posting poetic prose
06 Nov 2020 27 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: colors, music
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)
10 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in haiku series, tanka Tags: boats, colors, jazz, lights, piano, riverwalk
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
photo by lynn
03 Aug 2018 11 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: balloons, colors, crayons, jelly beans, kaleidoscope, kites, rainbows
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.)
21 Aug 2017 6 Comments
in free verse, scripture Tags: ark, colors, flood, promise, rainbow
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 🙂
15 Feb 2017 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: beauty, colors, sunrise, sunset
sunrise/sunset shine
beauty at day’s raw edges
colors soothing balm
farm photo – lynn
07 Apr 2016 20 Comments
in sevenling Tags: colors, indigo, 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 🙂
22 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in free verse, Uncategorized Tags: colors, Dakota, geese, prairie, soil
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.
26 Mar 2014 7 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: colors, 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
__________
In response to Abhra Pal’s first (and colorful) poetic prompt on d’Verse…
made me think of Paul Simon’s ’70s song, Kodachrome 🙂
