She wears passion like a red dress
with just a hint of sin
Wraps the scarlet warmth of it
snug against her skin.
Auburn curls tangle
dancing round her face
golden glints enchanting all
with the warmth of their embrace.
Bold bronze limber limbs
carry her thru life.
Platinum on her finger
proves she someone’s wife.
Over the purest ivory teeth
Her saffron smiles bloom
They leave a sparkling amber glow
upon each person in the room.
She boldly shimmers silver
and all the precious stones.
From the ecstasy of emerald
to the glorious amethyst tones.
Her cinnamon eyes captivate
-- So many are beguiled --
but a sadness lurks beneath the spice
She’s longing for a child.
You have to look to see it
The wistful azure hue
That color shouldn’t be here
she shouldn’t bathe in blue.
Still she’s the perfect women
broken and yet whole.
A kaleidoscope of colors
swirl within her soul.
Patricia Gibson-Williams
October 27, 2005
Author notes
Written October 27th, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- The Colors of A Woman [CONTEST] by Touchof1der.
300 points, ended October 31, 2005, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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I agree, apiece of well worth the read art in poetry,it describes her to the depth of any human being..good job..Linda
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I love the depth, clarity and smoothness of this poem. You have done an exquisite job of bringing out the many colors of woman. This is quite a piee. Thank you for entering my contest and good luck!
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very sad. and nicely penned. good luck in the contest. was worth the read.
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this is such a sweet and indepth view of the colors of a woman.you wrote this as if you were looking someone directly in the face and describing each and every aspect of their life in the colors from a crayola box.fantastic.
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LOL Meant to use platinum, but I wrote this at 4 am. (changing now) I’m glad that you pointed that out. I love silver myself and thought about having a silver a wedding ring, but I settled for white gold (couldn’t afford platinum) as silver is so hard to keep clean and I would have had to have had something made to find what I wanted. My wedding poem was about the woman being silver and the man gold, I didn’t give more worth to either. Thank you for commenting I’ll have to see if I have any applause left. This contest has some wonderful entries and I may have used it up. Patti
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Hi, a very beautiful poem showing the colours of a woman so well, hust wondered about the pewter on finger showing her to be a wife as normally it's gold, but in ancient Egypt it could have been silver as silver was regarded as more precious than gold,strange but true. a very lovely write, all the best in the comp, hugs Di
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Great poem loved it
it was so nice
the way you told ever lil thing about her it was so sweet
LOVE ALWAYS WITH KISSES AND HUGS
~~Sara~~
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Wow. That's certainly one way to describe 'the color of a woman', in more ways than one. Not having even glanced yet at the contest page, I truly hope that the one running it appreciates the detail you've put in here... good luck!
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