thank-full

wet dew on garden

i harvest summer’s bounty

abundant flavour

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photo by lynn__

color tones

if jazz is blue, then
blues play cerulean

rock & roll thumps a
loudly violent violet

rap taps bold blood,
so immodestly garnet

country music waxes
into mellow marigold

gospel soothes with its
rich emerald harmony

while classical sounds
notably black & white


Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense leads to automatic, involuntary experiences of a second one.  Seeing music as colors is one form of synesthesia.  (recent prompt by Grace at dVerse poets)

joy of light series

Continuing series for retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai….


 

XVII.

 

san antonio

cruise boats glow neon colors

night life’s lights shimmer

piano music jazzes

river walk laughter ripples

 

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photo by lynn

watercolor verse

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Sky full of kites

or hot air balloons,

Parasol canopy or

favorite cartoons,

 

Gram’s flower pots

and sweet jelly beans,

Flags of all countries,

kaleidoscope dreams,

 

To color with crayons or

blow bubbles oblate;

God creates rainbows

— then we imitate!

 


A poem for children…and prompt hosted by Bjorn at dVerse.  (Image from pxhere.)

rainbow colors

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photo by lynn

 

 

Red as sunrise before looming storm

Orange as gopher wood bark inside ark

Yellow as fierce eyes of boarding panthers

Green as wild foamy breakers of floodwaters

Blue as heavens after dark rainclouds clear

Indigo as robe of Noah, kneeling by altar

Violet as passion of God’s forever promise

 

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.   (Genesis 9:13)

 


You can participate  in colours writing prompt at Ramblings of a Writer 🙂

grace crayoned skies

 

sunrise/sunset shine

beauty at day’s raw edges

colors soothing balm

 

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farm photo – lynn

Sevenling (rainbow recipe)

Having fun with a new poetic form, sevenling, introduced by De at dVerse!

 

rainbow recipe begins with basic

ingredients of primary colors:

real red, mellow yellow, too blue.

 

measure equal parts;  blend with

fresh rainwater until secondary hues

appear: ore orange, preen green, riot violet.

 

Oh, may i please borrow a smidgeon of simple indigo?

 


This one for cousin Ben, jewelry designer at Simple Indigo 🙂

november colors dakota

 

honk gray geese vee tattoo

across low-flying sky’s ceiling.

 

ice-edged blue pond fingers

reedy border of dry wild rice.

 

undulating green winter wheat field

interrupted by bare windbreak.

 

peely red shed leans lopsided into

prevailing prairie headwinds.

 

buff-brown buck grazes placidly

among herd of hardy range cattle.

 

flap black crow caws contrary to

silently melting snow pile.

 

tufted straw-gold crop debris

disk-mixed into fallow, fertile soil.

 

sunny silver beams gleam earthward

 between radiant cracks in clouds.

 

inspired white church steeple points

gratefully back toward heaven.

 

polychromatic

 

color me clear claret to drink deep abiding joy

wash me free cerulean to keep fresh vision of purpose

paint me wild violaceous to sense passionate wonder

spray me glowing fuchsia to energize with enthusiasm

shade me warm goldenrod to exude grateful hope

draw me wheaten whey to nurture spirit of others

dye me gently ibis to find beauty in quietness

tint me steely silver to gather strength with age

 

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In response to Abhra Pal’s first (and colorful) poetic prompt on d’Verse…

made me think of Paul Simon’s ’70s song, Kodachrome 🙂