Best Ebony Poems
Below are the all-time best Ebony poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ebony poems written by PoetrySoup members
Black Diamond NightBlack Diamond Night (a coal miner’s cemetery)
Where the ebony, we call “NIGHT”,
Old black rocks sit under the twilight
Diamond shape eyes unclear and lonely,
Sinister...
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Categories:
ebony, body, death, history, lonely,
Form:
Epic
A Tulip Grows Under An Evergreen - Inspired By the Poets At PoetrysoupA
fine
Parrot Tulip
in vibrant intensities
with unique undertones
of green acquirable only in a
few forests. A ruby red swirls within
its petals beckons awareness of those...
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Categories:
ebony, beautiful, beauty, earth, light,
Form:
Shape
View It From AfarTo appreciate our planet;
begin with its snowcapped mountains,
where sunbeams morph crystals of ice
into gems of glistening light.
Witness white clouds traverse the skies
floating on a vista...
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Categories:
ebony, beautiful, earth, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Blank verse
Once Upon a Purple SunriseOnce Upon a Purple Sunrise
Pretty as a Periwinkle,
in your frilly summer frock,
the one with purple polka dots
that matched the cool of early dawn.
Haloed in hazy...
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Categories:
ebony, memory, morning, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
ebony, art,
Form:
Shape
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
ebony, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
The Forest"What happens in the forest stays in the forest"
The trees are trimmed,
The leaves on the ground
Proposing passion, sweet mist
Naked with nothing to bare...
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Categories:
ebony, art, imagination, passion, seasons,
Form:
Alliteration
Forget Our Hearts VisionsNow that only forgotten promises remain,
sounds of solitude are gifts I wish to obtain.
Sentiments are temporary in a world full of change,
affections are wasted in...
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Categories:
ebony, emotions, heartbroken, lost love,
Form:
Lyric
The Longings of An Old ManI long to—
Walk one more time
To where the land ends, and the ocean begins
To listen expectantly for the sounds of infant waves
Grasping layers of golden...
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Categories:
ebony, love,
Form:
Free verse
Colours of Poetry
Art is abstract
Art thrives with colours
Colours brighten faded coral
Colours highlight black
Black skies with silver stars
Black opal gemstones
Gemstones like amethyst
Gemstones of vivid ruby
Ruby roses and crimson...
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Categories:
ebony, poetry,
Form:
Blitz
Vanilla VisionsWhen the
moon muses
to the
melody of memories,
roaming wisps
of vanilla gently
flow through
...
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Categories:
ebony, death, deep, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Periwinkle Promises Close your eyes
inhale roses-
love-glazed steam
of insatiable thirst;
place your thoughts
upon my heart,
feel my
voice s w i r l i n g
in sync with...
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Categories:
ebony, i love you, love,
Form:
Free verse
When the Piano Bleeds PainIt's 3 am,
her pillow soaked in regret.
Loss has left her spirit lonesome,
darkness a definition of insanity.
In the silence of the night,
vexatious voices vibrate inside
her somber...
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Categories:
ebony, angst, lost love, love
Form:
Alliteration
Adrift In the Midst of Gladness and SadnessWalking upon silent parched paths,
under speechless scarlet skies.
Your name sits upon the tip of my tongue,
listening to the susurration of my heart.
Each vibration echoes tones...
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Categories:
ebony, love, romantic love,
Form:
Lyric
November StarsNovember falls
In languid swirls
Of lacy sorrowful leaves
Waning circles
Of shortened light
How bold the cold becomes
Clearing the weighty clouds
From the pristine ebony ice
Of the heavens
Their astral beauty
Reflecting...
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Categories:
ebony, hope, longing, sky,
Form:
Free verse