leaves tremble,
red-gold-orange spirals
on crisp nights
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Fall Shivers
Tag Archives: color
Maple Down Ditty
autumn rain
slapping five with maple leaves,
pitter-pat splats
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Perfect Petals
Write your story
for words are
perfect petals
that bring color
to the world.
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World Afire
A world
afire with color
and rage
against those
who don’t see
color
as beautiful
as precious
as connected
to all of us.
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Rock Garden Reprised
silent yellow wings,
petals uncurl colors that
strike chords
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Different Colored Days
Sometimes I feel yellow,
or slow, green and dragging
or even a rapid-raging red. Continue reading
Missing the Color
missing the color,
the sunshine in my veins
that warms the days
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On Family Summers
cheek by jowl
close at hand
neck and neck
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Strength in Contrast
purple and yellow
delicate spires and broad leaves
but contrast succeeds
when we are free to disagree,
we make each other stronger
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Your Color is Hope
“Moon Song” Used with Permission of Artist Lisa Telling Kattenbraker
Your color is hope,
birdsong on sunbeams,
a peaceful night’s sleep,
a bittersweet violin air,
raindrops on cottage roses
in full-spiced bloom,
the last snowflake of May,
and the urge to sail
over blue-green waves
with moon-drunk words
on my lips, tasting hope.
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Color Yearn
With the silver sun
before sunset,
the world turns
an over-bright
black and white. Continue reading
The Color Inside
Whatever our color outside,
the color inside
is the most precious,
the color that defines us. Continue reading
