Short Citrine Poems

golden leaves that dance
citrine light through foliage
fall floats like magic....

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citrine sun rises
nude limbs, one lone leaf awaits
cardinals singing

12/26/2023...

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#1. 

kissed by citrine swirls of moon-rivers ... I breathe warm sparks of heart-shaped haze......

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citrine g l o w basking
restless summer fields of wheat

     o       l         n
r        l         i        g with b r e e z e s
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She's a citrine pearl
empress of patience
sprinkling lilac stars
and rosemary balm
upon silver scars
above moon-kissed seas



Tableau written for picture 3...

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citrine shine petals
competes to bloom first in spring ---
shuns by the sun taunts

perennial smile
brim fills from roots to the bloom ---
flips like frills of frocks

16 February 2023...

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rising to the skies
red wings amongst evergreens
butterfly unrest

a citrine sun quest
off to sweet destinations
sounds of noonday gong

shadows are waiting
the day is so still and warm
save flurries of red...

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On dawn skies, peaches
drifting by sable shadows
at coastal sand dunes
Precious gold between my toes
Blue roses on the wild sea

Fading stars, sequins
Turquoise at the horizon
Citrine golden hour
of the fresh breath of the wind
and the gemmed birds uprising...

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Green sparkling in her eyes, 
gasoline beneath her skin; 
Kerosene in everything she says, 
citrine hanging from a devilish grin;

Plucky with the heart of a rebel;  
Bucks back, a walking contradiction;
Loves with the magick of the fey;
Luck? She spells it intuition....

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In a sky of bluest topaz
I saw the citrine-shattered sun
Glean emeralds from each blade of grass
And gild the elm leaves platinum

Silence, save for the autumn breeze
And in my pockets, not a dime
But do not tell this poet, please
That October’s treasures can’t be mine....

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Soon

Icy drops of dew like diamonds 
Crunch beneath summer-sandaled toes. 
Trembling trees release their tired jewels 
To risk breezes off northern snows.  

Topaz, garnet and citrine leaves 
Spiral from moonstone blue skies above 
Emeralds lose their hot weather hues, 
Sparrows cuddle, asleep is the dove...

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As the snowmen melt into patches of green,
yellow daffodils spice up the scene.
And o'er the squeak of a swing,
I hear songbirds sing;
a sure sign
spring
is online
greening everything.
The wild geese have taken wing
and the sun sparkles like a citrine,
as the snowmen melt into patches of green....

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Oh you peel the rind
from me
in the gentlest manner
and it falls away 
in fleshy strips 
of bitter 
citrine madness
where calloused there
in orange despair 
it wrapped
a fancied ripeness
your agile hands
palming round
separate each wedge 
I’d planned
with a tender tearing
sound 
and in your mouth
I am the sun...

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My schooner eases
into the tiger claw
that an umber peninsula
juts seaward.
The carnelian bay 
beckons like honey
as I aim
for twilight's tangerine
and sun's waning citrine
in amber haze.
Papaya clouds whipped
by solar winds
breathe the siren lure
of bronze oceans
in the scriptural future
to my restless golden heart.

6/30/2018...

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Purple blooms, lost in amber noontime luster,
Fragrantly crowding, in richest beauty cluster.
Sunshine gold seems to shimmer just for her,
As red butterflies wander, with many a flutter!

Awash in garnets, green trees of summertime,
And golden sapphires, warm roses on a vine,
Sparkle all the memorable days, citrine shine,
And flashing colors, of a diamond sun divine!...

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AS I SAID BEFORE

Flights of fancy
colour my eye..

A terracotta
speckled sallow
cochineal
in flaxen fallow..

A bluish buff
soft yellow
saffron shadow
upon mallow.

Flights of fancy
colour my eye...

A mosaic gold
ultra marine
on bone black
umber sanguine.

An olive lind
carnation citrine
reddish red
on earth green.

Flights of fancy
colour my eye......

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citrine Indian summer sigh 
as blue skies turn a jealous green

dusty weft wind and hours drew nigh
idyllic of seasons has seen

a wanderer of aged mirth, glean
quintessence honey set awry

underneath spun amorous scene 
of sweet scent tease, not a goodbye

1/20/2020

ABAB BABA 8 lines 8 syllables
Poetry Contest: Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay 
Sponsored by: Charles Messina...

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Awaken to citrine sky as   
Birds are heaven bound 
Canvas rich true complementary colors spun.
Delight sensation of sweet scent does tease,
Enchanting pink sunshade trees intertwine
Fervor poetic strokes in cherry blossoms.
Glide through, as time sweeps away a
Humble early morning light.
Impressionistic intrinsic appearance, 
Jitter to tomorrow’s mystic splendor.

12/16/2023
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Will storms abate not 
And tides in my favour turn 
Won't the darkest days 
Serenade nights where 
A starlit symphony sings 
Would a new day dawn 
Shrouding past regrets 
Giving rise to hope and joy 
For this jaded one 
Too weary to croon 
Won't the dove so sweetly coo 
Chasing gloom away 
In rays of citrine 
Making mornings more serene 
Peaceful tidings greet 
Gratefully I sail along...

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Oh how she blazes more daring
than midsummer, flitting as a woman
whose spirit enters inside my pores
on a clear skyline. Like the glaze
she was born from, Mystic Moon thrusts
her citrine arms fluid, wild, loving;


her feverish way of tasting her own moment
highlighting the stencils of open light;
as she gleams, oh so lusciously!.




Theme #5--The Moon Contest
sponsored by SKAT...

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Rose quartz reposes
in peridot buds
Jade trees dangle
Ruby Reds
Unafraid 
lapis jays swoop
on a topaz cat
with emerald eyes
lazing
under a citrine sun 
Amethyst iris preen
through amber rays
of afternoon 
the shadow 
of a moon stone
whispering
behind an aquamarine sky
A silent pool meditates
in turquoise


1st Place
Contest No. 300 Premier
Sponsor:  Brian Strand
6/21/17...

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In sapphire skies dabbled with marshmallow clouds,

a citrine sun shines like a precious jewel.

And I rush to the beach to avoid the crowds,

hoping to find a shady spot where it's cool.

The humidity morphs into drops of sweat,

and my entire body is soon sopping wet.

But once I get there, it's not such a bummer,

just a typical hot day in the summer.


(Rispetto)


7/7/2018...

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I kissed the moon tonight, enveloped 
with quartz amulets of Luna
as luminous streams of stars
paint my poetic sky 
glazed in citrine dust
tracing rain dews
in your eyes
to cleanse
these
scars
I hide
within teal
rivers, swiftly
ferrying lanterns
whilst wishing upon the
Milky Way that your cosmic
rhymes would save my aching soul from
drowning , so take my heart, engrave love...

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Blush
fair skies 
mist Sol-kissed
citrine seduced 
mimosa clouds bask
dreamy in champagne light 

golden-god’s sparkle fills
chalices roused and
rouged as poppies
hail dawn with
unfurled 
whorls


Susan Ashley
August 16, 2021


~ First Place ~
Premiere Contest: Merse 
Sponsor: Malabika Ray Choudhury


*rouged: verb; French; colored red*

*image: Nature Wallpapers > Fields > Poppy field at sunrise*...

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A cerulean heron
perches in cloisonne
among jade shoots
of a topaz tree
as shadows of platinum fish
undulate in silence
of teal waters.
The tableau of moonstone,
fulgid in azure sky,
hovers in citrine dusk
above pearl clouds 
and indigo coastal bluffs.
Night's onyx falls quickly;
the food chain pauses
until sun's lambent carnelian
emerges above a pewter horizon,
when jeweled birds of prey feed
and the gemstone cycle continues....

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