Best Saffron Poems
In evening eyes an ember’s gleam I see
emotions ripple from your depths and spread
across your surface known to be glassy
are ripened waves of passion crashing red
Now crocus of your crave in bloom and flare
on bed of saffron petals - spice we seize
in festival of lust on my skin bare
a thousand tingles mingle pleasures tease
Your lips brush mine with strawberry caress
then kiss me deep your tongue unties my lace
I open up to you and your finesse
we toast with our champagne in love’s embrace
As ravishment reflects epiphany
amour I see through rosy tiffany
Susan Ashley
March 17, 2018
Silk-
starfish
of fervent
fate weaves soft-quartz
feathers of marshmallow metaphors that
croon with firefly's fluorescence amidst life's
claustrophobic
clouds, shading
bitter
smogs
with
plush sweet-
dahlias;
And I chase light
within saffron skylines beyond dreamscapes.
the saffron sunlight
shines halfway around the globe
— tonight my dreams dance
10/1/2018
Saffron Summer
Golden sets of surfs surfaces delve a surreal saffron sky,
Sands surrender shoeless soles that traipsed an eclipsing trail,
Amber rays supremely herald as an ocher beach comply,
Gild glitters halcyon flocked doves sprung free a summer's veil.
2019 May 12
*1st Place* Trophy Winner
YOUR BEST QUATRAIN
~~L MILTON HANKINS: Judged 2021 August 14
*3rd Place*
NA re-run
~~John Hamilton: Judged 2019 June 27
*3rd Place*
Summer Quatrain
~~Caren Krutsinger: Judged 2019 May 19
I stand upon a lilac beach
Beneath a saffron sky
the ocean laps around my feet
I'm here again, but why
The trees of frozen fire
line the quiet shore
The second sun just rising
A sight that I adore
A stranger stands beside me
he's pointing out to sea
I shade my eyes from the glare
and wonder what could be
He walks into the water
and beckons me to follow
I trip and stumble on a rock
My heart, it's full of sorrow
Each time that I return here
I hope to see what lies
Beyond the waves where he walks
Beneath those saffron skies
Contest : Dreams
4th Place
Saffron sun
Your amber-umber eyes, penetrate me
as saffron sun sets on faces, ashen
Your suspicious mind raves with jealousy
as pumpkin winds chill our summers passion
September 3,2020
Excerpt taken from my poem Autumn's desires
originally written September 16,2017
John Derek Hamilton
He who knows anger
Knows no anger
He who knows patience
Knows Allah
He who knows acceptance
Knows compassion
He whom has acquired
knowledge
Has acquired power
To know yourself is the first
step
To know why you do what you
do is the second
To be able to self correct is the
third
Control your emotions and you
will prosper
If you do not you will be in
constant turmoil
This waning season
renouncing its joys clad in
saffron of a monk
19.3.2021
Lets get Creative
Cover to cover
Lover to lover
Right and wrong
Sing or song
Friend or foe
High or low
Stay or go
Care or show
Yes or no
Him or her
Clear or blur
Certain or not sure
Corrupted or pure
Black or white
Withdraw or fight
Darkness or light
Wrong or right
Seeing or sight
Day or night
With all my might
With times in play
I slay all in a day
With my sword and word style
Vision taught Tzu student
dealer
Spirit in control steady
As you can read
For a few years I've been ready
Blooms bountiful on laughter lane
Purple peonies after raging rain
May melodies, sunshine songs
in emerald elms and garden green
A waking world, scents swirled
Saffron spring, scarlet ruby rose ~
Creamy clouds roam restlessly, slow.
Written on 5/6/2023
For: Alliterisen Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
I bask in saffron deliciousness, mind-lapping this moment of utter simplicity.
Inside the mindfulness of my chrysalis, I relish a metamorphosis
to new-found freedom’s sweetness
which flits away agony and woes on butterfly wings.
Taken from "In the Absence of Complication" posted Nov. 22, 2019
for Silent One's Complete the poem - In the absence of complication contest
(my own four lines)
Dec 18, 2019 for Gregory R. Barden's Arbitrium Divisa 5 Poetry Contest
golden saffron hues enchant weaving a rich tapestry of desires
Written on 1/1/2018
What joy to see the end of winter days
As snowdrops rise with bells of ermine white,
The signal that winter has reached its end.
More hours of precious daylight now appear
And no longer the shroud of gloomy grey.
At last we wake up from that long cold night
And look forward to seeing saffron show
When from the black loam purple petals rise.
Number 1
5 travelers assisted with the
assisting
Feeling the sun rise, praise
Life is short, daze
One candle lite
For the sake of freedom
Seven more wait there turn
Their turn to shine, burn
The heavenly sent of friendship
Allows me true love
I am the hawk
You are the dove
Claudia aka
Lady Jade Lioness
You are a light on my world
You are love by your looks
We are what the ancients
Call many things
Most of all
Love
I.M.
tj