Terra cotta, craggy rocks
Scattered boulders, building blocks
In shades of sienna, ochre, buff
To form this high and hilly bluff
With sunlit ledges thin and wide
Place for hyrax to sun and hide
Cerulean, azure, clearest blue
The cloudless sky that does imbue
Aquamarine lake, with cobalt tints
To gently ripple with sparkling hints
Of gleaming, flashy, silvery scales
With speckled bodies and stripy tails
Chartreuse, dappled, shades of green
Of forest, jade and so serene
Leafy, verdant canopy high
With soft and breezy, gently sigh
While down below in shades of lime
Fragrant flowers so sublime
Scented blossoms in fuchsia flush
And ripening berries in magenta blush
And poppies scarlet, crimson reds
Among saffron yellow daisy heads
With tangerine buds on sage green stems
And luminous violets these little gems
While in the distance, misty rose
Of lavender mountains in repose
Against a background, lilac-puce
And threadlike clouds not yet profuse
Blending into salmon pink
As the sun begins to sink
Plain glass inside the window frame
Now stained with colors of fiery flame
The last rays of sunlight on the glass
In incandescent reflecting rays of brass
And the ethereal golden radiance of day
Passing into evening’s own bouquet
Author notes
I chose the color "Cerulean" as a lot of the other colors I could have used, were already taken. This poem although as you will see, this poem has many colors in it. I have written several other poems using colors, being an artist myself.
A contest entry
- Colors! by autarky.
700 points, ended August 25, 2007, 8 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Excellent Writing
Your being an artist explains where all these unusual (to me) colors come into this! Very good rhythm and rhyme.
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I will be adding this to my list of favourite poems.
In my two years on AP I only have about 3 poems on my list so thats saying a lot.
Amazing rhyme.
Like the stanza format.
You carried it well.
It flows well, and has a gentle beauty and charm.
Regards
Previn -
This is so vivid in its colors that it paints it on my mind as I read, it is beautifully done in form and flow of rhythm and rhyme. Well done. Love, C
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Ooh wow, a rhymer! And you worked it out really well!
The imagery was just gorgeous. The nature was beautiful and so serene and calming; it was almost magical, the whole Paradise feel of it. And the way you sort of took the reader through a day in this tranquil scene was fantastic.
So many colors!
You wove them in very well--they only enhanced the poem.
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Oh this is sooo beautiful, I am reminded why I love your work. Its so well done the beauty of nature and the colors in it. This poem makes me smile, so well done this gold with out a doubt!
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