Desperate emerald envy.
Brownish grey chameleon
scampers across dirt path,
seeks scintillating shrubbery.
Ah . . . relief,
greening on a leaf.
I’m hosting dVerse today, the virtual pub for poets. It’s Tuesday’s Poetics and I’m asking folks to write a poem that includes their birthstone. For example, if you’re born in May, your poem must include the word emerald; January birthdays, garnet; April folks, diamond; etc. Pub opens at 3 PM Boston time. Come on over!
lillian the home poet 
Greening on a leaf! Love that.
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So glad you enjoyed! Would that we could all satisfy our desires this easily 🙂
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Nice to have emerald as a birthstone and you acquited your use of it so well.
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Thanks, Victoria. Glad you enjoyed. Will be fun to see what folks do with this prompt.
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Great poem! I think I prefer him green over brownish-gray.
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Me too! Much more spiffy and cheerful in green 🙂
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Love these lines especially: ‘desperate emerald envy’, ‘seeks scintillating shrubbery’, and ‘greening on a leaf’. That chameleon is pretty. It reminds me of the one my son had recently. He and his girlfriend bought it together. They thought it was male so they named it Carl, only to discover it was not male, so then they named it Carly. Unfortunately, she didn’t live very long, but she was a fun addition for a while.
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Glad you enjoyed. Hmmmm…..me thinks I prefer chameleons in the out of doors rather than in my home! 🙂
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I hear ya. I didn’t want it in my house either, but… *shrugs*
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Btw, the emerald birthstone is big around here. My mom, best friend, and granddaughter all have May birthdays.
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…and my middle name is Mae! 🙂
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A cute chameleon ‘greening on a leaf’. Genius!
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I was so happy to find this photo at pixabay….many of the photos didn’t have the chameleon green…or if it was green, it wasn’t on leaves. 🙂 A fun one to do.
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A very creative illustration of how to work with your prompt, though lizards geek me out a bit. I discovered that June uses Alexandrite as birthstone; a really cool expensive gem.
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I really found it interesting to learn about alexandrite in your post! A few others have added some very interesting information as well. Glad you enjoyed this one … and yes, I totally agree with you. I prefer the chameleons and lizards scampering away from me…rather than near me! 🙂
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Wonderful imagery, and my favourite bit….seeks scintillating shrubbery…..lovely alliteration. XX
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Thanks, Alison. It was fun to go the light-hearted and humorous way with this prompt after my film noir dark and eery post! 🙂
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Nice description of the chameleon “greening” from whatever color it once was.
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Thanks, Frank. Glad you enjoyed.
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A beautiful emerald poem Lillian and I love your ‘scintillating shrubbery’ and ‘greening on a leaf’ :o) xxx
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Wonder what the dogs would do if they came upon a chameleon??? 🙂
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They might be a bit spooked if they saw it change colour! ;o) xxx
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Makes me smile, so glad the chameleon made it to safety. 🙂
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Thanks! Always happy to hand out smiles. I loved the photo I found 🙂
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Emerald always makes me think of Eire where my folks come from. The Emerald Isle. Lovely poem of transition and adaptation.
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Thanks, Paul. We loved our recent visit to Ireland…got out into the beautiful countryside. I can see why it’s called The Emerald Isle ❤
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To be sure 😉
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Greening on a leaf with relief…….Emerald , chameleon……I wonder how much this describes you? Loved it 🙂
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I had fun with this one! Yes — wouldn’t it be nice to just give up all our troubles and worries and “green on a leaf?” 🙂
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It would be sublime 🙂
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Love the idea of the chameleon having a favourite colour :”ah relief, greening on a leaf” 🙂
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🙂 Me too. For some reason, when I thought about emerald, I thought about a chameleon. Go figure! Actually, at first I thought about the “Yellow Brick Road” in the land of Oz…but obviously, that’s not green! So…hmmmm….somehow my mind jumped to a chameleon???
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Our minds work in mysterious ways 😉
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I can see him scampering across the dirt path. No self-respecting chameleon wants to take on the color of dirt, I guess! Great imagery, Lillian! (and thanks for removing my boggled entry).
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“No self-respecting chameleon wants to take on the color of dirt!” You got it! Much better to be a gem in the wild! 🙂
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Emeralds always take me back to the Wizard of Oz. The colors were so vibrant, (though just glass). At least it keeps your chameleon safe, whew
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You remind me how amazed I was when I watched the colorized Wizard of Oz….black and white until she enters the “dream.” Glad you enjoyed.
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😀
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Lovely. A precious stone is not artistic, the way it behaves, so the envy is understandable. And the chameleon ends up in that which is even better, even if it is a chameleon. Really enjoyable.
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So glad you enjoyed. I decided to take the word a very different way…away from the gemstone but still a green that was very much wanted 🙂 And the photo I found really showed off the green! 🙂
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“emerald envy” and “seeks scintillating shrubbery”: how I love this alliteration. Great juxtaposition of the verse with the photograph!
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Thanks, Frank. I was thrilled to find the photo that showed off the greens! 🙂 It was a fun one to write.
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This chameleon is darling! Love your poem!
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Thanks, Mary. I decided to have a little fun with the word in this one. My Film Noir Series (previous post) is so dark. Glad you enjoyed! 🙂
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Brief but nevertheless ‘scintillating’, beautifully robust.
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I had fun with this one. Glad you found it “scintillating” — smiling I am this morning.
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Love the greens. Great detail.
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Isn’t it funny….until you wrote your reply, it hadn’t dawned on me that green is my favorite color…has been for years. And I never connected that with my birthstone. Glad you enjoyed!
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It’s one of mine too, such a rich connection with nature. 🙂
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The chameleon has a way to ward off the problems and may we too can.
thanks for the lovely prompt!
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Ah yes….would that we could simply find a “greening” spot and forget the troubles of the world. Glad you enjoyed the prompt! 🙂
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that’s great…loved turning green……..!!
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He looks like an old man who has found “his” seat at the local breakfast diner.
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Love the emerald envy. cool photo and poem.
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Brava.. 😎😎😎🥀🥀🥀🥀
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