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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.
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



Premium Member Season of Bloom
Late June's musky days and gardens tell their rapture in colorful fumes. Such feverish excitement in season of bloom, verdant! Scarlet and gold reign 'Til peach and plum take over Pinks and blues follow. Muggy days and heady nights lit up by dark-blue starlight. ...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, color, flower, nature,
Form: Tanka
Beautiful Birds
Beautiful birds come Lodging in durian tree In discrete colors....Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, beauty, bird, color,
Form: Haiku
Rosa
Rosa the gem of flowers the queen of every plant, in spring she wears her fineries, her beauty the eyes enchant. Her colours are so attractive blushing with every hues, her aroma is so romantic to...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, color, flower, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Bloom
My imagined life is saturated in color Thoughts drip decadent gemstone hues against a backdrop pouting purple wrapped in shades of electric blue Life around us blooms skin drenched in marigold My heart is fuschia Wild and overgrown Love me like...Read the rest...
Categories: art, beauty, color, dream,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Taking the Country by Storm
There’s a new business around that’s taking the country by storm Once known as ‘import-export’ (of) exotic spices and...Read the rest...
Categories: business, color, international, usa,
Form: Rhyme
Voices
Listen to them chatting away in the room, voices spitting colors on the wall and painting a true story about them all. Everyone has a palette arranged with different colors in a unique manner and...Read the rest...
Categories: color, adventure, america, business, career,
Form: Narrative
a hot day and a smelter
A hot day and a smelter Is it in Qatar, or in Dubai a friendly aluminum  smelter for sale, the one in the picture on a TV add looks ok Now that my wife is on holiday with her...Read the rest...
Categories: color, creation, extended metaphor,
Form: Blank verse
ODE TO ELEPHANT
ODE TO ELEPHANT Elephant Elephant enveloping essence of Earth ! I hear an elevated trumpet ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, color, earth, extended
Form: Ode
Premium Member May
New month opens the door, We are already in. May has other story to live, another line to step on, fresh flowers to smell new nests to take care of. May plays music for deaf ears, only indigo souls listen to the...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, blessing, color, emotions,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Life
Lilacs, pink roses, plum tulips, and red daisies. It's essential to sniff them, before they are gone; For the fun lives are enjoying orange sunshine! Ever since birth, green has been everywhere....Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, color, flower, green,
Form: Acrostic
Watermelon
With its green skin Round shape, tender juicy flesh Called watermelon....Read the rest...
Categories: color, fruit, identity, meaningful,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Forsythia
bright yellow light bulbs forsythia...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, color, flower,
Form: Haiku
Chrysanthemum Hymns
As the saccharine shadows of daylight dims You can hear the melodies of eager eve Tangerine sunsets composing chrysanthemum hymns Songs that the sun with the zephyr does weave The tempo played by the vibrant sky is before us Marigolds...Read the rest...
Categories: color, eve, sky, song,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Passport
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ time traveling through the city's passport of medieval colors...Read the rest...
Categories: city, color, travel,
Form: Monoku

Specific Types of Color Poems

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