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Surviving the Spectrum - Clashing Colours

Red raised its hackles, flaring fiercely in ferocity.
Orange leered from orbs of bright tang.
Yellow shot shafts of sunbeam, so acrid.
Green gave all its gall, guile, and bile.
Blue brazenly banished all from the Spectrum of Visible Light.
Violet's vanguard of vehement violets veered towards violence.

This is the Spectrum of Visible Light - the reigning elite.

Ultraviolet is too snobbish and noxious.
X-ray sees through all, and thus chooses not to participate.
Gamma-ray is too energetic, and has long ago run off elsewhere.
Long-wave is too lethargic to lift a finger for anything.
Radio'd rather radiate data, and
Infra-red supports Red from behind the scenes.

Oh why so factious, you of the Spectrum of Visible Light?
One day on that tie-dyed battlefield where clashing colours fly,
darkness will descend, and clashing colours will fly from sauntering shadows.

I too dreamt a dream:
all the colours came together and wheeled together
in harmony; love gave birth to secondaries; the United Council of Wavelengths
banished back the darkness; and the invisible ones became visible.

All together, we can paint a rainbow
with all the colours of the spectrum.
So let's wave farewell to discord, because
really, we're all just unique lengths of
waves.

Author notes

If you're wondering why indigo isn't in here, it's because color scientists no longer consider it a distinct entity on the optical spectrum.

I did have indigo in a former edit. Check the poem history if you want.

superl337sauce
diversity

this took awhile to write... not like what usually happens...
it was a difficult prompt for me =P

for a bit of twss humour, add these lines in at the end:

"
Green, we know why you are the way you are,
but the truth is:
some are longer and some are shorter, but
that's not what really matters ^.~
"

I think there's this random part of quantum theory that defines all mass as waves...
maybe wavelengths of little vibrating strings of energy?
(string theory ^)

My inspiration:
"orange"

I entered this into a prompt contest earlier, and that was my prompt.

A contest entry

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Comments

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  • PaintedParisPassion
    August 18

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    Oh why so factious, you of the Spectrum of Visible Light?
    One day on that tie-dyed battlefield where clashing colours fly,
    darkness will descend, and clashing colours will fly from sauntering shadows.

    I too dreamt a dream:
    all the colours came together and wheeled together
    in harmony; love gave birth to secondaries; the United Council of Wavelengths
    banished back the darkness; and the invisible ones became visible.

    All together, we can paint a rainbow
    with all the colours of the spectrum.


    I really enjoyed all the colors Thanks for entering.

    ♥


  • Antebellum
    July 5
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    Thanks so much for entering.

    [if you end up in the finals I will comment better]


  • pinksnowboots
    February 19
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    Gorgeous-I love the color theme!


  • jayyniecakes.
    February 14
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    i like this... it has very interesting metafores.

    :]

    best of luck in my contest.


  • Kathraina silver member
    February 1
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    Judged-ola!

    unique and creative. great job.


  • whispernthedark Greeters member
    October 18, 2008

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    Creative write, full of great message and imagery. Thank you for entering the contest, good luck.

    ♥
    whisper

  • She Stole My Voice
    September 24, 2008

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    This is absolutely amazing.
    I couldn't pick out my favorite parts because there are just too many.
    Welcome to the finalists.
    Thank you so much for entering and good luck!
    ♥

    -Rainbow

    • superl337sauce
      September 30, 2008
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      Thanks for your commentssss

      I would love to win a trophy, but I notice I'm not in the finalists?

      It's okay if you just found someone better. If that's the case, please just ignore me.

      But if I somehow got left off, please add me back on >.<
      (trophytrophytrophy! ...potentially...)


  • Nienna Calmcacil
    September 23, 2008

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    That was really cool... a battle of color. I just pictured it all in my head and felt a little trippy XD

    Great job! Thanks for your entry.

  • She Stole My Voice
    September 20, 2008
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    Your prompt is:
    orange

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