Wealth can't buy us peace;
An open heart is priceless
Down all the ages.
Gliding through a plain of thought
a writer's delight
Words once fleeting, no more.
A gem woven into the night.
My questions can make you look great,
Your questions can make us both look great.
My questions reduce your mistakes,
Your questions stop me from wasting my time.
The longer I live the more questions I have
And the more questions I have the longer I live.
My questions could alter your decisions,
Your decisions decide my outcomes.
Silly questions produce the best outcomes.
Children ask the best questions,
But not many adults can answer them.
Questions raised early,
Keep the number of jobs steady.
Miracles like People,
Come in all shapes and sizes.
Kindness encourages us to clean up our mess.
If you can't find kindness in your world,
it may be time for you to venture into my world.
If it is not used in industry,
It is probably not industrial quality.
To avoid being scammed,
We need more than one friend.
sea glass glistens
tries hiding in white sands
but always gets found
Tears are not water drops
But dipping crystal balls
Packed with profound feelings~
Let not banes from our mouth
Or furies of our acts
Sting a soft simple soul.
Precious are the uncut stones God gifts us,
but their loveliness remains concealed
until we cut them open and polish them.
God's glory in their radiance is then revealed.
With gratitude, put your gems on display.
Increase in His favor; store them not away.
As dawn breaks through with glowing smile
A spider's web shows off its pearls
Its web designed in ornate style
As dawn breaks through with glowing smile
The gems will glisten for a while
Then fade as the morning unfurls
As dawn breaks through with glowing smile
A spider's web shows off its pearls
Golden coins and precious jewels
The pirate's life good while it lasts
Lust quickly leads to misery
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 1st place 2025, Honorable Mention 2025
Raindrops on Roses
Raindrops on roses glitter
Like bright sapphire gems
On foils of tender petals
Amidst diadems
Of a royal king
To offer on his troth day
His favourite thing.
Heartbeat drumming
Inspiring soul song
Blood flow of red humming
Inspiring life along
Pregnant with purpose
Bold boisterous blue breathing
In goes the indigo ideas
Out flows the light like chandelier
From gems inside me
Darkness is transforming
For without the onyx sky
How can one know appreciate light
The beatitudes are within
Soul is glowing and mends
Wounds of the wilderness world
Turning purple pain into Pearl
Gems inside me keep faith
Like a white water tea kettle
Ready to serve and refresh
Eager to help to bless
For no one deserves less
Blood of gems
crosses the tides
a fractured tremor
of a weary river
fog of marrow
diluted by tremors
spines chained
to the edges of a coral
sinking deep
stones upon a shore
that quivers
and the body hears
only
a wave
mute
that carves.
The moon invites romantic hearts
To ride moonbeams as kissing starts
The heavens sewn in gleaming hems
The stars they shine like precious gems
From galaxies light years away
The stars are there, and there to stay
Adorned like queens in diadems
The stars they shine like precious gems
A star was seen, it brightly shone
A king was born, divine his throne
From there came many faithful stems
The stars they shine like precious gems
Throughout the heavens stars disperse
The muse of poets find a verse
Gleaming words in many poems
The stars they shine like precious gems
Gems when polished
Gives you treasure
You don't expect.
Gems stone weight
As ornament
In jewelries.
Gems adorn girls
Shining, blooming
Precious like gold.
Gems are jewels
Hid as heirloom
In treasure box.
we are uncut gems
diamonds in the rough, but we
sparkle when polished
our hidden talents to be
discovered by the world
Weeping for no one, the great
near-sister sobs, "Go Queen and find
all the pink jewels." Soon they are
found, examined and named:
Little Pink Fish, Aurora of Evening and
Forest Fire Sky. They are gathered
and brought to the princess. Her
beauty is her face; she is only five.
She often goes from great to ungrateful.
Then, being sorry she will inquire,
"And will a palace be up and built?"
while wiping tears from eyes of
tanzanite.
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