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BLACK Define Black: Black is a mood, As in mourning or sorrow; A mood that cries out for a better tomorrow. Black is a color, Worn to entice. In sheers and in satins we pay a high price. The color of Onyx, Set in fine silver, To deepen it's color and set hearts a-quiver. Black is the color, Of a moonless night; And the velvet sound of night wings in flight; And black is the color, Of my dog's eyes; Deep and soft as the midnight skies. Define Black: It's ------ Nice. Judy Ball

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Date: 11/10/2016 9:51:00 PM
very sweet, love the ending, congrats on your win Judy
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Date: 11/10/2016 1:36:00 PM
Lovely expression, Judy. Many congrat's on your win Lainey
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Date: 11/8/2016 10:59:00 AM
Congrats well-done x great poem x
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Date: 7/17/2011 1:57:00 PM
Enjoyed your black description.....well done!! Thanks for reading my works too. Hope your lords day is slow and restful!
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Judy Ball
Date: 7/17/2011 2:42:00 PM
Thank you so much my friend. Glad you liked it. God Bless, JB
Date: 7/12/2011 4:00:00 AM
Black can indeed, be nice. My old science teacher said that black and white are NOT colors, and gave a scientific explanation why. That is a purely pedantic approach, and to most people (myself included), black and white ARE colors! This is a nicely written poem. Love, Robert.
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Judy Ball
Date: 7/12/2011 6:55:00 AM
Thank you my friend. So glad you enjoyed this piece. I wrote it for a contest on another sight when asked to write a poem about the color Black. Everyone wrote something foreboding and creepy. I decided to go the other way with it. Thanks bunches and have a great day. God Bless, JB
Date: 7/11/2011 11:53:00 PM
JUdy I really like this, especially the part about moonless nights and velvet sound of night wings.... I take it, that this is not for the contest then? (you can't mention the color in the contest) Gosh, if you just remove the word black from it, you could easily use it for Nette's contest.
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Judy Ball
Date: 7/12/2011 7:06:00 AM
Thank you so much Andrea for thelovely comments. No I chose the poem "Spring" for Nette's contest. Wrote this for another contest on another sight long ago.They wanted us to write about the color "Black" and everyone wrote creepy foreboding things. I decided to go the other way with it. Everything has two sides to it. Thanks bunches and have a great day. God Bless, JB

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