Short Varnished Poems

Short Varnished Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Varnished by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Varnished by length and keyword.


Tints of Apology

An apology lightens my world with varnished hints of atonement.



Bring Color Back Into My World Contest
Jan 21, 2019
© Leon Datu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: varnished, cheer up, sorry,
Form: Monoku


The Jollof

I run to eat the Jollof in the plate
When the love songs made me late
This aromatic food well garnished
Never made my saliva varnished
My joy is ceaseless with this plate
Categories: varnished, funny, hilarious,
Form: Limerick

Shells Tableau

Crystal shells glimmer Porcelain as dawn, Varnished by romance. Like opal baubles. He knits them offshore— As passion’s keepsake. Contest Tableau Prints--nette onclaud 2 Nov 20i7
Categories: varnished, beach, romance,
Form: Verse

I Miss You

Driving on the way home
Road varnished from heavy rain and
sparkling as gemstones
from where the streetlights flicker.
Extra careful in this weather
Long slow journey.
Dark drizzly night
Misty and cold
I do believe-
I miss you home.
Categories: varnished, home,
Form: Free verse

Road Sparkles

Driving on the way home
Road varnished from heavy rain and
sparkling as gemstones
from where the streetlights flicker.



~Re: "I miss you"

Liberum Divisa 7 Poetry Contest, Sponsored by: Gregory Richard Barden
Wed 8th September 2021
Categories: varnished, journey,
Form: Free verse


The Old Rocking Chair

Grandpa's old rocking chair lies varnished in the altar of my antiquated dreams.





                                 November 5, 2016
                                    For Rick Parise
                                    One, One Liner
Categories: varnished, dream, grandfather,
Form: Prose

Gossamer Snare

In pale dawn light, when dew drops glisten,
I listen to a chorus of larks as they chatter.
Scattered about my garden, lilies are in bloom.
Perfumed petals varnished by the fulgent sun.
Spun, is a tangled web between the leaves,
as a busy spider weaves a gossamer snare.



October 11, 2022  
Bitesize Poem No. 53
A contest by Line Gauthier
Categories: varnished, morning,
Form: Verse

Sweet Paramour

I see the edge of your smile
and the tip of your varnished toe,
the waterfall of your flaxen hair
that makes your shadow grow:
Love!  I am the one, who loves 
you as the day.
To lose you makes me shudder
like a mast on a blustered  day;
Keel-haul and whip my hopeless love
Send my soul to hell
But let me call before I die,
Love! I am the one.
Categories: varnished, beauty, confusion, devotion, emotions, heart, jealousy, love,
Form: Free verse
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Flaming Ripples---Etheree

comes wistful, in a gloss of frothy drifts she cruises near bends... old river dressed in leaves peach-gold like October tides. And ripples splash through a varnished light, crests twirling on pale twigs,wildbuds; flaming river’s last glide …. prelude to snow. 9/25/2015 For Love of October Andrea Dietrich's Contest Theme; River/lake in October
Categories: varnished, october, sea,
Form: Etheree
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Disdain Dizain

Disdain can be so hurtful and baseless.
So hard to renew prestige once tarnished.
Derision, sneering in reply useless,
As disdain on disdain, with brush varnished
Only adorns contempt with scorn garnished.
Better to outflank to prove your true worth
In common ground dug over to unearth
A new campaign where seeds already sown
Can yield reputation and worth rebirth
Freed of need to moan and atone, alone.
Categories: varnished, relationship,
Form: Dizain
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- Jukebox -

                              Jukebox plays your hit song
                                  Jackpot for just a dime
                                   Jewel in shiny chrome
                                   Juicy colors varnished
                              Joyful tones and rhythm swings
                                  Jive boogie social dance
                                 Journey; the speed of light
Categories: varnished, fun, memory, music,
Form: Pleiades
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October

When varnished leaves quake overhead And jasmines in their airbrushed red, Match the whippoorwill as it sings Our notes flit on through elder wings-- Into duskfall , an ardor's rite Through October’s final delight: We watch autumn cast her paints high Till stars wane from love's lullaby. ```` Free Verse Or Rhyme Poetry In Its Beauty Eve Roper's Contest 04.11.2019 Pic # 3 Revised
Categories: varnished, autumn, beauty, image,
Form: Rhyme

Ominously Endearing

up the slightly winding stairway 

                my fingers sliding on the varnished

                       contour of the burnished banister

                    that feels like an ominously 

               smooth, sinuous anaconda,

        but happily undulating 

       under my palm

            like a kitten purring 

                     gratefully at being 

                                   caressed...
Categories: varnished, animals, imagination, introspection,
Form: Free verse
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Dreaming

Under the sun's first dancing rays,
The rocks were washed then varnished
And glowed like jewels set in chrome,
That beautified my dream's fancy
Paper boats hopped along the quay
And wandered off with roaming ships,
Then larger crabs in state of fear
Got washed up by a unicorn
Frightening the hard rock pools
Till paper boats drowned, out of reach
While throughout this nightmare, I cried
Deepening my futility
As I stumbled inside my head.
Categories: varnished, dream, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
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Wicked Art!

This poison paint colors my canvas
Indelible, it will not depart
Painted this masterwork is on my surface
Loathsome canvas!
Wicked art!
A masterpiece you work
Varnished transgressions that can not be washed free
Free, from my oil-receptive canvas

For this reason, now 
I must hide this artistic blot
This poison paint
With oils of Truth
Worked by hands of spirit
So that set eyes will never see this crafted bane
A new masterpiece in its stead
Categories: varnished, allegory, art, devotion,
Form: Free verse

Murky Mists of Narcissists Trysts

Varnished Tech Titans
Tattered totems tarnished
Viral tribal bible spiral
Tainted talismans taunted
Cash cows flaunted
Gerontocracy trumps democracy
Theocracy stumps hypocrisy
Autocracy dumps diplomacy
Haunted schism prism
Vaunted Fat Cats
Enigma?…just
Dogma & Stigma
Tit for Tats
Martian Martial law
Doff your hats
To techno-*wats
And petro-*rats
Deplore or Encore?
Poor Planet in flux
All about the bucks
Ersatz Fat Cats
Well More is More!
Categories: varnished, international, technology,
Form: Free verse

Autumn: Sunbeams On Colorful Streams

A spindling sun stream on bough's cloak spun
Melange of orange, yellow, red on foliage doth billow
Decadent Umbrella wields fluorescent shield o'er barren 
fields
Glinted blades colorful shades heighten
Bright-cherry, Oak leaf gloss doth floss
Purple haze of each Sweet Gum lobe doth tase
Yellow fringes on White Oak fingers waxes with gilding 
syringe
Orange Marmalade, Maple stars varnished with tinseling 
spade
Blue Beech crusted folds dusted with a brackish rust
Categories: varnished, seasons
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

A Poets Thought -I-

Thoughts Gachalard emeralds forms one's inner precious
Giving a unique sense of glamour an sight
chisel'd sculpture call; 
showing inner skills devious
varnished tints on canvas; 
grasp one's own tenacious light
smoke mist haze an haar;
cuddle thou scarfs textured delight
immortality aspects bravery;
overcomes all bounds an matches
roaring thunder and cracks in clouds;
inspire th' giant fire inside
how thou art a poets thought 
to hide yet remain in thy lot
Categories: varnished, adventure,
Form: Elegy
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Fireflies At Night

When nightfall cascades through the trees To drift across soft grassland's breeze; This moment comes when fireflies seize A time for peace, the time for peace ~ When lure of wings can make one freeze. Inducing wonder with graced ease, They twirl on air like varnished fleas Enchanting sky through boughs and bees. Now dream in a wheeze, in a wheeze~ As nature's gifts bring heady sprees! 8.29.2016 Monorhyme Mania for John Hamilton
Categories: varnished, flying, insect, magic, nature,
Form: Monorhyme
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Blazed Spectacle

S prawled beneath a line of stars, bright
P ulsating in varnished luster
E ndless jewels gleam, to ignite
C radled breaths as skylines flicker,
T eetering on mid evening’s hue...
A nd neon fireworks dash in a glide,
C lusters waltzing in blazed revue
U nmatched by shadows that divide;
L ight of moonglow, black of wind-streams
A s flashed novas explode up high,
R eeling on, till blinks fade..goodbye.


1/18/2016
Spectacular Acrostic
John Hamilton's Contest
Categories: varnished, beauty, stars,
Form: Rhyme
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On Rubik's Cube

If the Rubik’s cube were round as a ball 
It surely would not have six sides, at all, 
And would be worthless for little more 
Than rolling upon a smooth varnished floor. 
One could not twist the sides or see 
Neat rows of color in squares of three 
Much less give exercise to flexing wrist 
I think you are probably getting the gist. 
If Rubik really wanted to prove his legit 
He should’ve made a puzzle ball of it. 

 
Written December 31, 2020 
For Rubik’s Cube Contest
Categories: varnished, games, humorous,
Form: Couplet

Rain Drops

The lake is surrounded by burnt orange grass that bends.The sparse light rain drops
make perfect circles on the glassy dark water 

that widen until they sleekly disappear. 
The lake mirrors the late Fall afternoon: 
dried-apricot clouds from which peek 

a chilled though soft blue. 
A worn trodden campsite 
is next to a shiny varnished house 

with windows that portray 
the wet sand colors of the docks, 
and the sun-light shifting the sky, 

as an oil painting of an aging day.
Categories: varnished, allusion, appreciation, art, autumn,
Form: Free verse

Politico's Grin

.

When you grin good
in the glare of publicity,

     no hint of your dark disdain 
     the masses should see

as there you dole out mere 
morsels to mere mortals,

     wangling their votes, you've 
     got no scrupples for morals.

     
But your thinly varnished
ill-repute does attest

      to the myth of the truth 
      of your loud oaths at best.

Yet, you flaunt your self-serving 
      generosity

      as you grin good
      in the glare of publicity!

.
Categories: varnished, political
Form: Tail-rhyme
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