colours poetry

[cacian]

write a poem describing a colour then suggest a new colour
for the next contestant to write about:thumbsup:



Topaz

topaz is rose
to silken bows
it runs through
ryes and water maze
it symbolises happier skies
under the sun
topaz has glows
over the moon
and further roons


next Amethyst

[BookBeauty]

I can't see this lasting very long, but people can get pretty creative, I suppose!



The seventh chakra,
Attached to divine
Said to be colour
Of amethyst fine

Sahasrara's wheel turns,
At the crown of the head
High consciousness
Dreams unsaid.


I was thinking of adding more stanzas, but I think that's fine as is. :D

The next colour, is indigo.

[jajdude]

When I think of indigo
I don't really know what color that is.
But we learned it is in the rainbow.
Though I still don't know what it is.

Next: Red.

[cacian]

red

it's ruby crimson
crushed berries soupson
red is firesome
couleur of passion
it's sky damson
holy fancym
it's ribbon of rouge
symbol of luge
kisses of lures
on lipstick pure
fashioned
and passioned
it's red
it's roon
it's tuned
it's colour of lune
at midghnit dune

next: orange

[Dark Muse]

Orange

Fire's blushing glow
a burst of warmth,
refreshing with the
taste of summer,
tingling upon the tongue,
the scent of a cooling
breeze, vibrant
it paints the sky
at dawns wakening,
balanced between
sweetness and tart,
rousing childhood
memories,
a comfort for the promises
of another day.

Next: Purple

[slipee]

Okk I'll give it a shot...

Deeper than most, this enigma; ghostly layers and coats
adepts and fools engulfed, engrossed, rolling coast to coast
its bass line hums are hymns, beneath the deepest seas
it does not float yet it drifts, eloped, it edges through the trees

spiralling and reminiscent, tones, veils and water washed hues
so far yet so close, like fog, when drawn reveals no hints or clues
passive, evasive and melancholy, in fun it will find your misery
surrounding silence, seen then unseen, depth, distant, mystery...

Next will have to be...
Serpentine

[cacian]

surreal watery green
yellowy to sultry pure
it shines in radiant plure
resembling sandy dunes
jaded and earthy true
it's diamond with a hue
forever settling dew


yellow

[slipee]

bold and bright, you can't ignore
far from mellow, couldn't be more
loves the attention, rest be assured
even the sun, agrees with the score
the colour of stars, so seems preferred
but if you stare, your vision will blur
high order reserved, bolder than words
seen in the flowers and feathers of birds
and from Sol's glory, ironic is this:
within his bright rays, all colours exist
without it are none, and how about the twist-
Cadmium Yellow: derived from cow piss


hehehhee
OK, uhmm, Vermilion

[Dark Muse]

Vermillion skies
over a China sea,
a woman in red silk,
dragons seem to dance
around her curves,
the aroma of Jasmine lingering
on the warm summer air,
Alchemical potions
creating dragon's fire,
a hot sulfuric breath,
a dash of mercury
stirred within, a
pigment of
molten sunfire
emerges.

Next: Cyan

[tailor STATELY]

Cyan Surfing

For the serious system traveler the cyan waters off
the tropical beaches of Sol 3 breathtakingly beckon
But be wary of the indigenous life forms and limit your
µwave exposure to ⅜ sols or you'll be taken for bacon

However the best surfing around is found at Sol 7
where the zealous shred the cyan clouds; ionizing the
rarefied air, red-shifting the sky from celeste to electric
blue and back again - as subtle as the dews of heaven

5/26/2012 r.

Next: Ok forget puce..................next color: violet
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[cacian]

violet
in colours
you're a player
in flowers you're a marvel
and in skies you're a strayer


WHITE

[YesNo]

Flower girls
dressed in white
brightly bubble
youth's delight.

GREEN

[MystyrMystyry]

Emerald moss lining forest path
Coating birch and elm
Where leaves glow in moonlight
After the Summer rain



Ultramarine

[Pendragon]

A glassy blue before my eyes
Rose colored glasses crystallize
My heart sinks into brilliant blue
What the hell am I gonna do?
Seeing everything through this azure
Doesn't have a strong allure
I love to stay, but I'm passing through
In ultramarine shades of blue...

Next: PUCE

[cacian]

puce
how you induce
and fuse
looking terribly cused
a sharp element of rouge
and all is turned to blues



TURQUOISE

[YesNo]

Turquoise has a bluish green
That makes a gem seem true.
I don't know though what such things mean.
They just look good on you.


GRAY

[Dark Muse]

Melancholy clouds
in a gun-metal sky
hang heavy and colorless
only a shade darker than white,
starkly it enfolds the world
and obscures the eye,
cold and impersonal yet
full of cloaking privacy,
silently oppressive.


Onyx

[cacian]

onyx
a true beauty of inks
the colours are mystique
they radiate in rings
and culminate in flints
superbly sphinxed they bling


AQUA

[tailor STATELY]

A Q U A

.aquAmarine ☺ serene
~turQuoise skyes; captivated by her eyes
.__sUbliminally scent -
'velvA

11/29/2012

next: Coral

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

"That dress she wore was pink and long."
"It's orange." "No way." "Yes, way. You're wrong."
And so they argued through the night.
By day, they saw they both were right.



BLUE

[cacian]

blue
the finest of hue
how shall you true
beautyful you?
I shall see few
through motions
dew
blue be the sky
the music
smile
this symbol
class
the bestest fast

CHESTNUT

[tailor STATELY]

Simply Hair

Chestnut:
a shade
o'brown hint
of red
when natural
and all;
but simply
awful when
poured from
the bottle
Perhaps a
bit more
red; an
auburn chignon ?
No matter

12/6/2012

Next colour - lilac

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

The farm house had some lilac shrubs
That filled the spring with blooms and scent,
But someone thought they needed room
For soybeans, wheat and corn so sent
The house and gardens to the past
Yet memories for some still last.


PINK

[cacian]

pink is blink
it shines in rings
and weighs in bling
beautiful pink
be mine
don't shrink
and I shall wink
your style
in sync

BEIGE

[tailor STATELY]

A Page of Beige

A page of beige
stares hungrily
at me; a nihilist
ready to devour
that with which
I deign to toil at
by the hour


12/10/2012

Next: Crimson

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Santa down the chimney goes
With crimson colored Christmas clothes.
A candy cane twirls white and red.
The children are asleep in bed.


AMETHYST

[tailor STATELY]

AMETHYST


A sparkling crystal; colour
Mine eyes' cones afire
Energy evoking -
Thought provoking
Hypnotic to the houri
Yea, grander than its
Semi-precious bearing; a
Translucent power

12/27/2012

Next: taupe

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[cacian]

taupe
__________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
there's more to
taupe
then meet the sort
stir it in blue
mix it with roux
shake it with pink
and see it string
a colour fling

next: rose

[wsww]

wow beautiful

[wsww]

rose are red
every inch of the garden bed
also petals of pink
given with a wink
on valentine's love
sweat n soft on bow
poking on its stem
a story to hem

next: lavender

[cacian]

lavender

lavender
prune
colours
of june
what more to roon
then lilac bloom





Jade

[wsww]

Jade
Like the moss on wall
Land covered evergreen tall
Clearly dark in beauty
Carved into many as treaty
Ah an exuberant foliage jade

Next : Lapis

[Twota]

- deleted XD

[tailor STATELY]

Lapis

Jimmy Page and Joe Satriani
Their guitars each inlaid with
Deepest dark-blue lapis lazuli
Offer an homage to all things nirvana
Backed by old slow-hand, Eric Clapton
And nearby, at least in spirit,
Kurt Cobain discusses poetry
While surfing with the alien

1/15/2013

Next colour: bronze

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[cacian]

bronze
the cast beyond the last
a colour strictly trance
it loves the sun
the past
it lingers beautifully
to keep the movement free

GREEN

[YesNo]

The green of spring is not here yet.
It's white with snow outside.
I seek pretending to forget
That life enjoys to hide.


BLUE

[tailor STATELY]

Blue as Blue

Blue as blue
as blue my eyes
Blue as blue
as blue am I

2-10-2013

Next: Olive

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

In salads or just on the side,
Olives are a treat.
From green to black, they cannot hide
And are so good to eat.


Blonde

[tailor STATELY]

Si Froid

She's
a concrete
blonde
She's the
bomb
Who
wasted
me: Then
set me
free

3/8/2013

Next color: Heliotrope

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Shaman_Raman]

Heliotrope

The beauty of all beauties
she returns with a spring
her flower blooming forward
Heliotropes her shade.
Joy and sorrow
she emcompasses both,
With her I'll never know
if life's better or worse.

Ruby

[cacian]

ruby
the singent
true gris
in red and green
and the mix
is sheen
almost divine

camomille yellow

[YesNo]

Common as a daisy
Growing free and lazy,
As a tea
They comfort me
To keep me calm not crazy.



Light green

[cacian]

light green
shall you be seen
behind the thin
image of sin
i shall infuse
you
till you trim
and then you're
back even and
bright
brighter then right
light green
be firmly seen
over the rainbow
is a dream
for you to
realm
and that is it
from nature green

[cacian]

light red

[YesNo]

The way the sun set in the west
Made David wonder what's the best
Way to paint this pinkish sight,
A little red though fading light.


Violet

[Shaman_Raman]

You left me blind
From one long glimpse
your ultra violet
radiance
burned the minds eye
A supernova tide
All sensation gone
A dark delight
your bliss.

[Shaman_Raman]

Onyx black

[Dark Muse]

Deeper than the night,
a sightless oblivion,
the color of my soul,
beyond darkness,
eater of the light,
hypnotic beauty,
lurking in the shadows,
trespassing across the heart,
the color of silence
and nothingness,
and a glimpse
of unseen
visions.

Next: Emerald

[YesNo]

Jealousy is green
Or emerald when seen
With eyes turned bright and mean.
He won't forget.

And so be on your way.
The grass is green today,
Emerald, one might say,
When it gets wet.



Next: Maya blue

[cacian]

maya blue
take up
your pru
Benjamin's through
allow for
hue
to whisk you
few
emeralds of truth

next: white

[Melanie]

white clouds
below us
"folks, we have reached
our cruising altitude
seat belt sign off
feel free to move
us with your poetic
imaginings"

Next: Sapphire Blue

[cafolini]

he had been purple for a while
his hand raised so as to say wait, wait
a little more, a little more
but he was gone like Poe's Leonore
that pizza with anchovies did him in
the internist had predicted
trombone sapphire blue

Next: alabaster

[YesNo]

Alabaster will not last
If left outside with rain to wear.
The wind abuses it out there.
Its form will change then wash away.
That's why inside it gets to stay.


Next: white

[tailor STATELY]

Untitled 2

Treehugger, spike in hand,
castoff from a rock n' roll
band meets
Chainsaw-teeth, he with
muddied boots
and hardened profile,
in a bar; a tatoo haven
for mavericks and mavens
.
Amongst the stale haze
and staler music that
blares and decays -
declaring a half-life
of better days
A conversation is
struck ( then a chin: Amok! )
the starry-eyed strangers
oblivious stare
Exchanging lies, belying
the small talk
of a higher purpose,
( tables roll, bottles fly )
A gun reports - to no one
in particular: Most heads start
... one falls
.
What might have been -
a genealogy never ending
topples like dominos
laid in a row
An alabaster casket of white
bereft of dreams,
is lowered slowly, a solemn strain,
as Chainsaw-teeth is laid
to rest with few in attendance:
even fewer tears
.
Somewhere Treehugger sighs
and searches within -
then carves a poem into
a redwood tree that never dies

5/1/2013 r.5/6/2013

Next: Maroon

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[Grit]

Untitled 2


I think this has a good rhythm to it, and some pretty fun word play. I enjoyed.

[cacian]

maroon
your looks
is tunes
to prunes
and blooms
such glam
is moon
to perfect
roons

next: lilac

[Melanie]

Lilac

lilac flashbacks
fragrant country roads
cruisin' in my pontiac
convertible mode

Next color is: silver

[YesNo]

Silver bells and silver linings,
Silver prices trending where?
Silver bullets for the vampires
Just in case I find some there.



Next: gold

[Melanie]

autumnal aspen trees
of white bark and golden leaves
awakened
on rocky mountain breezes
dancing like weightless gold coins
blue sky glitter

Next color: faded blue-jean blue
(a benjamin moore paint color)

[Silas Thorne]

She's worn a little at the knees
from blowing my bugle,
faded blue-jeans blue (reminds me of Madonna in that 80s film), Oh no Oh Billie Jean,
no no she's not my girl,
but still, sometimes I like to call her on weekends
for mutual fun.
Oh, and the boy is not my son.

Crimson

[YesNo]

Her blowing crimson-colored hair,
Like flames of wayward fire,
Caught those who strayed too long to stare
Then struggled with desire.


Next: brown

[Melanie]

murky reflections
of missed opportunities
regrets that bleed in hues
of raw umber, bitter coffee
and burnt sienna

Next: "Aubergine" - (dark purple eggplant)

[YesNo]

There was a happy eggplant.
He had a purplish hue.
He looked so peaceful growing there,
But now he's in my stew.



Next: lapis blue

[Melanie]

When Vermeer painted "Woman in Blue"
And the "Girl With a Pearl Earring" too
He ground the Lapis Lazuli stone
On his own, in his home
for the perfect hue
of blue.

Next color: Pearl

[Dark Muse]

Pearl

Opaque
purity
inciting much desire
while concealing
secrets,
reveling nothing,
clouded beauty
it seems so passive,
while creating
such turmoil,
taunting sensuality
a truth coated
behind many lies,
how chaste
while so oft
the cause
of new fallen blood
bit it only calmly
waits untouched.

Next: Turquoise

[Calidore]

The smartest Turkish folks have strange eyes
Not grass green nor as blue as the skies
This odd color was named
By an old king, who claimed
That "there's wise, and then there's Turk wise."

Next: Clear, like water or glass

[YesNo]

Peering through the clearing
Missing what is there,
Clear as ice, and more-so, nice.
I skipped the clear, fresh air.


Next: bright sky blue

[Melanie]

Remember when
diamonds danced
on every tip
of bright sky blue
rippled waters,
and sunshine
cast lights on walls
among shadows?
Ah, young love.


Next color: midnight blue

[tailor STATELY]

a poem just a bit late I'd like to share:

Sierra Blue and Gold

Bright sky blue
eager dews
Alpine lakes
crisp and cool
Sierra's refuge
earth and sky
Golden treasures
forever near

7/13/2013 r.8/9/2013





Partially borrowed from a cacian poem:

Scorpio

the mystery
in your eyes
is like the
nocturnal sea -
cold
midnight blue;
seething -
as nothing
is hidden
from your gaze

7/13/2013


Next: Coke bottle green

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[cacian]

green sheen
truly serene
droplets of preen
shine upon seen




next: silver

[YesNo]

They sparkle silvery, shiny, bright.
The pockets on her jeans love light
And when she walks her hip-flip sway
Will hypnotize the boys today.


Next: yellow

[cacian]

yellow

your brightness
follow
along the lines shallow
your lightness
mellow
radiant
pallow
a tune is but wallow



next: topaz

[tailor STATELY]

Topaz Skies
Sing to me of topaz skies
Feel my heartbeat quaver
as I gaze into your eyes
Say you love, love
as you gaze into my eyes
Feel my heartbeat quaver
Sing to me of topaz skies

8/9/2013

Next: MistyRose

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Too light be a proper pink,
Too dark to doubt it's not,
It's misty, shy, so one might think.
Up close it's just as hot.



Next: spring green

[cacian]

spring green
meet me clean
and you shall ween
palaces seen

mahogany

[YesNo]

Woods grow dark with myths grown old,
Forgotten, so they won't get told,
Yet warm the surface, brown and fold
In music, hints of what they hold.



Next: Viridian

[cacian]

to green pastures
you go
to skys of low
you flow
to peaks of
sow you
grow
viridian you woe
rivers are mystic
glow
when you appear
to strow


next: peach

[tailor STATELY]

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8/12/2013

Next: the color "thistle"


Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[cacian]

thistle whistle
tis true
mistle
your tint
when fizzle

next : roux

[Melanie]

Saucy Roux
was velvety smooth,
delicate, warm,
and rich too!

next color:

Mulberry
http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t540/melaniespoetry/images-1_zpsc779c92d.jpeg (http://s1312.photobucket.com/user/melaniespoetry/media/images-1_zpsc779c92d.jpeg.html)

[cacian]

mulberry
mulberry
how shall you be?
one minute it's
prune
velvety groom
and another
bloom
softly maroon

next: bordeaux red

[YesNo]

That stain, they said,
Looks Bordeaux red.
I claimed it's from her kiss,
But wine stains, too.
I had a few.
Who cares? It's her I miss.


Next: rainbow blue

[tailor STATELY]

Rainbow Blue

Of all the
colors of the
rainbow
blue best
guesses
the mood
I'm in
when I'm
longing you

9/10/2013

Next: Ghost-white

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Ghost white, slight, hazy sight
Talks without a sound
Moon light, night, but it's alright
She's fun to have around.


Next: Orange

[Melanie]

Orange

We call her Mama Marmalade
From our local "Orange Zest Cafe"
We tip her extra to pay her bail
Every weekend at the Orange County Jail

Too much of her homemade marmalade wine,
Orange vodka, liqueur infused clementines,
Her bourbon marmalade meatballs are rockin'
And what happens next is just shockin'

Mama starts dancing and playing her kazoo
kicking her heels up, Oh! orange stockings too
wagging her ample behind is alarming
Here comes the sheriff, now try to be charming!


Next color is: Lavender Blue

[tailor STATELY]

Silly, Silly, Lavender Blue (an homage to "Lavender Blue") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_Blue

Silly, silly, lavender blue
who thinks him lord
o'er all the rainbow
Silly, silly lavender blue
declared war on the stars
the sun and moon
Silly, silly lavender blue
what would you do
with all the light gone?
Silly, silly lavender blue
it's light that feeds your
vanity and nourishes the bow

9/11/2013

Next: Seafoam Green

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[YesNo]

Seafoam green with fishy eyes
The monster tries his new disguise.
His wicked laugh's enough to scare
Most kids and that's why none are there.


Next: violet

[cacian]

nice piece YesNo quite halloweeny indeed :)

violet
is a beautiful
pilot
to red and green
it coats
then it sheen
and then it let them
have their mean'
synthetic would seem
pointless at the beam.


next: black

[YesNo]

Thanks, cacian. I liked the violet-pilot rhyme.


That midnight the full moon was bright.
The forest darkened with delight.
Between fresh thoughts I sensed a black
And heavy club and when that smack
Upon my head left me confused
I floated free, alive, amused.
Where was that emptiness I feared?
Light, soothing light, about me neared.


Next: Pitch black, to continue with black.

[cacian]

pitch black
not matter how
you track
in the darkness of night
you appear to stark bright
at the edges of whites
of moonlight and the stars.
clear is what you veer.


next: mahogany

[slipee]

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.

[YesNo]

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

[slipee]

marbling and tincture
slates sprain through vermillion
as if fluids to the flume
blood's burgundy meridian


Next: Tangerine

[cacian]

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

[tailor STATELY]

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

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[cacian]

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

[tailor STATELY]

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

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[Dark Muse]

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

[cacian]

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

[YesNo]

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

[cacian]

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

[tailor STATELY]

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

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[slipee]

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

:)

[tailor STATELY]

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

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

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

[tailor STATELY]

blue bottle fly

blue bottle fly
chillin' on a screen
watches a child in a sailor's cap
scampering quickly by

following on his heels
his dog named spike
wearing a gilded collar
cost half a dollar bill

father is a barkeep
he keeps a good bar
banks half his money
he'll go far

blue bottle fly
catches a scent on the breeze
skunk cabbage and goldenrod
its bee's knees

spike begins to bark
the child has fallen down
wailin' like the dickens
in the afternoon sun

blue bottle fly
buzzes loudly to the throng
like he was a tenor
belting out his song

father comes a runnin'
the barflies help themselves
the child gets cradled tightly
spike then hushes down

blue bottle fly
lits high up in the air
red eyes scoping out the countryside
pheromones signaling kith and kin

3/8/2015 r.3/11/2015

Next: Dust storm ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A–F

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

“Dust storm” is a kind of gray.
Some say it might be pink,
But when it’s blowing fast my way
I don’t attempt to blink.


Next: Whatever you think the color of that blue and black or white and gold dress is: http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/the-science-behind-the-black-and-blue--or-white-and-gold--dress-405695555960

[Pompey Bum]

Illusion is a color
By confusion rendered duller
If in or out of fashion
Peel off the dress
I'd be impressed
By skin and eye and passion

Next: Feldgrau

[tailor STATELY]

family lore

immaculate starched feldgrau.
polished blackboots.
stark contrast to the distant
theatre behind lines drawn
by men of little sanity.

feuer! an officer barks.
a cannon deafeningly reports.
another.
the dogs of war unleashed.
indiscriminate.
yellow shells reach apogee.

entrenched, cousin 'arry counts
beneath his breath.
mud and comrades' blood stain
his greatcoat. then.
concussion rips off his mask.
a quick gasp of intake.
frantic scrabble. mask!

in a fugue 'arry sees the sherry
coloured gas slowly settle. mask!

'arry somehow survives long enough
to be transported home.

family lore.

the war to end all wars.

thank heavens.

3/9/2015

Next Celadon

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[tailor STATELY]

How about: Lilac ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_G–M ) or Celadon ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A–F )

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

A purple fit to shine a queen
Or king in softer light,
To dignify with dreams unseen
As patience hides what’s rough and mean,
To bloom as day grows bright.


Next: Celadon

[tailor STATELY]

A Celestial Embodiment 1: A Faith



Lightsome as a sea of celadon

Immutable hearts each paragon

Beings endowed by their Creator

Effulgent countenances greater

Rays celestial embodiment all

United purpose answer the call

Majestic spirits; sweet orison


6/2/2015 r.7/7/2015

Next colour: Candy Apple Red

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Snow White would likely want one, too,
Sweet with red that’s shiny, new.


Next: Android Green http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_green

[tailor STATELY]

n92762 ?

Android is green; bilious too
a mobile OS both lean and true
My Kindle (Fire) has a fork -
worthy of Guðmundsdóttir, Björk !
Why n92762 ?

6/9/2015

Next: AliceBlue #F0F8FF

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Icy white with green and blue,
But paler, not as bright a hue
And wonderful like Alice who
Enjoyed it once as we do, too.

Next: Bitter Lemon #CAE00D

[Melanie]

Bitter Lemon
Cinquain

goddess
persephone
gathers flowers and fruits
forthwith, summer withers and dies
hades

Next Color: Desert Sand

[YesNo]

White with little life and gray,
My intuition’s mocking me
And leading me astray.
A lover lost in play,
My mind leads me away
To anywhere and carelessly.


Next: Amaranth Red

[slipee]

Felled of a faux hue, bled of a ruse
outnumbered welts tell belt's been amused
Supple and soft swells; the welling within
burgundy swirls, striped amaranth skin

Twisting it tightly, watch and you'll learn
glistening brassieres taken to turn
Seas lined in soap suds, scourers awry
pitchforks and bayonets; even supply

Whites framed in pink; scalded and true
new elbow tried against old residue
Wet pants, nicknames, low hourly rates
black on your future; red on your face



Next: Amarillo

[TRIGGERSIDEWYS]

creative eyes will rise with it's differences
differences to ingrain

showing light Amarillo
Amarillo as cooperation goes

Self reflect to over collapse
ideas won't give dabs of anything

go through editions if aloud
ingrain going


next: parakeet

[YesNo]

The colors of the parakeet
Will vary like a wheel
That spins around through sour, sweet,
Through any way you feel.


Next: Mint

[tailor STATELY]

NW 107th Street (Off 9th Avenue NW), Seattle

Mint countertops were a sign of the times;
not that ours were - I don't remember
Peppermint in the garden; strawberries
and buttercups; a tall foxglove and ferns
One neighbor had a nuke shelter built; duck
and cover drills at Crown Hill school paled the
innocent light of impressible youth
An escape through the stinging nettles down
to the shore helped shape an identity
impervious to the daily fallout

7/9/2015

Next: Buttercup Yellow

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

It’s not the yellow that helps gold
Sparkle to delight.
It’s frailer, lovely to behold,
A flower, living, bright.


Next: taupe

[tailor STATELY]

what am I ? #483C32

22 fleshy rays
sensory overlord
star child taupe fiend
nocturnal omnivore

7/10/2015

Next color: Tiger's Eye #E08D3C ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N–Z )

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[tailor STATELY]

How about Purple ?

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Deeper than the sky’s pure blue,
Purer than a love come true
Purple lights an aura bright
Where young and old are ever new.


Next: sky blue

[tailor STATELY]

The Sky; a Pool of Blue

I reached for the sky into a pool of blue
The ripples from my finger tips did produce
a certain concentric synchronicity -
bringing all my earthly sorrows into view

I bowed my head in offering up a prayer;
while the heavens wept with me from clouds which did
appear - I then beheld Him, the Lamb of God,
who placed my burden into His loving care

10/21/2015

Next: Silver

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Stones and cordwood form two lines,
Leaves fall covering the ground.
Silvery silence chills the air.
Nothing’s lost that need be found.


Next: dried corn stalk pale yellow

[tailor STATELY]

Lost and Found
Lost again
in a maze of emotion
a field of
dried corn stalk pale yellow walls
surrounds me
beseeching
arms outstretched to the heavens
rather than
succumb to the moment I
fly away

2/20/2016

Next: Cornflower blue

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

Deeply vivid, baby blue,
Maid of honor’s gown--
When a smile encircles you
I can’t wear a frown.


Next: Black

[Nicholas_]

Black


Periphery's identity caresses, cat like purring.
Spine twirl of saxophone notes dim lit
rise slip to from shape form impression.

Beware!

Well known shadow's sole consumption
the consummate seductress' contrast creation
press, shift, pulled inward in tension


Next, Mauve

[tailor STATELY]

The Mallow

the common mallow
'tis a handsome groundling
mauve in colour
in fields a'fallow
whilst the marsh mallow is
a paler soul
wholly edible
a confection wellspring
virtuoso

5/5/2016

Next: Candy Apple Red

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

The color that a princess ought to dread
When there’s a wicked queen who has a plan
To coat an apple with a poisoned red
Since skin-deep, candy beauty pleases man.

Next: Baby Blue

[tailor STATELY]

Baby Blue: 2-Tercets and an Anagrammatic Couplet



My baby blue car had a clutch
Which caused me great consternation
When driving San Francisco hills

Yet the close coastal highway was
Attacked with a rush of pure bliss -
Although oft fogged backwater towns

Made for judicious use of alacrity -
Our miles a joyous diced cut affair

6/24/2016

Next colour: Violet

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[YesNo]

A color that’s a lot like blue,
But has its share of purple, too,
And on the flowers tends to bring
The bees who buzz while lovers sing.


Next: Green

[tailor STATELY]

As Green as Grass


as green as grass
did catch my eye
a green of glass

midst coarse pebbles
amid wet sands
soft tide's rebels

as I did glean
sea worn glasses
as grass is green

6/25/2016

Next colour: Australien... http://mentalfloss.com/article/59328/19-colors-youve-probably-never-heard

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[YesNo]

A brownish, yellowish, dry, warm sand
That feels like silence no one hears.
It tumbles, grain-like from your hand,
A timer marking off your years.


Next: Banan http://mentalfloss.com/article/59328/19-colors-youve-probably-never-heard

[tailor STATELY]

Banan


Hey Mr Tally man what
dat colour of dem seven
fingered hand ?

Man, dat colour is banan
- when she is ripe
in da sun is easy eatin

Yust peel back so - da skin
when da colour is banan
fo dem spots appear

No green, no, no, dem
does make da tummy hurt
an hurt an taste no so good

Eat when da colour is banan

6/25/2016

Next Colour: Saffron #F4C430... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N–Z

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Nicholas_]

Saffron

A thousand saffron straws surround
This still clearing I have found
I sit still upon the ground
And listen to their wafting sound

Voices come from far away
So distant in the quiet day.
I smell the scent of harvest hay
And watch it gently sway.

My eyelids open finally
Touching gazes known closely
And as I disappear slowly
A saffron field surrounds me

Standing here
The air is clear

Sun kiss my skin
Homeward I begin

Ringing bell
Fair-


next: Steel Pink
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N–Z#S

[tailor STATELY]

Steel Pink


barney blended with
pink lemonade -
steel pink
against a
field of dandelions
laughter
blue clear skies

7/21/2016

Next colour: slate... https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&safe=active&client=opera&hs=cjB&q=slate+color&oq=slate&gs_l=serp.1.1.0i67l3j0l5j0i10j0.31250.32338.0.3573 6.2.2.0.0.0.0.971.1853.6-2.2.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.2.1849...0i131.pFgpgs iwNTc

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[tailor STATELY]

How about sea foam green ?

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[kiz_paws]

Porpoises dance
in waves of sea foam green
giggling secret languages
enjoying freedom


NEXT COLOUR: 'Barbie Pink'

[tailor STATELY]

A Newsworthy Acrostic

Back in the depths of time long before Noah was born
about 1.1 billion years ago in theory
rock was being laid down in primordial oceans
by fossils of cyanobacteria lately found
in Mauritanian basin shale deposits; an
evolutionary bombshell lately come to life

Pink, a bright pink from ancient chlorophyll which
in dilutions of solutions of pulverized rock
now brought forth for your amusement that you might
know of the potential for Barbie Pink dinosaurs

7/12/2018 r.7/13/2018... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pink-was-first-color-life-earth-180969583/

Next color: Wenge

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[tailor STATELY]

... or perhaps "gold".

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[tailor STATELY]

... maybe white ?


Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

peace

what
color is war
neither black nor white
nor red I think

imagine
a lasting gentle
peace abides
and war forgotten

5/9/2022 r.5/17/2022

Next color/colour: blue... of any hue :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

******double*******

[Danik 2016]

:thumbsup:

Blue

Is the horizon blue?
No, that isn´t his hue.
But what does it matter?
All colors are blue.


Next word: magenta

[cacian]

magenta
is a gent of
a fenta without
the fizz
go figure
it has the mist
and goes on
for bliss

PINK

[tailor STATELY]

Love these Danik 2016 & cacian !



pink

pink may be blushing pale
or hot; dancing, laughing...
singing - an alluring feminine hue
:a muted magenta
cherry blossoms tickled
- an extended tongue tasting
fragrant cotton candy -
cloyingly sweet

5/20/2022

Next: Green

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Dark Muse]

Green

Rolling hills
verdant valleys
luscious gardens
verdurous forests
earthy entanglements

Next color: Violet

[tailor STATELY]

violet undertones


I weave binaural beats
with violet undertones
to find enlightenment

my meditations to fulfill
a wondrous transformation to
spur my spiritual growth

this balance with the help of
the holy spirit councils
with mindfulness and clarity
- bringing me serenity

7/7/2022

Next color: Silver

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Dark Muse]

Silver Fish

Small sleek
shimmering bodied
pale moon bright
dancing starlight
caught dazzling
in the sun.

Next color: Turquoise

[tailor STATELY]

Turquoise / acrostic


Turquoise conveys tranquility, wisdom, protection, good fortune, and hope .
Unusually serene this blue-green healing stone’s great power may
Remedy mood, anxiety, or even panic attacks; just holding it ameliorates.
Quests of vision or travel quests: these stones offer protection to its seekers.
Used for centuries across the globe for its attribute of healing-soothing qualities
Often worn to connect one with loved ones who were far away. Early North American
Indian culture connected this stone with the blue sky - their sacred religious
Shamans believed an open channel existed between heaven and Earth for them.
Enduring love emanates from this stone - wear it and use its power as your guide.

Next: Dusty Gray

7/9/2022

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Dark Muse]

Gray Undertones

A dusky hue
between dark & light
a multitude of shades
with many meanings
ghost upon the snow
shadows concealing hidden things
at times bold, at times muted
stately & neutral
it can make a statement
or just fade away.

Next color: Yellow

[tailor STATELY]

a yellow breeze

a yellow breeze becalms me
a fair light breeze to be sure
but I'm unaware it's yellow.

sea foam laps at my bare feet
cool in its indifference to my being
- surf ebbs and flows - my toes

caressed by shifting wet sands - I
await instinctively for the breeze
to change to another favorable hue

it's all very serene - surreal
gulls glide by overhead past
a yellow sun and the sands

beyond where dank kelps dry
shimmer in the sultry heat -
breathe deep the yellow energy

wait till the breeze shifts - exhale.
a distant foghorn signals a change
unleashing a gentle rush of blues

that catches on the yellow breeze
coalescing into an emerald clarity
beyond view - an evanescent dream

7/11/2022

Next color: red

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

étude en rouge

her heart leaps, her hair
highlights red
her bloodshot eyes
still beguiling -
burn with desire
red satin sheets on
her rumpled bed
red the dawn and red the dusk
fragrant subtle parfum
of musk
she rests
the sleep of the dead

8/18/2022

Next color: Green Envy

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor