Coins On The Tray
They laid their gold
on a tray the color of midnight,
fingers ringed in stones
that caught the candlelight like captive suns.
Outside,
a boy with a patched sleeve
watched frost stitch lace
across the bakery window.
His breath bloomed and vanished,
a ghost repeating itself.
The men inside
spoke of progress —
steel rivers,
glass towers that drink the clouds,
oceans combed for oil.
A gull’s cry cut through
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Categories:
coins, grave,
Form: Free verse
On counterfeit coins and notes
On fair ways of life what can wind not,
Counterfeit coins their way can find not.
Your shadows do if find the sun strong,
Sure, with me the way would ye wind not.
Hardships hover on all human life,
Sans tough tests man’s today defined not.
How will ye change the ways of this world
If the set-in-stone kind, ye grind not.
Even
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Categories:
coins, life, people,
Form: Ghazal
3 Copper Coins, And The Kite Caught In The Telegraph Wire
The man was
handsome, intelligent,
and good in bed.
But he just
had nothing
to say.
And all of his days
were the same.
Monochromatic
introspection followed
by a sort of smothered
self-expression.
He never
felt like himself.
And he always felt
worried about what
other people thought
about him.
Who even was
he?
His routine?
His career?
His interests?
His beliefs?
Beliefs?
The man had
no beliefs, the
man didn’t need
to believe.
For if he started believing
in something, he may have
actually needed
to
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Categories:
coins, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
why do some coins have holes in the middle
Why do some coins purposefully have holes punched in the middle?
To save copper, silver and gold?
Guess again.
So you can hang them on Christmas trees
Or around dog’s necks on their collars?
Maybe
They were actually made this way
So you could string them together and keep track of them
The sad thing is,
It would make things easier for a snatch
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Categories:
coins, money,
Form: Free verse
Two Small Copper Coins
2 Small Copper Coins
Under the sun, an old lady stood in line.
She had to wait her turn, she didn’t mind.
She was alone with not much to say.
She was a poor widow that never complained.
In front of the line stood the rich giving very little.
I like this verse because it
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Categories:
coins, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Is 30 Silver Coins All I'm Worth
Is 30 Silver Coins All I’m Worth?
Is money all you want?
Don’t walk away from the cross.
What is 30 coins worth?
What am I worth to you?
I gave you life.
You were betrayed with a lie.
You surrendered yourself to the world.
I was handed over for just 30 shekels.
As a
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Categories:
coins, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Nickel Is Worth?
"Pennies are good luck. Take one with you everywhere you go." By Poet
Once in a tale of old,
a penny was worth one cent not gold.
A nickel was worth five pennies,
they say changes are coming Jenny.
With no more pennies of copper,
this will be a real money stopper.
Guess I need to now unearth,
the real story behind
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Categories:
coins, fun, money, old, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Coins
When they fall on the ground.
They make a clanging sound.
Out of my pocket or from my purse.
Coins can sometimes feel like a curse.
Weighing everything down.
As I shop around town.
I don’t like to pay with dimes.
I pay with card every time.
But sometimes, I like having pennies by my side.
By the fountain, wishes I have tried.
Wishing for
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Categories:
coins, fun,
Form: Rhyme
A Coin In The Fountain
The water in the fountain in the park is gushing with joy,
The reflections from the wishing coins are dazzling my eyes,
The coins are full of someone's daydreams, and anticipation of love,
only time will decide when those dreams would come alive.
With so many wishing coins already in the fountain,
I add my
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Categories:
coins, hope,
Form: Free verse
Gold Coins
Golden
Coins of our lives
Frivolously spending
Not thinking about what matters
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Categories:
coins, life, wisdom,
Form: Cinquain
Categories:
coins, life,
Form: Monoku
Ancient Jars Full Of Golden Coins
I and you, I think
really love ancient jars
Do you do love them?
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Categories:
coins, adventure,
Form: Questionku
Categories:
coins, career, money, work,
Form: Haiku
Emagi Evelyn Book of Coins
Emagi Evelyn BOOK of COINS
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Categories:
coins, poetess, poets,
Form: Shape
Moral Coins
If there were
only MORAL coins
and no MINT coins
people's would have
conducted sans sins
Sin smeared
Moral coins
would be akin to
Self Demonetised
Unfit coins for trade
good for scrap grade
Pristine Moral coins
would be like medals
glorifying character
Premium coins
best for any trade
It's time to have
NOBEL PRIZE
for High Morale
rewarding uprightness in
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Categories:
coins, corruption,
Form: Free verse
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