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Red is the colour of war stricken lawns
Red in the colour of unbleached dawns
Red is the colour of blood in the sky
Red is the colour of fire dancing high
Red is the colour of suicidal sores
Red is the colour of eternal wars
Red is the colour of guns and knives
Red is the colour of abuse-filled lives
Red is the colour of murderous screams
Red is the colour of shattering dreams
Red is the colour of crashing cars
Red is the colour of pain-hiding scars
Red is the colour of rape and death
Red is the colour of each angst-filled breath
Red is the colour of burning and dying
Red is the colour of hurting and lying
Red is the colour of blood-shot eyes
Red is the colour of shrieking cries
Red is the colour of breathing in vain
Red is the colour of nothing but pain
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Red is the colour of a love now found
Red is the colour of friends all around
Red is the colour of a love in the heart
Red is the colour of a love never to part
Red is the colour of sun in the sky
Red is the colour of a tender sigh
Red is the colour of hands in another
Red is the colour of a friend and lover
Red is the colour of satin sheets
Red is the colour of a heart that beats
Red is the colour of ribbons and roses
Red is the colour of softly bitten noses
Red is the colour of lips and a kiss
Red is the colour of contented bliss
Red is the colour of hugs and skin
Red is the colour of a deep love within
Red is the colour of valentine’s day
Red is the colour of a love to stay
Red is the colour of trying to survive
Red is the colour of staying alive
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Red is the colour of harmony and harm
Red is the colour of chaos and calm
Red is the colour of passion and strife
Red is the colour that tells us of life
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DancingRed. 250706
Author notes
The colour red and I have an odd connection. Red is love and hate, and good and evil. It is open to one's own opinions and emotions of the time. To me, something that powerful is special. I've simply tried to capture red with words.
"I read the rules!!!"
Written July 28th, 2006
In a list
A contest entry
- My first contest. I've got options! by Phoenyx Flames.
400 points, ended September 11, 2006, 34 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - *~-* The Passion of Red *-~* by Dragonsblood.
450 points, ended April 18, 2007, 19 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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Hey hey! Heres's something I was lookin for! Great job with the rhyme and you had that depth of seriousness that made this piece so profound. Lots of repetition but thats really what life is isnt it? A cycle of good and evil....
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wow...this was absolutely amazing! the way you told two seperate stories, and then brought them both together in the end...and it rhymed too! LOVED this one. well done!
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Fair enough. I appreciate your honesty
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Eh, too much repitition. I love the lines, each line by themselves are beautiful. I just don't like them all together is all. good job.
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Wow, thank you Amythest. It would be such an honour to have this poem on your favourites list - feel free to do so.
DancingRed.
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Thank you ever so much for reading and commenting Soul Soldier
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Thank you for your comment Disturbed - awesome contest!
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Merry meet,
Congratulations on winning the Bronze. This is a wonderful juxtaposition poem. I loved it. There really isn't anything I could offer that could improve the poem in content or form. This was a tight competition. I would be honored it you would let me place this on my Author's Page of my favorite poems.
Congratulations again.
Amythest
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Red is the colour of each angst-filled breath, this is my favorite line out of this. This is really cool. I like how you take the two different sides of one color and bring them to life as one in the world.
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awesome poem...I love this...I especially loved how it contridicted itself yet still had deep meaning and worked together! great write, good luck!
<3 always,
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Thank you!
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Very interesting indeed. Makes you think about colors in a diffent light. Thanks for entering and best of luck!
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Thanks!
DancingRed.
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Wow, this poem is awesome! I could read it again and again. I love the ending and how it all schmungles together with good and evil- youre right about it being rather like my quote.
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Thank you Morgana Those lines you picked were some of my favourites too.
DancingRed.
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I'm glad my poem could help you look at something in new ways; thanks for your comment Lonely And Forgotten Very much appreciated.
DancingRed.
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Yeah, it is peculiar how so many different things can inspire poetry. Thanks for reading this and leaving a comment
DancingRed.
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Red is the colour of blood in the sky
Red is the colour of fire dancing high
Red is the colour of suicidal sores
Red is the colour of eternal wars
i love this part of the poem, as i was readin past these lines, they kept repeating in my mind
great work
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Excellent! I loved the flow of the whole poem..And how the rhyme connected the Couplets together..And I've never looked at the color red in so many ways...This was Great!!
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Thanks for sharing you insights into how read affects you, its funny how colors, food and nature can have this affect on us. great write and good luck in the contest.
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Thanks for your comment 'Tis a great contest - have fun with the judging!
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Very nice! It seems that both people writing about the red picture captured a lot about that particular character. You did an awsome job doing that, especially for a prewrite. Thank you for entering it into the contest
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Well it kinda inspired me to write 2 new poems! And it isnt at all bragging to say you like certain poems of yours! I for one am very proud of some of my poems
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Thank you! I love this poem too
DancingRed.
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Thank you for such an encouraging comment
DancingRed.
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'Tis a bummer no one can applaud twice, hey? Well, thank you very much for your applause and such a positive comment!
DancingRed.
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wow i didnt know how important and powerful red is.
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Wow. this is turely amazing! I love how you turn it around and give it so much!My eyes were practacly glued to my screen I loved it!!!
AWESOME WRITE!!
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Absolutely amazing! so amazing that i am going to applaud twice, which i haven't done before! damn i tried twice but it wouldnt let me... oh well i applaud this again without the applaude button. i am learning lots of things from my friends on this site, mostly new styles and inspirations for my own styles, this poem does just that for me. Red is my second favourite colour and i like the way you show equal amounts of positive and negative views/connotations. I admire this poem, please keep up your excellent standard of poetry! xx Brett
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Thanks for such a delightful comment. Red is one of my favourite colours too!
DancingRed.
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Thanks Cyanide Milkshake Beautiful comments like yours really make my day.
DancingRed.
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This is a really great poem. I loved the contrast you used, which is perhaps most evident in the lines "Red is the colour of nothing but pain" and "Red is the colour of staying alive" - these were brilliant. The final two couplets formed a great ending, finishing the poem and summing up it's message.
Red is such a powerful colour, and I agree that it's up to each person to decide what it means to them. Love, hate, anger, passion - it can all be summed up with red. That's why it's one of my favourite colours!
Red is energy. Red is life.
~crimsonfury
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I like this very much, I've always been interested in colour symbolism and I like to see others take ons of it. You're right, red IS a powerful colour, its both angry and passionate, the colour of so many bad things but the promise of so many good. Its a good colour
I absolutely adore how you wrote this, the rhyming worked well for it and your style was great. Fantastic, I was caught by the time I'd finished the first line x x x x x
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