Best Flecks Poems

Serenity
like
flecks of gold
strewn on a 
magnificently
grandiose canvas
of rich cerulean blues
deep viridian greens
and ultramarines



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on April 13, 2019 for contest APRIL 2019 PREMIER 4 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

Originally posted on October 13, 2018...

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White flecks of bright reflect within your eyes 
The blue star burn of cosmic beauty's light. 
A shroud poured down from high in midnight skies 
Enwraps your face with love's caress tonight. 

This sight conceived inspires a poet's heart 
To kiss the bliss of every...

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Repressed, sombre colours
weep a blurry sadness.
Melancholic, metallic hues
bite a frustrated, untouched lip -
silently surrendering
crimson, golden spheres of promise…
They dissolve, shrinking to watery flakes,
melting to a near oblivion.

Lyrics pin hopes on a pointless map,
touching tender triggers
like hidden, yet potent handguns.
They fire at will, tearing happy slices,
dumping...

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Inside the aquarium there were plenty of fish in the sea 
dawdling about mouth agape eating and looking at me 
While I stood on a step nose against the glass I did see 
red orange flecks of beauty, swimming sleek and free...

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FLECKS OF GOLD

Klimt flutes,
flecks of gold,
a champagne kiss.

flutes clink,
on special days,
holding stems.

Klimt holds my solid gaze:
“Woman in Gold”
beguiling...

the lover lives on canvas,
ashamed of habitation —
yearning to be reclaimed.

an old woman and a lawyer
bring her back to life —
resuscitate the woman’s aunt.

a war keepsake,
spoils returned —
to...

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Flecks,
cushion cut cosmic rhinestones; 
Priceless angles flash, 
catching dreams 
slow....

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