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Best Opals Poems

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Premium Member Wabi-Sabi

Cars are the wind on the streets
semi-truck wheels shriek thunder,
rain shatters against stone and brick walls
on dusty roads, oak trees fence with twigs—
wushu wooden clatters.

Dreadful...

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Categories: opals, analogy, appreciation, introspection, nature,
Form: Free verse



Artistic Night Sky
As dark canvas unfurls bit by bit
Randomly gulping down acrylic paints of dusk
To satisfy his own thirst, not for long, to sprawl
Into a magical cosmos...

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Categories: opals, night, sky,
Form: Acrostic
Two Bodies, Two Hearts and Two Lives
Two bodies, two hearts and two lives

A midnight moon glistens softly
upon the Mediterranean sea
as we count stars in the heavens,
twinkling like opals on this 
warm...

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Categories: opals, love, passion, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Periwinkle Time
"The Periwinkle Time"



Blues crushed prepossessing Violet
Lavender starbursts 
sharp as diamonds
undressed, a soul preys 
with black as crow feathered lashes
that rim the open mirrors 

There in...

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Categories: opals, freedom, imagery, love, mirror,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Mystical Epiphany
Written: January 12, 2024
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Categories: opals, analogy, appreciation, nature,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Flamingo Blooms
Written: January 23, 2024
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Their melodious humming drifts
through the fragrant night air
carrying...

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Categories: opals, analogy, appreciation, beauty, creation,
Form: Free verse
The Knights Crusade
Dearest damsel, thou art my life
If thou want for food, it will always be there
I will offer confit and other gourmet fare

Whatever jewels ye desire...

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Categories: opals, humor,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Spring To Yuletide
Circumstance encompassing around and flowing as the mill race in turbulent rolling curls,
Surges.' Forth to flow; and fall, visions issue with or without portent,
to my...

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Categories: opals, life, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Grandmother's Ring
I never met my maternal grandmother -
She died from cancer when my mum was aged only eight
Her sepia photograph sits in a silver frame on...

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Categories: opals, grandmother, i miss you,
Form: Free verse
In the Distance
Tonight I can write the saddest of lines
writing for example, the night is of stars
and the stars are of opals and shimmer in the distance

The...

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Categories: opals, absence, depression, divorce, heartbreak,
Form: Chant Royal
Premium Member Intricacy of Light
My inner voice calm, looks for compassion.
   To give encouragement, it comes from within.
I look for honesty as my eyes turn inside-out.
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Categories: opals, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Blue Topaz Ring With Opal Band
I traded in my diamond ring for a pretty ring with a brilliant blue topaz.
She is surrounded by a band of gorgeous iridescent opals.
My husband...

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Categories: opals, feelings, me,
Form: Narrative
Longing For Your Touch
My body aches for your loving embrace
Your tender lips are sweet to taste
When I look into your beautiful  face
Your eyes like two opals shining...

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Categories: opals, love, passion, me, body,
Form: Lyric
Tapioca - Knights Crusade
Tapioca  (Free Verse)

I’ll always be thoughtful and treat you well
Mi amor
If you want for food, it will always be there
Mi amor
I’d protect you from...

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Categories: opals, love,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Words That Fit the Inexplicable
My brother is an osprey
with an eagle arrogance
And - although he adores a forest
I have the ‘sauce’ on him - he
abhors pine bathroom spray

His eyes...

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Categories: opals, brother, character, forgiveness, moving
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs