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Sea of GreenMay 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,
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Categories:
color, green, nature,
Form: Quintain (English)
an actor i knewAn 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, color, culture,
Form: Blank verse
THE POWERA 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...
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Categories:
allusion, color, fire,
Form: Free verse
ICICLESCelsius is minus three
icicles now we see
growing on winter tree
amid frosty display
aloft shrouded by grey
leaden clouds set to...
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Categories:
color, winter,
Form: Rhyme
As I amI 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...
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Categories:
age, color, freedom, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Season of BloomLate 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.
...
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Categories:
beauty, color, flower, nature,
Form: Tanka
Beautiful BirdsBeautiful birds come
Lodging in durian tree
In discrete colors....
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Categories:
beautiful, beauty, bird, color,
Form: Haiku
RosaRosa 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...
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Categories:
beauty, color, flower, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
BloomMy 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...
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Categories:
art, beauty, color, dream,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
business, color, international, usa,
Form: Rhyme
VoicesListen 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...
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Categories:
color, adventure, america, business, career,
Form: Narrative
a hot day and a smelterA 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...
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Categories:
color, creation, extended metaphor,
Form: Blank verse
ODE TO ELEPHANTODE TO ELEPHANT
Elephant Elephant
enveloping essence of Earth !
I hear an elevated trumpet
...
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Categories:
animal, color, earth, extended
Form: Ode
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...
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Categories:
allusion, blessing, color, emotions,
Form: Verse
LifeLilacs, 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....
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Categories:
beauty, color, flower, green,
Form: Acrostic
Specific Types of Color Poems
Read wonderful color poetry on the following sub-topics:
black, blue, brown, green, grey, kids, pink, purple, red, rhyme, sensory, simile, skin, white, word
and more.
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