Short Sherbet Poems

Heroes
Drink the sherbet of
Martyrdom...

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Large sherbet bowls.
Fruit filling taste.
Aroma desired treat....

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Fear death no more
Drink the sherbet of
     Martyrdom
Lead the brave martyrs
And die like a man my son...

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Dawn awakens, senses heighten
Orange sherbet streaks brilliant
Underpin clouds your eyes taste
Alight on your tongue ere they fade...

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pale streaks
preview
her coronation
orange sherbet
baby blue
now rich magenta
pointing the way...
a reticent orb
abruptly
beams
over the horizon...

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peers through my warm windowpane

whispering to me,  ever so gently

see my sherbet colors,  all anew, for you



8/32019
7:30pm PST
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Tanka – Crespuscular Rays (Sun Rays)

Crespuscular rays
In an orange sherbet sky,
Penetrates surface
of stratocumulus clouds
to kiss a raging blue sea...

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winter wild geese

winter wild geese soar
 neon twilight on their wings ~
  orange sherbet sky

1-16-22
Contest: Winter Haiku
Spo9nsor: Tania Kitchin
Syllable checked by Howmanysyllables...

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                                           orange sherbet sun
                                      prepare your jack-o'-lantern -
                                            a toothless monster...

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   It's an ice cream day, they say
   sherbet and orange cream
     sky, a slow motion dream

   Sprinkles brighten curlicue clouds 
   Lemonade sun bursts through
     breathe deep ~ nectar's rendezvous

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We both reach
for a camera,
but forget
as the moment takes wing.

Tangerine buds bloom
into a sherbet fountain.
An orange and black dartle
of downy sunshine.

Hearts abeyant,
our perception hangs
from each ribbon of light....

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    Spellbound, she thrills 
      to pirouettes and whirls 

    Leaves her seat to dance in the aisle
      the precocious young child

    Shushed to sit down
      her bright eyes droop

    O, but for want of a mentor 
      with a rainbow sherbet scoop
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Cerise fiery flames
roasted jalapeno clouds... 
crimson and scarlet


Orange sherbet clouds
dipped in creamy chocolate...
a twilight surprise


Pink lemonade skies
color cotton candy clouds...
dusk takes on a blush



(Haiku)


8/20/2015...

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Colored sails dot the horizon
   fire-orange flecks dip and rise in
Turquoise palettes, sherbet skies...

Demigods lounge g-stringed
   in ocean-front's warm sands 
Bulging their muscles
   Glistening their sweat

~ Tan, the sole tint
      they're aware of as yet...

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The lemon drop child
looked at the world
through sherbet fountain eyes.
Her sour cherry lips
spouting black jack words,
whilst her mind was an
aniseed twist.

Her rhubarb and custard complexion
and curly wurly 
liquorice hair
Belied her treacle toffee soul
No love heart there....

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Pink swirly frosting
Strawberry cake with whipped filling
Ice cream sherbet
Sweetheart roses
Feminine presentation
Pinks light up the room
Goblets and glassware glow in a glitzy way
Perfect birthday for Great-Grandma
Who loves pink, elegance
and fancy, beautiful things...

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A cry for help
a barren breeze 
a body ravished
lifeless 
in a womb of desolate brush
Stacy was six years old
she loved rainbow sherbet 
the color purple
her mother’s voice
But Stacy is dead
as are her hopes and dreams
forever vanquished 
by the bloody hand of iniquity...

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A cloud of scarlet and crimson petals
Spill down from above,
Pirouetting  delicately
As they clasp the breeze
In a silent, fluttering waltz.
Drips of colour stain sherbet white snow,
Blossoming chaotically
As the legion of scandal - red petals
Pour relentlessly down.
Flowers for the living....

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The flavor of our love 

Bright within the sunrise sherbet
where apricot reveals the sky,
the sweet harvest of morning
drips from your dawning smile
as I kiss the taste from 
cinnamon cream lips,
enjoying the ambrosial flavor 
of our love

Good morning Soupers...

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gypsy girl flowing in a flash of red skirt
 her glazed bodice in breeze of bluebells
 In fountain of rejoice, wild rapacious flirt
 crystal lapis lazuli , my fortune she tells 
 "you'll soon fall in love and gonna get hurt"
 In a sherbet dream, my cheerful heart yells.



14th April 2020...

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We both reach for a camera
both forget to click on the image
as a flight of rainbows takes wing.

Tangerine buds bloom into a sherbet fountain.
Orange and black ride a ray of sunlight.

“Phew, did you catch it?”
“No I got nuked by the moment!”

“Yes, better that way.” she replied thoughtfully....

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Florescent sherbet Cirrus puffs floating
O’er wavy ribbon candy horizon,
Candy cane sun shafts with sprinkles coating,
Licking a custard filled moon rising.

Marmalade splattered skies,
wisps of folded blueberry streaked batter,
devoured by my eyes.
Is imagination over matter.


Written 7/18/11...

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                                  An Alliterative Summer
                                         8/15/2023 
    
                                 summer smiled and stayed
                                 some sweat, shouting, “sinister”
                                 sweet sherbet, savored


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An orange-streaked sunset
  called to her
in swirling mists
  of sapphire fleur-de-lis

She followed its path
  in hypnotic trance
A pink sherbet blouse
  atop flared pastel pants

As the fire dipped toward the ocean
  her heart swelled with emotion
A graceful dive to waters deep
  treasured memories to keep...

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The morning -
kayaks launch, voices call,
sound moves cleanly over deep waters.

White ibis and blue heron cordon cypress knees;
shallow eddies mirror the faces of our dreams.

At twilight, sherbet reflections paint
sunlight's fair, fading face
on our lake.



Copyright, May 31, 2014
Faye Lanham Gibson...

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