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Color Poems | Examples of Color Poetry

Color Poems - Examples of all types of color poetry to share and read. This list of color poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of color poetry. This list of works about color is an excellent resource for examples on how to write color poems.
Premium Member Chapter 158 --DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: CRUEL Ball Continuation -same day
Date: May 2051 Damian CJ Adonis and Kyon watched As did family and other relatives did Also, while quite many new players Replaced other younger players That needed a break. CJ announced The new players on the...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, child, color, confidence,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Saturday Afternoon
Fervent redbirds began to croon, As onyx shadows danced in tune, Idle afternoon of peacock plumes, amid greenness and floral fumes. Saffron sunshine forever resumes, with memories of pale, pink moon. Gardener's pride, flowers maroon, seeking the usual golden fortune, under skies of...Read the rest...
Categories: age, beauty, color, day,
Form: Monorhyme
Life’s Colours
Sometimes the world seems only blue, and sometimes it seems green, Sometimes it’s red, sometimes gold, and all the colours between. Yellow is my happy place, my calm is pale green, Blue is sadness, red...Read the rest...
Categories: color, feelings, happy, life,
Form: Rhyme
Whispers in the Night
Your skin is silk, my fingers dance As we entwine, our hearts take a chance In the darkness, our love shines bright A flame that burns, a passion that's right Your touch ignites, a fire that spreads Through every nerve,...Read the rest...
Categories: america, color, fun, youth,
Form: Other
Premium Member January 1 Rose Bowl Parade
floats made of roses kaleidoscopic colors ~ flowers in poses ...Read the rest...
Categories: color, flower, rose,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member toilet roll
Life is like ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, allusion, color, cute,
Form: Monoku
Yaldabaoth embellished in his shadows
Caliginous eyes Fearsome face of sickly white Lion-headed snake Embellished in his shadows With flaming orange beneath...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, color, evil, horror,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Marigold
“It does not matter if you are a rose or a lotus or a marigold. What matters is you are flowering.” Rajnesh Placed 10th in: Admire a Summer Flower Poetry Contest Sponsored by Jay Narain ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, beauty, color, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Seductive Shadows
Midnight's mystery, she wears with grace A black dress that hugs her curves in place That makes my heart race, Even by a lock, in her gaze... Silky fabric, smooth as her skin Invites my eyes to linger, And...Read the rest...
Categories: color, appreciation, beauty, black love,
Form: Free verse
Rave
A rusty old retro vintage bubblegum drop machine Positioned next to me as I am seeing above me Spherical lightbulbs and strobelights of flashing rainbow colours....Read the rest...
Categories: color, dance, imagery, perspective,
Form: Sijo
Sea of Green
May is magical, the garden is an ocean of color climb every shade of green conceived circled round the pathways of time, long ago perceived; to the right dark juniper and pine, short and tall, ...Read the rest...
Categories: color, green, nature,
Form: Quintain (English)
an actor i knew
An actor I knew I saw him sitting alone in the dining room  of a small hotel, drinking brandy with coke his handsome face was bloated, and he was deep in his cups I told him of the Humblebee story...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, color, culture,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member THE POWER
A leaf A tree A flower All of nature A stream flowing Rain heavenly pouring A woman A man PROVOCATIVE A child crying All in nature A sunshower Notice the rain A RAINBOW full of sun! A day full of rainbows! The POWER! Notice a furious FIRE Hear...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, color, fire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ICICLES
Celsius is minus three icicles now we see growing on winter tree amid frosty display aloft shrouded by grey leaden clouds set to...Read the rest...
Categories: color, winter,
Form: Rhyme
As I am
I could write really long poems about the fear of growing old about everything getting older and duller like I've seen some people do and they make poetry books too but rarely do they write haiku instead they forget everything that...Read the rest...
Categories: age, color, freedom, innocence,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Color Poems

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