Short Gilt Poems

How sweetly flows this water  
onto bright gilt rocks 
pray shine for me forever...

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Fall foliage camouflaged gilt crawl
veiling autumn's quixotic fall.

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Red cherries,
falling down darkly.
Crimson sun.
Scarlet bliss,
gilt bloom days not far behind,
so juicy and sweet!...

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the gold of the rich
the gilt of the wealthiest
what funds the dollar?
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PENNED ON AUGUST 16, 2014!...

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aqueduct bridge and path spies
an old stone church in the clouds
with her forested steeple
— gilt-raptured windows

10/5/2018...

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When your mind
has roots in poverty
all riches bend and wilt

The fleeting gold
the moment holds
— no more than fading gilt

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)
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Crisp brutal cold night
                                       three horses hauls a gilt troika, 
                                         through the snowy roads...

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Lambent she stood before,
with arms outstretched 
My alary lucent beauty 
her hair of gilt, glistened  
Auspicious with an indulging smile
bringing a ambrosial warmth
Comforting as ethereal melodies play...

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blooms in the desert
how gilt seasons come and go
abracadabra

mysterious night
the comfort of a rainbow
honey from a bee

fire in evening skies
endless hours on streets of time
days grown old too soon...

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Volutes of nirvana 
vine leafs hem cobalt green
vale’s sun drenched molten trance
van dyke brown eyesore balm
vital sign gilt mirrors
vanish o’er rainbow gules
vainglorious zoom lens

Date submitted : 6 th May 2021...

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A Pastor restoring a picture frame
needed to replace some gold leaf,
upon asking the girl
at the Hardware shop.
“Do you have any gilt?”
She replied
“Sometimes it’s overpowering”

Anon

Revived  Harry J Horsman  2010...

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Blazing wild meadows,
Cherry blossoms, budding green,
Cascades of flowers!
Spring in the Blue Ridge Mountains
is a gilt orange season.


Written on: 3/6/2022
For: Springtime Beauty Tanka Poetry 
Contest
Sponsor: M. L. Kiser...

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gilt
but of intricacy
of a mirror’s frame
guilt
shown an ember in me
am I not the reflection’s heel
am I not intrinsic
   asked, though eschewed
you judge me mirror
   abased, now
heavens just let me be
in my own camouflaged
hypocrisy 


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Colorful treads layered with gilt
fling upward, pulled by swift rage;
a work of art made with soft silk,
once pretty, now without image. 
How iridescent one seems...
as it flees from the messy base,
leaving the pile of torn strings;
it refuses to turn into lace!...

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Light rays from the sun
Gilt edges around the frame
Small rainbow children

Even where weeds grow
You leave traces in the sand
It is our own earth

The thin little strands
And the world will be as one
Everyone on board






 27.08.2015 A-L Andresen :)
 Copyright © All Rights Reserved...

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Windswept, the rows of leaves descent.
Bereft the bare of toppling dreamt.
The lamb of fluffiness gives clue.
A pram does shake with laughter coo.

The revenue of shapes and hues,
For heaven sweeps, creates such views.
Plush yards of harvest dreams full tilt.
Postcards of dawn or dusk and gilt.
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moving clouds, puffy
gold rose dawn fills waking skies
summer's honeyed days

as heat gains its peak
gilt clouds, noon butterscotch sky
lemon meringue pie

chocolate sunset
cocoa with soft marshmallows
so frothy and light

morning, noon and night
fluffy clouds slowly drift by
colorful summer...

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gilt leaves are falling
at the last thrill of summer
life is filled with change

sunshine fills the noon
scattering leaves cars go by
on a tree lined street

brisk winds whip my hair
red cardinal is staying
for the joys of snow

a spongy carpet
on a path that goes for miles
ending in the spring...

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in strawberry dawn
yellow roses tinged with gold
midst trembling green leaves

blueberry skies and
afternoon's raven shadows
seagulls glide gilt bay

mulberry evening
as scarlet butterflies leave
with stars as their guide

blackberry midnight
phantoms dance in lilac dreams
like breeze in the trees...

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Betray your friends
Turn your back on them
For in your eyes
Glows shining and faultless
A glorious prize
Valued far above compassion
Of which the size alone
Is compensation

But in the end you'll find
The bag of gold
For which you sold your soul
Has turned to stone
You'll have nothing left
But your gilt...

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I only tell of sunny hours...
I,Gnomon,
Sundial yeoman;
Suntanned sentinel 
Stand watch,
Shedding tears for unrequited love.
My cooling shadow stalks sun;
Caresses with timely sunscreen
Sweet sundial’s gilt Egyptian face.
Ask me time of day;
“Shadow knows,” I’ll say.
Shadow will not rest
‘Til sun does nest....

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Rebirth glides -
a bee balm ballerina 
with dainty airs   
sails soft upon enchanted wisps
of Spirit’s blown kiss..
wandering a nectar network  
weaving amid shaggy blooms gilt-tilled..

a dancer in gold dust 
her slipper feet 
of light and peace
bring blessings of fruition
to wild-garden's frilly lavender fillies...

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A wall of Jacobean era lattice-windows
line my dorm room - my private eyes.

How many freshmen have watched
the gilt harvest moon from this seat?

I keep them open, for cool breezes,
and the comforting the sounds of life,
in overworked, needy moments.

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the university opened in 1706 - I guess I'm not unique...

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There's plastic in the ocean
Plastic in the sea

There's plastic in the boatyard
Plastic in the bay

There's plastic in the gut of a turtle
Plastic in a mantaray

There's plastic in a gilt-head bream
Plastic in it's prey

There's plastic in a Landfill
Plastic in a seagull

There's plastic in the foodchain
Plastic in our DNA...

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There was a young Scots lass named Lilt
Who wondered, “What’s under Mac’s kilt?”
She asked him politely,
He answered contritely,
“It used to be braw but it’s wilt”.

There was a young Scotsman named Vin,
A wench tossed a coin with a grin.
He hoisted his kilt,
Said,  "Keep yer wee gilt -
I forgaw ma knickers agin!"

March 8, 2021...

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