Short Onyx Poems

black sunflower sun
	onyx upon opal orb ~
		curious cat...

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violins play me
onyx death saves parades me
celebrating life...

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onyx oracle
black brave boisterous ballet
fuchsia fearless words...

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Butterfly ballet
Onyx eyes colorful death
Ants feast on white wings...

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Hair hung down
   as wavy onyx,
Beheld within my eye
    Flow wishing....

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dark-
onyx
shadows seep
ebony mist-
black


April 24, 2017...

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cryptic black
glaring onyx of her eyes
~ cold and heartless



posted on June 27, 2020...

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Moonstone eyes
Onyx and wise
Neon in face
Dipped in grace
Aesthetic halo
Yellow gold soul...

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Peacefully playing
Indigo notes
Angelic mood swaying
Negro spiritual hope
Onyx facts history black...

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... sepia dusk settles

           onyx raindrops, moist pebbles

           sheltered flame crackles ......

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Red eyes
Anxious cries
Indigo tears
Neon fears
Dead dreams
Rippled streams
Onyx heart
Poisonous thoughts
Shadows dark...

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White crepe rose petals
fallen.  Onyx table top.
Charmeuse memories
shimmer: Cloisonne vases,
Peau de soie breezes wafting....

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Counting silver seconds
Loosing teal time
Onyx owl beckons 
Clock call is a chime
Karma at it’s prime
Saint or sinner shines...

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in bare hands you tilt 
my earth to seek western skies
spirits set the sun
bare feet chase red jasper realms
from black-onyx sky...

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Scratches on the jewel surface
of a black onyx watch
tiny hands tick endlessly around
now seven, now eight, now ten
Can you break the cycle?...

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He was hooked by bleach blond fish
Only concerned with his 
Onyx deed and red tie to please
Kinda dumb to be at 
Ease
Really Trump is a rump...

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Straw for hair 
Charcoal nose
Awkward stare
Robotic pose
Emerald dreams
Carving my eyes
Red painted cheeks
Onyx cries
Wonderful at wind dancing...

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They’re made of bees wax
Colored in all onyx black
Candles of the night
Cast eerie shadows about
Halloween’s unearthly show

Russell Sivey...

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Lean not into your own understanding
Onyx sky stars are often demanding
Give your shine soul and obey
Indigo souls be of good faith
Never let a day pass that you don't pray....

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An onyx fog
encompasses me 
suffocating
drawing closer
blinding me
can't breathe 
can't see
can't think
I reach
for my pen 
my fingers
brush the metal
but it's just
out of my reach...

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bewitching she glared
onyx eyes
raven hair
jet black gown
graceful and sinister
with her heart of stone
and poisoned lips



AP: 3rd place 2025

Posted on March 13, 2025...

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Push my passion buttons 
Inside feel like indigo mixed with
Lavender
Love
Onyx sky not as bright as
We are when we climb it

Tender kisses like fruit
All
Luxurious and
Kinetic
...

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Lady Onyx has curvy, black nails;
so resistance she quickly assails.
She needs no boot spurs;
for nails long like hers
serve as tailor made cat-o-ten tails.

written 19 February 2016...

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Amethyst beauty cheerful dainty elegant frilly girl
Holy intelligent joyful kind loving mahogany nice onyx plats quick replying simply truthful understanding virtuous with xenial youthful zest...

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Red roses revealing 
Onyx love’s healing
Mahogany skin blends
Amethyst heart within
Natural beauty parade
Those thighs brown eyes face
Images of your neon love
Creating heaven can’t get enough...

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