Long Birthstone Poems

Walking.....
I was walking...
Like I have done every morning
since we moved into this neighborhood.

I stepped back and my sight caught a radiant monarch butterfly...
It had four broad colorful wings, and very 
distinguishable from other butterflies I...

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Dustin, 
My best friend, My x boyfriend, and the one I’m still in love with.
I know I have a boyfriend and he just happens to be your best friend too, but if I had the...

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Germ of essence. 
Human blob. 
Shattered eggshell to the chicklet hatched.
Interlocking  family of a  kingdom.
Beget or begone? Antigone! 
Pouch bearing mammal  with no issue for her milk a plenty.
Enlightened species on
a zodiac...

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I guess it’s time to stop asking questions,
and start answering them.
Wipe away long dead evaporations;
mined trails overgrown with new,
more current vines.

Time to remove the silver duct-tape
from the face of killed memory; (the girl
in the cavern...

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KEEPSAKE

My Mom Norma, who raised, nurtured and showered
me with endearing love, loved diamonds and why not?
She was an April baby and diamond is the birthstone.
She gave me a diamond ring before she passed away.
My eulogy...

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When it arrives to Pandora you may find out several numerous Pandora charms people can
buy. In specific fact, you may find out hundreds and an enormous choice of them. it is
because of Pandora could be...

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i often wondered why did October
in all of her beauty
become national breast cancer month

the trees bear resemblance to the sun
the yellow, orange, scarlet folds
softly spiraling in the cool winds
was it the red, as it tumbled...

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The Balmy Month of August

During those dog days of summer’s dream-rest,
When crops robust in days, that are hottest.
I sought to find my love peacefully asleep,
Under the shady oak tree canopy.

Luscious gladiolus witnessed my jest,
When I...

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Your first little treasure - comes from the East and Air,
To my Special Witch Mother - who is so rare!
Rose Scented Vapors are blowing in - gently from the wind.
With your pure essence - they...

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When I asked my wife to marry me, ‘neath a golden moon, 
I said I could not give her the moon and the stars, but, 
“Each special day I will give you a piece of...

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Peridot


Of all the fine gems that I know, my favorite is Peridot.
My August birthstone pleases me, since color green and I agree.
Now, Peridot is lesser-known among most gemstones that are shown.
It once was called 'Gem...

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Sighs of melting breaths
Soothe my inner qualms
Reminding me that I’m loved
By someone who holds the key
To my heart and my dreams

Sparkling stardust insights
Whisper through my spirit
Revealing the purity and peace
That comes from giving my hopes
To...

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The Month of July

Under the shade of willow boughs, dipping low,
Beside the lily pond where lovely larkspur grow.
My love and I recline in the midday of summer,
In the month of July when temperatures swelter.

I ravish...

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March flower daffodil, canary yellow, a single bloom with the vernal equinox
Aquamarine birthstone, gift thyself a ring this birthday, wrapped in a jewel box
Romans marched on, this month they named after God of War, Mars,...

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across a bridge i walk
smiling at the lake's slow flow
then you come along
all of a sudden i want to buy a boat that i know not how to operate
you say hello
i reply hello back a...

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On a cold, winter day,
I was born,
A new creation in a troubled world.
My birthstone, the garnet,
the color of blood worn on my finger. 
I saw no light in the dark red stone.
I wondered, why not...

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A GEM THAT TRICKS

A   Aficionados of gems find this gem emerald by day,ruby by night

G   Gem so rare and ravishing turns trickster in the light 
E   Embellishment in gold...

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A stone of spiritual protection and purification, 
          the amethyst aligns my chakras with sanctification. 
Shimmering and shining with ease and inspiration, 
   ...

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Woman, Gods only pure creation
Where would we in this world
If we didn't take careful preperation

Wemon, life's life starter
So painful and breathless
But overwhelmed with love, a worthy barter

Wemon. mankinds birthstone
So shiny and bright 
So breathtaking, I...

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Autumn Yawns

Autumn yawns – early darkness stunts her days
Eventide wrapped in golden umber tones
Bands of autumn hues swaddle mellow haze
Sunset sundrops sweet serenades intone.

Twilight dozes ‘neath the harvest’s birthstone
Autumn savors new frost in early dusk
Scarlet...

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In The Fresh Month of April

There is a finesse expressed in a spring step
When flowers unfurl and come out to impress.
And release fragrances unique to the nostrils,
In the fresh month of April.

Pillowy clouds suffuse grey...

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Abstracts of a July Morning
David J Walker

I
I dreamed about a man selling
The scent of breakfast
He said I could pick the delivery 
Date and time 

And if I dared to imagine 
Imagine an image of my...

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My mother use to tell me that she had the ugliest color of birthstone, 
While she adored my month’s gem, an April beauty that was known.

I grew up thinking that November babies were particularly unlucky,...

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My hands look worn, marked by the passing of time,
Of sunlight, cold, heat and work.
They have baked, cooked, gardened and harvested,
They have held the hands of devastated people sitting in front of a casket,’
They have...

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I spent all day shopping for a ruby,
it's my wife's birthstone; nothing else will do.
And I wish to find a true paragon, 
though flawless rubies are scarce and few.

I'm hoping for a pigeon-blood red gem
that...

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