colours poetry

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

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


Next: taupe

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 )

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How about Purple ?

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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

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

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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

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

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


Next: Black

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

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

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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

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

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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

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...ly-never-heard

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