 J L James
nivek
I jumped into a skin
and found old bones
a poets poetry
scattered across years.
We play on themes of an old faith. You know
The story as one who fought it believes
In the war, and then doesn't believe it
Was worth the price she paid for believing.
A quick step through the graveyard gets you past
The carvings, cut flowers wilting on the
Rocks and a line of ancestors beneath
The surface of a small hill here or there.
New Harmony.  Golgotha.  Palestine.
In the light of day the granite glistens,
The weathered old stones lean toward the trees,
Patient with their stories. Come back tonight.
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