Short Verdigris Poems

Velvet verdigris
solid static tsunami
mounded muscle mass
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ferns cascade
along a woodland trail
verdigris spires

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Sun is brightly shining …
Minaret echoes throughout 
haze hides verdigris...

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A cascade of white among the verdigris
tickles the ferns below as singing frogs
leap about, cooling themselves in water-play.
On a nearby rock,
I enjoy the rushing water’s breeze.
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Purple plumes dangle amid the verdigris
the sweet-scented Wisteria Kapitan
a footbridge of Feng Shui dreams
enraptures my inner child's spirit.

2-21-2023
PREMIER CHOICE no 1190 Poetry Contest
Brian Strand...

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A rhapsodic delight in a carmine feathered coat,
a cardinal sits amid the verdigris limbs;
with breast puffed out
he croons lovely tones as
vibrations of harmony 
to my ears;
Ah, nature is bliss!

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A tiny head peeks
from the lime verdigris
and the broken cocoon
reveals the offspring.
Leaves stretch to golden rays
celebrating Spring.
 

1-6-2022
Bite Size Poem #35 Poetry Contest
Line Gauthier...

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A dawning truth breaks the amber skies and
I watch white cedar celebrate its elation;
light-play tickles my brain cells, in
tones of sepia-golds and verdigris.
The cirrus seems content with its
travels, gifting hope of new beginnings.
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Verdigris on bronze viv
anchors in mud’s delta.
Grim steps keep going…
A strange fear: the sea,
biting like thorny scrub…
On salty tears, a rodeo
nimbly rides, life’s pain
death-dusting the land…

Still seeking a fortress?

(12/30/20: ’98 Carver Mariner 350 DMS)...

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How sunlight turns everything green – 
emerald grass on the headland, 
bottle-green of undergrowth and shadow, 
verdigris of shallow water in the cove, 
moss-green of tidal pools.

But oh, the browns – auburn, russet, 
cinnamon – shades that render 
sea and land, as painted 
by this morning’s artist sun-brush, 
so much greener....

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From the womb life gushes forth,
in hues of verdigris, red, yellow and blue.
Her children leafy sentinels, two-legged,
four-legged, scaled and winged;
suckle from her abundant breast.
We are each a Gaia-seedling,
though womb waters are safe harbor for some
her essence resides in all within Gaia’s tribe.

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the tiger deflowers and lays to flat
a pride and hubris you've long kept intact
perched on thin bough
         stripped cat of its meow
claws cut through bush, red earth and Muntjac

and teeth draw blood on a great Pollack canvas
dark as Bordeaux in a patterned Acanthus
a thick spray of clay
         blooming arches and folds
the verdigris breath of a desert-night cold...

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center>I unearth a penny coin,
oxidated,
a green coat of verdigris.

Numbers reveal,
an age,
one that is decades away
from its mint condition.

I am part of the earth now,
unpolished
gold mutated to copper,
yet still worth
spending.

I have been buying time
deep in the earth of myself.

What the sky now sees of me
is yesterday's sunrise,
and today's shining.
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A rainy hike following mud trails.
It’s a Cadillac ‘Fleetwood’
here in the back woods!

A car crumbling out of memory.
Layers of rust have layers of moss,
a film of bird  adds a splotchy frost
to the crud.
Not many Cadillac bones are left,
just metallic tree ruins and
the verdigris of blight.

Tired, wet, and bedraggled,
I wish I could have pulled that car
out of the past
and driven it home....

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A rainy hike
following mud trails.
It’s a Cadillac ‘Fleetwood’
here in the back woods!

A car crumbling out of memory.
Layers of rust have layers of moss,
a film of bird crap adds a splotchy frost
to the crud.  
Not even Cadillac bones are left,
just metallic tree ruins and
the verdigris of blight. 

Tired, wet and bedraggled,
I wish I could have pulled that car
out of the past
and driven it home....

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Nature's
verdigris face
beams at waterfalls touch
evergreens drink a hearty fill
moss is abundant upon the limestone;
I sit dangling my feet in the
cool aqua-watching swans
glide lazily
along.

a taste
of springtime peace
invades my spirit with
its' lure in this place every year;
mother earth is a sweet nurturer, soft
of caress to the soul who needs
an escape from the grind;
tranquility
wondrous!

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Chromatic cascade
across the land
sporting a cavalcade
of roses, parrot tulips,
irises, narcissus
and I look out over the 
painted mountain 
to revel in the 
wildflowers waltzing
in a casual breeze.
Atop the verdigris
the flora brings
serenity to my spirit
and I grab my 
paint-box and canvas;
it’s time to capture
the season’s rebirth
once again.

 

5-7-2021
Nature Poetry Contest
Regina McIntosh...

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Enveloped in luxuriant
life giving verdigris;
I breathe in the light;
exhale the darkness.

Cellular metamorphosis;
fusion of spirit essence;
concession to chrysalis
trans-formative
intervention...

Miraculous visitation,
persistent progression,
a celestial procession;
time-slipping
towards renewal...

concatenation luring elation;
blissful appreciation
for Raphael’s gift...
I succumb to
supernal rejuvenation.

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