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    clumsily tumbling
    like tumblers
    or something-or-others
    the labourers bundling
    rafters and awnings
    laughing
    one another
    longing
    the buzzing of ochres
    and umbers
    a jungle of mumblers
    the sufferers
    of buzz saw lobotomies
    are teething no longer
    such wealth
    and redemption
    resurrection through
    metamorphosis
    assembled and suspending epicentred
    in a splendour of slenderly wound timber
    I wonder
    the spiralling staircase is an extension
    of the heavens
    signed by someone-or-other
    that humble carpenter
    anonymous and unfunded they say
    and remembered as an angel
    undercover
    with a hammer of mahogany



    Next: Midnight Blue

    -seems my find function didn't highlight midnight blue as a duplicate. Alternatively use blood burgundy if desired.
    Last edited by slipee; 11-09-2013 at 08:11 PM. Reason: That's a fun writing style, but I'll not steal Cacian's swagger (again) I was just taking it for a spin ;)

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    Midnight Blue

    Midnight blue
    Coming through
    Upon the empty road.
    Autumn wind
    About me grinned
    And freed me from my load.

    Midnight blue,
    Nothing new
    Comes around the bend.
    There's no one there.
    No need to stare.
    We'll make it to the end.

    Midnight blue,
    I love you, too.
    Our home is now in sight.
    And safe we'll be
    Eternally,
    Dancing with delight.


    Next: blood burgundy, the previous alternate
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    marbling and tincture
    slates sprain through vermillion
    as if fluids to the flume
    blood's burgundy meridian


    Next: Tangerine
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    tangerine
    a florentine seen
    orange to the light
    sheens
    it appears tan
    like a sun high meridian
    ran
    but under a dim
    it appears slim
    it almost trims
    to become gone
    white perpendiculars
    its height
    ephemere till the day airs
    beautiful
    it fairs.


    caraway
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    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Carried Away



    Carried Away


    These padded walls of my cell are the colour of caraway
    fruits in the cakes I am fed; and as pungent as my poverty

    O' for the black seed of home, being the cure for every
    ailment 'cept death, to cure my madness and set me free

    6/10/2014


    Next: Ochre

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    who am I but a stitch in time
    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

    7-8-2015

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    ochre
    the tangerine
    poker
    it fades late
    under a light
    states
    but reinforces
    weights
    under a dim
    great
    double is to wait
    to your every faith.


    light pink
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    A Study in Light Pink / Titania

    She floated like a cloud
    into the night within an aura
    of light pink light;
    ushering in an illusion
    of innocence and grace -
    a playful naiveté
    that took one's breath away
    Cold and calculating
    she whisked! me from the air
    hands tightly cupped together
    catching yet another firefly

    6/21/2014


    Next: Old lavender

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    who am I but a stitch in time
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    would you see me origami

    7-8-2015

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    Lavender

    You have become faded
    as Miss Havisham,
    a Mariana,
    but still there remains
    traces of your beauty
    in soft subtle tones
    which cannot be denied,
    it is a remembrance
    of lingering aromas,
    an exotic taste
    upon the tip of the tongue,
    yet it whisperers of
    melancholy.

    Next: Magenta

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    magenta
    the mechanics
    of the sun
    they shine upon
    thee
    in and out of
    demi
    a light a breeze
    to be
    appears to flee
    and you to
    seas of colour
    you are auror.


    beige
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    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Beige

    Beige is bland,
    Works nine to five.
    Some wonder how
    Beige stays alive.

    It just exists
    From now to now
    Enjoying it
    Most anyhow.


    Next: light green

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    light green
    is a shade
    cream
    against
    the sun it leans
    but against the clouds
    it streams
    jets of turquoise
    it is a dream
    such colour is a
    scream.

    next: ember
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    A Luminescent Raw Umber Glow

    The people, a luminescent raw
    umber glow, dance - arms upraised
    Outlined in carbon black abstract
    they gloat over enemies designated
    by red and yellow ochers resembling
    hot embers in a crackling fire
    A bonfire's blaze adds life and
    violence to the flickering tableau
    Bison caper gracing another wall
    and black-tailed deer evoke the
    joy! of the chase; the short-faced
    bear and long-toothed cat remind
    them all too well of their frailty

    6/25/2014


    Next: burlywood

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    who am I but a stitch in time
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    would you see me origami

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    In my childhood
    In my mind
    I find
    My scribbly lines
    My rivers and lakes
    My pines
    My Railway signs
    Steam train tracks
    And a timeline of things
    It seems
    I left behind.
    Between the tines
    I find
    Of my enchanted forest browns
    Burnt umbers, Burlywoods
    A little book of mine
    A little mind
    A little hand
    A little sketch I signed
    Reminds...
    I was forever drawing
    All my spare time
    At the kitchen table
    The partially open blinds
    Reminds me the colours I'd colour between
    The lines that I sometimes went over
    And how it was fine by everyone but I
    Of course it refined
    In time
    Eventually..
    Hah...such a funny mind
    And funny line of thinking
    In hindsight, I find
    I'm pleasantly surprised


    Next up: Quicksilver


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    Sons of Helaman


    A cool quicksilver grume
    runs through their veins

    Bold as brass
    all worldliness they disdain

    Chiseled sinews
    coiled with raging power

    The iron rod tempers
    their priesthood's might

    Go forth, warriors!
    forged of truth and light

    And honor the teachings
    of your mothers

    3/5/2015


    Next: cerise

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    Cerise

    Cherry red
    Attraction, taste
    And seeds to grow.
    They’re likely waste.
    It does not matter.
    Life will flow.
    The cherry’s red
    With gifts to go.


    Blue

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