Best Birthstone Poems

Peridot


Of all the fine gems that I know, my favorite is Peridot.
My August birthstone pleases me, since color green and I agree.
Now, Peridot is lesser-known...

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My hands look worn, marked by the passing of time,
Of sunlight, cold, heat and work.
They have baked, cooked, gardened and harvested,
They have held the hands...

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Dazzling like a sparkling green diamond
Eyes lit up when I opened the velvet box!
My birthstone for Aquarius is garnet 
Almandine is most common form with...

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When I asked my wife to marry me, ‘neath a golden moon, 
I said I could not give her the moon and the stars, but,...

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i virtually hug the stuffing out of my birthstone,
the moody opal, with its raging volcanic flame —
leaping, delighting, entertaining my eyes.

specks of tinted lipstick -...

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Autumn Yawns

Autumn yawns – early darkness stunts her days
Eventide wrapped in golden umber tones
Bands of autumn hues swaddle mellow haze
Sunset sundrops sweet serenades intone.

Twilight dozes...

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March flower daffodil, canary yellow, a single bloom with the vernal equinox
Aquamarine birthstone, gift thyself a ring this birthday, wrapped in a jewel box
Romans marched...

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Open and more vast bluest skies, as temperatures drop in fall herein
Cosmic and marigold flowers everywhere as crisp yellow leaves appear
Transition from summer to winter...

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Upon the stand at the entrance of our home I find a new vase.
Beside it a box full of yellow and red Daisies laying upon...

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October

Opal is supposed to be my birthstone
Crazy but I don’t own one
The scales,  my zodiac sign
Oh Yes! I am supposed to be well
Balanced and...

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Amethyst is a purple colour
Of my birthstone
A beautiful purple colour
The month of February
Wearing the colour purple

Is the colour of strengh
To become strong 
When I'm feeling...

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January

Journey into the New Year named after Janus,
the god of beginnings and transitions. 
Another year of New Year’s 
celebration and resolutions 
of new beginnings, 
putting...

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I guess it’s time to stop asking questions,
and start answering them.
Wipe away long dead evaporations;
mined trails overgrown with new,
more current vines.

Time to remove the silver...

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Ruby’s red
Sapphire’s blue
Emerald’s green
October’s birthstone flashes all



Huberta van Akkeren
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Nette Onclaud’s competition:  Just ten words...

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A GEM THAT TRICKS

A   Aficionados of gems find this gem emerald by day,ruby by night

G   Gem so rare and ravishing turns...

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