
Colleen’s poetry challenge this week is colours. You can join in here: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/06/06/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-323-6-6-2023/
Instructions:
- From the chart: choose a color and use the color in your syllabic poem.
- Also: Choose ONE word from the descriptions under the color you chose, and add it to your syllabic poem.
- Remember, if you write a freestyle poem, please include a syllabic form along with it.
I got a bit carried away this week and wrote one shadorma poem for each colour.
Backwards thinker (Yellow)
I focus
Yellow light expands
Clarifies
New ideas
Answers soon manifest as
Completed puzzles
Cloudy outcome (Gold)
Golden sun
Provides energy
Solar Power
Sounds perfect
Cloudy weather renders it
Unreliable
Needful adaption (Black)
Denial
Inevitable
Black thoughts come
Unbidden
Mind embraces acceptance
For self protection
Don’t wait (Purple)
Swollen eyes
Sporting dark bruises
Purplish
Fear tattoos
Follow your intuition
Before it’s too late
White disturbance (White)
Bright white light
Kills serenity
Reminder
Of anguish
Time spent in hospital rooms
Hoping for the best
Choices (Pink)
Anger brands
Pale cheeks a bright pink
Forgiveness
Is needed
To restore internal peace
A difficult choice
Seeking joy (Peach)
Juicy peach
Bursting with flavour
So tempting
Refreshing
Simple pleasures bring much joy
Transform attitudes
The student (Red)
Red blood pumps
Burning with passion
Misguided
Ill-fated
Destined to end in anguish
Life’s steep learning curve
The lie (Green)
Our planet
From space; green and blue
Wounds hidden
Smog disbursed
No healing necessary
The distorted truth
I don’t want it (Magenta)
Take it back
I hate magenta
Not purple
Not crimson
Confused colour in between
Take it back, I say
Lacking purpose (Grey)
Cloud cover
White tinged with light grey
Impassive
Nonchalant
Neutrality its purpose
No rainfall, no sun
The Balance (Blue)
Sky and sea
Dark blue meets light blue
Dramatic
Powerful
Nature’s great balancing act
Of air and water
Mislead
Those who seek
Sophistication
Purchase teal
Do they know
The namesake of the colour?
A small, dappling duck
By Robbie Cheadle
