Best Bejeweled Poems

He said he would prosper
If he lived that long.
Meanwhile, life happened
Passing like a freight train.
The years, the dusty years:
They rolled and rolled.
To some event not planned.
Water in the summer, ice in the winter
Was the way the world rolled.
Sometimes it seemed as if
Only a pauper could...

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crystalline
rhinestone glare
cold clear reflection
winter's dead sparkle bright
bejeweled...

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autumn’s reflections
                    luminous mosaic hues ~
                    ...

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If teardrops were gems,
words I wrote were hems,
these tears of emptiness
would manifest 
glimmering 
necklaces....

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firmament* jeweled

radiates celestial wealth---

heaven’s offered bliss

*Genesis 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.

August 3, 2021
1st place, "A Brian Strand 1,2 or 3 line" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 8/7/2021....

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Slowly you drive to the top of the hill
A place where the city shows diamond spill
The view below, a bejeweled delight
The dome above us star studded with lights

Pine trees whisper in the cool evening breeze
A timeless essence makes both spirits free
Your eyes take me in...

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Bronze soil, softened and bare
	Beneath sky stacked pillows
		Beckons the touch of green--					
			Beleaguered steps, I breathe
				Brushstrokes of tender heat
					Before my eye finds bloom
						Bathed in ruby blossoms


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Success is made of dreams in your pocket
No person can ever steal them.
Many, unfortunately, will try

The joy of hurting a close friend?
By not reading them or no mail, suddenly.
Is a sad but to be expected reality.

Not when you are new, oh no!
But unless in a...

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Entwining ropes,
parchments unfurled
upon fertile ground;
opaque pendants
caress the vine;
a burden
earned in the
effulgent sun rays.
semi-precious 
and bejeweled fields,
of concord
ecstasy;
Mother Nature’s 
offspring.

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Bejeweled Bertha can dive into any pond
Flipping back to the surface with rare jewels on
She sometimes finds emeralds, once she found gold
Her necklace today of pearls looks like antiques, oh so old.

Bejeweled Bertha’s family is full of magical beasts.
Some can conjure up the most scrumptious...

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