Written: May 03, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand
Olena Babak's artwork Spring's Easel Explodes Painting Shades
( It is more convenient to read the poem while looking at the artwork.)
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the light shines in the eye of the whirlwind
whipping vanilla meringue through the clouds
swinging, the swamp lawn shoots over the shore
casting an apricot glow from the shrouds
butterscotch hues lace the periwinkle sky
peach, tangerine, and lavender stripes, too
caramel waves ripple across the lakebed
illuminating the lemon in the zircon view
In lush glades on a cypress-lined isle
pink flamingos find shelter by the trees
blue herons weave twig nests in the boughs
swaying in the warm, tropical-scented breeze
as dusk draws the brightness down to the horizon
Mother Earth downpours on the cornflowers
nourishing buttercups, milkweed, and daisies
while people describe the sprinklers as April showers
Categories:
zircon, art, tree,
Form: Ekphrasis
My Creed
I live - a child -
Wrapped in feast days of divine whimsy
When the world outlines itself
In blue zircon sparkle
A child of the season
When glittering petals of snowflowers
Rest on barren branches
Casting shadows of bursting light
Into tumult
Where defeated darkness whines
In an ebony gloom,
Cowering
In the amber blush of an evergreen dawn.
Taking a holly branch in my hands
I choose to walk through the shortest days,
Into the longest midnights,
Embracing the fire of the Spirit –
Guardian of precious light
From all consuming blackness –
To stand watch at the apex of midnight bells
To celebrate
Heaving darkness back into its sneering leers
To walk in an eternal festival of the celestial.
I choose to embrace jubilee
Source of golden radiance
To make merry in an eternal gala
And join rejoicing joy
Infecting every fleeting crumb of time
Dancing with triumphant jubilation,
Ambassador to consecrated oblation,
Reaching
Always reaching to receive celebration
From eternity.
Categories:
zircon, child, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Marigolds, pansies, sunflowers, tulips, and carnations
Bird or beast, fish, or all mountainous valley temptations
Zircon, sapphire, topaz, citrine, jade, garnet, and beryl
Gold, brass, copper, or any yellow-coloured metal
In my Indian culture, I know, yellow brings gladness.
Its little glimpse brings, they say, zeal and zest to its fullness
Yellow-wrapped invitation cards; yellowish gold culled words
Do you know that in India, we had gold-gilded swords?
Whether you win or lose, auspiciousness is what matters.
Yellow is the witch, we know, by whom each evil shatters.
Has my house painted yellow ever peeled off? I don't know
When it comes to shades, it's with yellow that I seem to flow.
It's a germ killer. It's In turmeric water, we bathe.
With quality and quantity of gold, our brides we swathe
With yellow in rare shades, their villa is decorated
Will they live so long, or will they soon get separated?
This is why they ask me, "Why is yellow the best?" I say:
In my nation, sure, there are 130 shades of yellow. Anyway
Categories:
zircon, color, life,
Form: Rhyme
Zircon’s Fire
Flames of deep amber glint in zircon fire
Brilliant crystals smolder
In conflagration’s desire
Sparks flash in gold
Winter’s white fire sparkles in deepest blues
Frost crystal diadems
Azure jewel’s celestial hues -
December gem
A rainbow ignited, yellow and green,
Joyful flashes exclaim
Fiery festival in sparks sheen
Gemstone aflame
Hypnotic fires of purest energy
Zircon’s fire burns breathless
Impassioned spirit light sets free
Whimsy endless
12-28-22
Contest: Zip, Zig, Zag, Zing
Sponsor: Constance La France
Rhymes checked with www.rhymezone
Syllables check with www.howmanysyllables
Categories:
zircon, december, fire, light,
Form: Rhyme
Snake oily palms
got a-plenty
under the table plans
Synthetic sly reptilian smile
bewitching many
Picking pockets with a hidden hand
Real filthy lucre fingernails
have the zircon gluttonous glow
that enticingly Endora sells
Dirty laundered money
boa clutches
that unclean epidermal soul
Those cobra soundbytes ain’t adder funny,
them sticky finger touches
love taking venom spit control
Dealing so anaconda treacherous
from the bottom of the deck
Pale poker face don’t wink reveal the poison ivy tell
Diamondback enamel scales
cover thorny digits —
Five fingers of sleight close the eclipse-colored veil
Oz-vader gator vice grip
unevenly tilt the bottom line balance
Stolen zeroes get a counterfeit eulogy farewell
Sympathetic shakes of hollow sincerity
accompany the revenue loss burial
Tainted double-cross lots of empty purse plots
Fervent loan believers only learn
when they forfeiture fit get iron glove squeezed
By the mint hidden hand inurned
Phantom phalanges scratch pilfering churn ...
fungi finger worms make the dirty green soil toxic turn
Emitting a dollar scent viper vapor burned
Categories:
zircon, allusion, corruption, money, perspective,
Form: Dramatic Verse
O’ ten decem being tenth month of the year, so endearing, Alas. A seasonal transferring removed from Romulus calendar, remembered now as a season of division. Marked by changes in weather, ecology and amount of daylight on earth. My flower December Narcissus encased in a vase slab of Turquoise, Zircon and Tanzanite-what does December symbolize?
final month of Julian and Gregorian Calendars December Is the twelfth and the seventh and last of seven months that has lengths of 31 days in cold praise...
~
O’ ten decem twelve
Solace month of winter’s breath
plants to be dormant
12/16/19
For December or January Haibun Contest Poetry Contest
Haibun poetry form only.
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
zircon, analogy, appreciation, december, introspection,
Form: Haibun
white
clean lines
a beauty
and timelessness
the harmony and sacred atmosphere
atmosphere on a canvas ... you decide
reflects the time
a zircon
the light
white
26.04.2019
Sun :) A-L Andresen :)
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Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina
Poem of the Day: 28.04.2019
2nd place in the contest
Categories:
zircon, art, fashion, write,
Form: Tetractys
While casual, coral reef cruising, marlin flygirl fishing,
my dinghy eyes got capsized
into the shimmy-ing belly of a barracuda
Crustacean curiosity got sent on an abdominal mission
My dinghy eyes got capsized ...
chum dummy fell overboard into the deep end
Lost in an ocean of pulse infatuation,
sponge orbitals didn’t realize
Into the shimmy-ing belly of a barracuda,
blubbering thoughts have taken infirm control of me
Spawn desires swimming upstream,
chasing a she-devil in a triangle Bermuda
Crustacean curiosity got sent on an abdominal mission,
found out the aorta pearl was inside a zircon clam
Mystery lust algae dragged my ego undertow ...
While casual, coral reef cruising, marlin flygirl fishing
Categories:
zircon, allusion, imagery, love hurts,
Form: Villanelle
MORGANITE
You sprang up like a shoot,
And art translucent to form.
Acrylic with tears the norm,
Brush strokes of life; resolute.
MAW SIT SIT
My memories are dim
Of me and him,
Breaches of birth. Strangers
Now, dear mannequin.
SPHALERITE
Lost in a world of make believe,
Trying to be human of sorts,
Touching life's Eden to perceive,
His favourite tipple! Vintage port.
SUGILITE
Troubled heart, troubled mind,
You fled our shores abroad,
You spoke with an accent kind
Your sorrows of life you stored.
SPHENE
Champagne fizz, popping the cork,
Nightclub Madonna to dance.
Dreaming of high rise New York,
So much better than France!
MOONSTONE
Tot 'n' Ham labours two,
Mothered to your breast,
Redwood trees, how they grew!
A familial love and blessed.
ZIRCON
Travelling through mythical days,
Chains of law untethered,
Stonehenge Rigveda praise,
Countenance aglow; weathered.
This poem is about a particular aspect of my siblings, including myself here and the name of each gemstone is quite rare and unique as we all are as individuals
Edward
Categories:
zircon, family,
Form: Rhyme
Gods must be crazy -
A mixed bag of surprises -
while creating you
They put a heart of Gold and Zircon eyes,
melted love and compassion to mix
the amazing emotions and
sprinkled positivity
all over to make
you so special
"Ma Cherie"-
I Love
You
Categories:
zircon, love,
Form: Free verse
Lovely symmetry
Delectable eyes
A majestic zircon
Cheeks mirror sapphire skies
Her skin platinum paradise
Idle amour is weaving
Bones tingle with creamy delight
Hearts groove in mellow fashion
A valentine matrix
Categories:
zircon, passion, romance,
Form: Verse