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Saffron Poems - Poems about Saffron

Some Like It Hot
With coriander cumin turmeric basmati rice saffron and spice onions chilli peppers and all things nice with chapati and chutney a samosa or two naan for starters rogan josh vindaloo not eye-watering but tasty is best tandoori tikka masala korma's a meal with zest chicken lamb chickpeas or lentils a dinner for two you do not hurry allow what you've got to simmer in the pot if you want a...

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Categories: saffron, food, fun, humor, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Marigold
“It does not matter if you are a rose or a lotus or a marigold. What matters is you are flowering.” Rajnesh Placed 10th in: Admire a Summer Flower Poetry Contest Sponsored by Jay Narain ...

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Categories: saffron, appreciation, beauty, color, feelings,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member SOON THE SAFFRON SHOW
What joy to see the end of winter days As snowdrops rise with bells of ermine white, The signal that winter has reached its end. More hours of precious daylight now appear And no longer the shroud of gloomy grey. At last we wake up from that long cold night And look forward to seeing saffron show When from the black loam...

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Categories: saffron, life, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Saffron Skylines
Silk- starfish of fervent fate weaves soft-quartz feathers of marshmallow metaphors that croon with firefly's fluorescence amidst life's claustrophobic clouds, shading bitter smogs with plush sweet- dahlias; And I chase light within saffron skylines beyond dreamscapes....

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Categories: saffron, deep, dream, emotions, life,
Form: Tetractys
Saffron Sapling Smell
so cute love poem so swell sweet short smooth slap-up saffron sapling smell...

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Categories: saffron, love, romance,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Saffron Spring
Blooms bountiful on laughter lane Purple peonies after raging rain May melodies, sunshine songs in emerald elms and garden green A waking world, scents swirled Saffron spring, scarlet ruby rose ~ Creamy clouds roam restlessly, slow. Written on 5/6/2023 For: Alliterisen Poetry Contest Sponsor: Joseph May...

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Categories: saffron, beautiful, color, flower, nature,
Form: Verse
Fallen Leaves
Leaves rustle in wind Tinted in hues of saffron Salutes lost heroes...

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Categories: saffron, emotions, farewell, lost, nature,
Form: Haiku
Uluru
Five hundred million years ago This all was covered in sea… Fans of sand turned Uluru Where life had come to be. Days of light with lemon bright; Reflecting monolith, The largest in the world and How I’m taken with… Coral, Saffron ,Tangerine, Watermelon riches… The lilac and the lavender; Aquamarine thus switches. Sacred land of crimson blood; Earth beneath my feet Where chartreuse grass does surpass Dramatic desert heat....

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Categories: saffron, birth, color, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Clad In Saffron
This waning season renouncing its joys clad in ...

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Categories: saffron, autumn,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Saffron Sun
Saffron sun Your amber-umber eyes, penetrate me as saffron sun sets on faces, ashen Your suspicious mind raves with jealousy as pumpkin winds chill our summers passion September 3,2020 Excerpt taken from my poem Autumn's desires originally written September 16,2017 John Derek Hamilton...

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Categories: saffron, break up, goodbye, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Saffron Glow
I spent my day shopping for rubies, Deemed they would bring luck in life. Decided to buy a pair of ruby ear-rings as I wished to gift them to my wife. I stepped into a jewelry stores. At once, I was perplexed. Found the gems in myriad red colors. The task of picking caused me to be vexed. It was the...

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Categories: saffron, love, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Saffron Deliciousness
I bask in saffron deliciousness, mind-lapping this moment of utter simplicity. Inside the mindfulness of my chrysalis, I relish a metamorphosis to new-found freedom’s sweetness which flits away agony and woes on butterfly wings. Taken from "In the Absence of Complication" posted Nov. 22, 2019 for Silent One's Complete the poem - In the absence of complication contest (my...

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Categories: saffron, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Saffron Summer
Saffron Summer Golden sets of surfs surfaces delve a surreal saffron sky, Sands surrender shoeless soles that traipsed an eclipsing trail, Amber rays supremely herald as an ocher beach comply, Gild glitters halcyon flocked doves sprung free a summer's veil. 2019 May 12 *1st Place* Trophy Winner YOUR BEST QUATRAIN ~~L MILTON HANKINS: Judged 2021 August 14 *3rd Place* NA re-run ~~John Hamilton: Judged...

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Categories: saffron, beach, beautiful, imagery, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Saffron Sunlight
the saffron sunlight shines halfway around the globe — tonight my dreams dance 10/1/2018...

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Categories: saffron, absence,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Under Saffron Moon
under saffron moon my honey lays down his head hugs his white pillow 9/30/2018...

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Categories: saffron, night,
Form: Haiku

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