Best Teal Poems

Lilac perfumes the Summer's sultry air,
wafting fragrance upon the evening breeze.
And an indigo sky of flawless blue;
frames the emerald leaves atop the trees.

Sol melts like a nugget of molten gold,
slowly sinking into a sea of fire.
And ebony saturates the darkness;
as any lingering sunbeams expire.

The loud...

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Idle porcelain boats 
are seagulls 
floating
on a teal harbor
blond moorings
cast like kelp
Sails stiff 
as egrets
glide slowly
toward 
a cerulean channel
Atop turtle islands
pastel cottages
are pearls gleaming
on oyster beaches
umbrellas splayed
like starfish
on sandstone terraces
schools
of rainbow blossoms
wafting
in the salty air


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"and don't forget the pretention"

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everyone nodded along as 
the first line Hit 
 cut w-/ Posh .. chugging 
stars , throats end to end slit.

	Schemes o'er everything 
I realise now that you need 
these 'things' , 
imaginary or other wise.	Anything 
to keep the Belief that...

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My Dad as Blue Winged Teal

Life support had made him
fetal, feeding on O2
hissed through tangled tubes.
I signed my name
and click, he gasped, folding
like a shotgunned duck.                   ...

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Tears slide down from ebony eyes
Burgundy broken heart burnt fried
Wounded by words like stones that fly
Stunting self esteem killing pink pride

You speak kindly to strangers though
You even greet plants finely and they grow
Yet you blindly hurt the ancestors soul
With your desire to let the truth...

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Teal’s concoction is mannequin madness, grandpa said.
He thought new inventions were whacked in the head.
I thought it was genius, because my cousin Teal is bright.
Her ideas are spectacular, her brilliance is more than all right.
In my grandparents’ living room were new mannequins now.
They had been...

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Teal waters
Of the river
Surrounding rocks
Of gray
Abudant red berries
Food and water
Wild life feasts
For today...

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8 cups of cooked cous cous
1 cup of sautéed zucchini
1 cup of sautéed onion
1 cup of sautéed green peppers
1 cup of seeded diced cucumber
1/3 cup of steamed and sautéed carrots
1/4 cup of sliced ginger root (sautéed
5 cups of shredded pork 9seasoned)
1/3 cup of olive oil
5...

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I write so many poems that you don’t see
They end up in purple poem cemetery
Mangled in the **** of my maroon mind
Tangerine tangles of wasted time

Violet vines of not good enough
Tall teal trees of unreturned love
Winged words white like albino leaves
Falling to their death from...

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Dark heart
Onyx bruises
Madd lover
Entrapment fooling
Swollen lips
Teal tears
Indigo ears
Crying years


Violet prayers
In shelters
Only light
Love weathered
Emerald eyes
Need sleep
Courageous flight
Embracing peace...

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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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King of my thoughts with heart so kind
Interesting connection over web line
Neon soul glows impressing my mind
That draws me close takes teal time
Everything you are I hope to find....

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Color the days color them bright
Color the stage that we play life
Color them vivid as starry night sky
Color them brown, red, green eyes

Stop for a moment in the blue breeze
Each sip of it component to guide peace
For every flower you would pick me
You find the...

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Ego shorn unlike the hairy back of cancer
Taking all but life before even taking that
She hoped to be a mother some day and her
Life would be gone at 26 a hard fact

I look at her in a hat of fur  
pink sweater that seems...

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Let the words of my mouth uplift
May they be spiritually endowed 
A gift
From the one true God and Savior
Mending broken blue hearts Creator 

May your soul rest in perfect peace 
May you find refuge as we speak
Guided by Christ our life He leads
May perfect love...

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