Best Ribbon Poems

Mementos in a box, from years gone by
Thought to have been disposed of long ago
A glance, when something purple caught my eye
A ribbon from someone I used to know

I gently gave a tug like way back when
It slipped from it's confines just like before
Then instantly...

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Ribbon Dance


Ribbons fly in graceful loops
flung by hands of maidens fair,
as they dance with turns and twists,
rainbow ribbons fill the air.

Curves of wonder, colors bright
like a rainbow, mesmerize.
Music, synchronized, combine
gifts of art through ears and eyes.

Rainbow ribbons rise and fall,
twisting, turning high and low.
Led by...

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river ribbon winds through green - hills burst gold with tangerine

For Rick Parise's Nature Monoku Contest
Submitted Aug 5, 2021 for 'A Brian Strand 1,2 or 3 line' Contest...

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The Kiss

Breasts
Symbol of nurture, 
womanhood
Mens obsession
Natures gift turned to curse
Mastectomy, 
Your identity confused
A great loss, 
You choose life
Taking no chances

You stare at yourself in the mirror
Feeling your loss
Crying 
Grieving
But you are still here 
Thankful
Your fight has ended
Still the battle wounds 
Are engraved on your body...

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With the dawning of the day

Like a fertile vine 

which creeps

amidst the purple hues

of Tuscan fields

I yield my fruit

Before first autumn rain

these eyes

 in wait for you

Starved like a harvest moon

you come to me

Silk honey of dusk

An opalescent shadow

descending

in the cradle of my arms

Feeding nectar...

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With the dawning of the day
like a fertile vine
which creeps amidst
the purple hue
of Tuscan fields
I yield my fruit
Before first autumn rain
I wait for you
Starved like a harvest moon
you come to me
Silk honey of dusk
A shadow,descending
in the cradle of my arms
feeding nectar from my lips
repeaning my...

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A lonely silver ribbon
                   Caught my eye today
A remnant of a shopper’s rush
              ...

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Rivulets of ice hung greedily
to the barren, brown, basalt,
like ribbon-candy in a baby’s hand.
The sweet, wet, drool oozed from Mother Earth,
like a frozen curtain draping the mist scattered day,
hiding the promise of spring....

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Looking back at the Earth, I can't really describe how beautiful it is from 300 miles up. Looking down, you can tell it's a planet. The sky is black. There's just a thin blue ribbon, what we see as blue sky on Earth. You realize...

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Crimson ribbon across the darkening sky
Toys sweetly with exquisite hints azurite 
Sublime whisper in the stillness of the night
Dulcet as a fluttering wings' butterfly

Ignoring warnings of atrophy's caution
Tightening the fatal corset to her heart
Beware of jealousy's evil counterpart
Watching it adrift beyond the horizon

Neath veil opaque...

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                The fuchsia ribbon

            through her hair ...

          more than...

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Enter
in a hue
pulled from a rainbow
the blue roan 
in a garland of blue roses
setting a tone
for the sky alone to compete



5/5/2019

A Garland Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Julia Ward...

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It's time again to judge this year's pies
What a variety right before my eyes
The color, the flavor and just how sweet
I must decide which one to beat
I taste one, taste two, three and four
Just when I'm done they bring me more
All of these pies are...

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Bent fingers trace embroidered leaves
on satin and long lacy sleeves.
Blush roses, twenty-six she counts--
A French word she can't now pronounce.

She blows dust from old envelopes
tied with blue ribbons and her hopes.
The letters penned by her true mate.
Over his name, she... hesitates.

A trunk in attic soon...

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Cast A Long Shadow
Lying in my bed dying,
Not wanting to let go.
Everyone keeps crying.
Seeing myself like Van Gogh!
Don't let go its mystifying
Cast a long shadow 
Floating through the air
Doctors scrambling here and there
Nurses working to be prepared.
Cast a long shadow
Sitting in a chair
Beginning to say...

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