His Constant Companion
...Albert Nelson's father bought a huge clock, the very day he was born,
A happy fellow, with a winsome smile. Like the merry pink sun, at dawn.
Being too tall for the shelf, it stood inside...
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Categories:
tangelo, age, death, fantasy, friend,
Form: Couplet
Cock Robin's Song
...I was a capable, urban professional, quite eagerly living the high life;
Like pink robin, of the saffron noon zenith, afore shadows bloom rife.
My daily work was very challenging, and it ...
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Categories:
tangelo, bird, fantasy, home, morning,
Form: Couplet
Divine Delight
...What a cameo in the hot harmattan eve !
Sweet soursop scents marinated with the haze
And all the other ones impasse in my qui vive .
Words became satisfying minting juice ,
Black with currents...
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Categories:
tangelo, beauty, bible, color, faith,
Form: Free verse
Wild Moon of Magic
...I was quite the cunning magician, famed for my illusions and sleight of hand,
Like cool tricks that jade green nature plays, that often we don't understand.
Days were filled with wonder and encha...
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Categories:
tangelo, fantasy, green, imagery, magic,
Form: Couplet
Orange Serenade
...Orioles, blue jays, blackbirds, and red robins all sing
robustly to tangelo sun, as meadows and woods ring.
All through spring and summer gloss, as roses glisten,
Natur...
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Categories:
tangelo, beautiful, bird, color, nature,
Form: Acrostic
The Dream Days
...Dreamy days of summer, violet petals on the wind,
Apple green forest music, too bad it will soon end,
Petals cover wild walkways, summer's just leaving,
Trees are weeping beauty, summer is just gr...
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Categories:
tangelo, beauty, color, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Larissa Laluna
...The sun was sporting a radiant yellow,
with headlong pause, upon entering her space.
Tanned and serene, cheered by warm fellow,
Larissa’s slightly demure, emanating grace,
framed in the ...
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Categories:
tangelo, imagery, moon, seasons, sun,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Tantalizing Pleiades T
...Tantalizing
Truffles taunt temptation
Tangelo trifles flirt
Taffy tempts – sweet come-ons
Tiramisu temptress
Tapioca tart traps
Toffee lures – Turn! Take off!
Triumph ‘ore seduction
Se...
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Categories:
tangelo, celebration, longing, sweet,
Form: Pleiades
I Like Oranges
...Lemons are sour and limes are green
mandarins are as sweet is anything
I like oranges
Kumquats and clementines have funny names
grapefruits and pomelos taste the same
I like oranges
Sweetie...
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Categories:
tangelo, fruit, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Orange Lovers
...Orange Lovers
The artist Michaelangelo
loved to eat a tangelo
and Da Vinci could be seen
munching on a tangerine
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Sponsored by Tanya Kitchin
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Categories:
tangelo, art,
Form: Clerihew
Winter's Pewter Ghost
...Like an eye through a keyhole
the moon's eclipse obfuscates
sun's white incandescence,
turns the solstice to morgue-gray.
As mist rises from a charcoal lake
laced with ice's torn edges
minion...
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Categories:
tangelo, color, imagery, moon, winter,
Form: Ekphrasis
Autumn Colors
...Autumn arrives astride a chilly breeze
Urged to paint the leaves before Winter's freeze.
The forest faires are all set to go
Under Luna's metallic golden glow.
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Categories:
tangelo, autumn, beautiful, imagery, nature,
Form: Acrostic
Secrets of Sundown
...The night a blazing orange.
A sense of freedom and adventure cuts through the air-
Nothing can stop us now!
The sun sets to leave only a tinge of amber,
As the day creatures turn to their beds ...
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Categories:
tangelo, adventure, color, feelings, freedom,
Form: I do not know?
New Day
...Dawn unhurriedly raises,warms and embraces as fresh soothingly breezes quiet the daylight.
Aromas of sweet morning glories blanket the air while the valiant trees ballet in majesty
with no cares.
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Categories:
tangelo, happiness, inspirational, life, love,
Form: Blank verse
Majestical Brilliance
...Slowly I rise. I patiently await my royal cue.
I wait for my brother’s last radiant tangelo hue.
Darkness will have vanished. All will welcome the new day.
My beams of warmth will blanket my chi...
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Categories:
tangelo, happiness, nature, peace,
Form: Sonnet
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