Rubies Poems | Examples

Stray Dog Rubies

One by one they'll slowly arrive, 
like drunken moths fanning humid nights.
Crash landing into the brain pan of mankind.
Howling like a stray dog on fire.

They suckle away the nectar from life.
Panning flecks of silver from hopeful eyes.
Only sated when they've bled the well dry.
Howling like a stray dog on fire.

Like vampires, they feed off periwinkle fear.
Reflectionless savages of funhouse mirrors...
Black stains bleeding into the fabric of dream...
soiling the few, remaining ponds of pristine.

Wishing to leave a string of rubies on the wrist...
or a devil's knot around a porcelain neck...
black powder to the temple of every regret...
the howl of a burning stray, you'll never forget.

Rubies are a Girl's Best Friend

I want to kiss your lips
I dream about it
Almost every night
I want to hold you close
Embrace you
Wrap my arms around you tight
I want to tell you that I love you
I want to whisper in your ear
I want to call your name
In ecstasy
As the mountain top draws near
I want to stand behind you
Head bent down
As I fall upon your neck
I want to cover it with kisses
Passion kept in check
I want to hold your hand
While walking
Beside a babbling brook
I want to live our romance novel
Write the pages in a book

Most Valuable Humanity Than Rubies and Gold-Dedicated Verse To Estar

Estar Go on in heaven
Walk bare footed on present earth
Estar whom God created 
He you made you ever yet so beautiful 
Most Valuable HUMANITY THAN RUBIES AND GOLD-
Estar you are worth more than rubies and gold
 you're precious more
 than a diamond nothing on Earth
 can purchase your soul 
God has made you completely whole
 you are far worth more
 than rubies and gold 
you're more valuable your worth
Most Valuable HUMANITY THAN RUBIES AND GOLD-
 is forever cure 
and my Father you are beyond riches your story Estar Go
All humanity worth more than rubies and gold
Most Valuable HUMANITY THAN RUBIES AND GOLD-
Selah
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
6/27/23

Jeweled Wonders To Behold

Atop a walnut table with ebonised legs 
Sat a Victorian brooch, white and red. 
She wore diamonds and rubies brilliant and bright,
That sparkled within all sources of light.
Bejeweled little butterfly trimmed in gold,
A wonder you are for the eye to behold.
"Am I not beautiful?" inquired the dragonfly,
from its perch on an occasional table nearby.
Dressed in diamonds, rubies, and mounted on gold,
With enameled wing and tail, a dazzling bouton pearl...
It too was a wonder for the eye to behold.
"What about me!" shouted a diamond pendant watch. 
"And me!" shouted a brooch with a white paste heart.
"What about me?" inquired a flower, art nouveau...
"Enough! shouted a disgruntled Cameo,
dressed in pearls, diamonds, rubies, and gold.
"We all are wonders to behold!"

Rubies

Marquise 
                       Cinque linking 
                     Amaranth medallion
                  Allows a diamond star to form 
                  Immaculate teeth, glace cherry smirk
                  Swinging on invisible link 
                   Sheriff starlight centre
                    Spikes squeezed between 
                      Marquise





                     
                    14th July 2022
     Written for Contest; Radical Rictameter
            Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger

Shopping For Rubies

I spent my day shopping for rubies,
Walked all day until my feet were sore.
To find the perfect one,
But it had to be in a bargain store.

I bartered and fought,
Throughout the whole day,
With the clerks left and right,
And to their dismay. 

I only had thirty bucks,
in my pocket you see,
But I wanted a good one,
Can you lower the fee? 

I was thrown out of the stores,
Like a poor old pauper.
And the words they used, 
Were far from proper.

I shall try the next street,
the next block, and then,
Perhaps they will have mercy
for everywhere that I've been.

Rubies For Her

I spent my day shopping for rubies
I was on tenterhooks to make a choice
Rubies displayed on shelves glittered
And seeing the price tags I lost my voice!

Rubies' purity measured in carats 
Their colors linked to zodiac sign
It was not easy job to choose one
With so many variations, I pined.

Seeing me grim, girl on counter smiled
"May I help you", she calmed me down
Given my budget, zodiac sign of my love
She helped me zero on to a Ruby crown.

Thanking her profusely, I left the gem store
A full day had been spent to buy this Ruby
Gleefully, my love accepted my day's labor
Hugged me like a scooby dooby do booby.

I let go of shopping pains, felt great
A candle light dinner in down town
As a return gift, I will cherish it forever
I am now more confident shopping a crown.

25.7.2020

Shopping For Rubies

I spent my day shopping for rubies
in a five and ten cents store
expecting crimson jewels
and wanting them even the more.

Sometimes things of great worth
like people, rubies and gold
can get covered in the dust 
and their value is not told.

Why would I think such a dear gem
would come in that cheap place
instead of looking for value
in an elegant state of grace.

I spent my day shopping for rubies
in a cultured jewelry store.
These delicate high-class stones
I fear I could only adore.


7/24/20

Precious Rubies

It's my desire to bestow rubies
as tokens from heart that’s gracious
for special friends so endearing
deserving presents, grandly precious.

With jeweler’s prudent acumen
I would check the genuine from the synthetic
since these rubies are meant to be gifts
to valuable loved ones, true and authentic.

Delightfully, I chose these gems of worth
rubies for bracelets, necklaces, and rings
dominantly red with orange and purple hues
midst prevailing care every stone brings.

Having packed the rubies, each with wisdom-verse*
bearing with exuberant greetings of bliss…
from serene slumber I awoke
to chase rubies’ radiance I won’t miss.

*Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

July 22, 2020
10th place, "First Line Prompt - 3" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Julia Ward; judged on 7/28/2020.

Rubies That Fit the Queen 'To a T'

I spent my day shopping for rubies
Can you picture a grown man doing that
But I was assigned to a very special mission
To decorate the new Queen of England's hat

What happened to Elizabeth II, you gasp
Oh, she decided to abdicate now that Meghan
Markle has lost much of her luster and sparkle
Since the news leak 'bout her and Patty Reagan

What? Patty Reagan! The -- ahem -- alternative kind
Of lover for Ms. Meghan? Why, that's truly alarming
Especially for Prince Harry (The guy must be blind)
He can't find this development too charming...

But, O! About those rubies I was shopping for --
I was trying to find some color other than red
Yet hot pink was the lone shade in the bloody spread
O, dread. Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed

So, I finally settled on these rave ultra-cheapies
Not to snicker: I just picked 'em from Rookery's 'ruby-tree'
And don't you worry. They'll suit the new Queen 'to a T'
You know who it is -- It's Ms. Daniels, Stormy




                        July 13, 2020
           First Line Prompt - 3 Poetry Contest
                      Sponsor: Julia Ward

My Faceted Rubies

I spent my day shopping for rubies.
It's an indulgence - you see.
I always choose the most faceted ones
and take them home with me.

I fashion them into beautiful jewelry
and by early the next day,
I've need to shop and purchase more
for I give all my trinkets away.

When the clerk sees me approaching,
he displays trays of crimson stones,
then says with a sly twinkle in his eyes,
"Nice to see you again, Ms. Jones."

Today, I chose two with radiant sparkle
and held one next to each ear.
He flattered me so I'd buy the baubles,
"They are exquisite on you, my dear."

He needn't have bothered with cajolery.
I bought those rubies and more.
He boxed them for me, smiled and said,
 "Ta ta," when I walked out the door.

I thought he was impertinent and snide.
and will not deal with one so rude.
Tomorrow I will find a new ruby broker;
who has a more courteous attitude.

I spent my day shopping for rubies,
radiant in quality and clarity.
I will continue to browse, searching
for those I consider a rarity.



First Line Prompt -3 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Julia Ward
Posted on July 12, 2020

Shopping For Rubies

I spent my day shopping for rubies
I knew nothing about them
A masher tried to speak to me
I made short work of him

A shop girl showed me cases
There were so many shapes and sizes
So many cuts and carats 
One beautiful, some would not win prizes

I asked the price of the pretty one
Way out of my price range that day 
I decided on one I did not like as well
Buyer’s Remorse set in right away 

You should get the one you love 
Said the shop girl who was on commission
The price no big concern to her.
But she had soured my fine mission.

I left that shop after taking an axe
And chopping down all the glass cases that day.
It made me feel better for a second
Until the police arrived to take me away

Written 7-11-2020
Contest: 1st Line Prompt 3- Poetry Contest
Sponsor Julia Ward

Rubies

I spent my day shopping for rubies
   a flawless, untarnished gem
that would remind me of you, truly
   a recovered memory for now from then.

Your ring sits lonely in the old music box
   I see it there when I play your favorite tune
and the thought of you is kept safe under locks 
   holding the magical reflective melody of Claire de Lune.

New rubies, brilliant stones, glowing, uncut ready to buy
   translucent reds, hypnotic mesmerizing translucence
a vibrant indescribable beauty too often makes me cry
   in your smile reminiscent ruby red, calls me to impuissance.

I spent my day shopping for rubies
  alas, the ancient memories can no longer permit
the capture of the gem and all its beauties
  cannot erase the emptiness each one transmits.





First Line Prompt
Julia Ward's contest
7/11/20

An Approach To Rubies

I spent my day shopping for rubies
Really shopped - not just fumbled around
My wife mentioned it for her birthday -
Just like that I was jewelry store bound

Although jewelry is not my forte
I am a take charge person from birth
Told the clerk I looked for fine rubies
And would call when I found some of worth

For show I brought out my jeweler's loop
And began to inspect the whole lot
When I had looked some the clerk pointed,
"Sir, these are rubies and those are not"

"Well, sir", says I, "If that don't beat all"
Then I put away my jeweler's glass
Swallowed my pride and my phony airs
And explained the birthday for my lass

Now and then I look back and I smile
The rubies he chose are my wife's pride
Of course I took all of the credit
But only the clerk knows that I lied

I send him a Christmas card each year
And I shop for jewelry only there
It's nice to have that wink between us
You do not get that just anywhere

7-11-20
Contest: First Line prompt - Three
Sponsor: Julia Ward

Rubies and Pop Corn

They dipped our being in dirty grease
added a fist full of kernels.
Life turned up the heat
now-one by one we're popping out
little puffy hatchlings -
sweet songs in our beaks.

Growing feathers and talons
ready to fly now 
on updrafts 
of silent song.
Ready to ignite the world
that spit fire on our nest
one by one we'll pluck the rubies
from all of their bloated chests.

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