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For Romanticism Poetry Contest sponsored by Seth Pina

Colors of Love

The sun shone and our love was born.
Your golden hair, it did adorn.
Green was the grass, and too, your eyes,
that flicked and danced like butterflies - 
the day our love was born.

The sky above was sapphire blue, 
It was endless.  Our love was too.
Rose flushed your cheeks, and red your lips,   
as our souls, like our fingertips, 
touched, intertwined and flew.

Must everything, once born, then die?
and colorless tears fall as we cry?  
Must our love story fade to black?
Is there no chance to get it back?
Can we give it one more try?
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Kauffman Avatar
April 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Congrats and high fives, David! Your colorful verse really does reflect the ups and downs and ever-borning hope of love. Sending you blessings of hope for restored love,
Crandall Avatar
April 23, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Thanks, so much Sam!
Dietrich Avatar
April 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Sweet. Bittersweet as well. Big congrats and wow. I see it even got a POTW way to go. I started last year mentioning in my notes when a poem has gotten POTD or anything special in the notes section. Wish I had done it with all the previous years. It's a good way to have a record of those things
Crandall Avatar
April 21, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Good idea - thanks, Andrea!
Acquah Avatar
November 29, 2024 at 6:57 PM
LOVELY !
Crandall Avatar
November 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Why thank you Vicki!
Empress Avatar
November 2, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Dear david, what a touching and sincere poem, and youve described her so well, she must be stunning! And the way youv rhymed throughout this poem is so catchy and youv woven emotions in a way that readers can resonate and feel. I especially love the way youv questioned at the end “ Must everything, once born, then die? and colorless tears fall as we cry? Must our love story fade to black?” sigh! So sad, how everything eventually fades and dies leaving us wishing, and wonderinf, if there’s any chance left. That ending did resonate with me! So i love this! Thank you for sharing~ congratulations on your win
Empress Avatar
November 2, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Haha ginger tea works wonders, lol
Crandall Avatar
November 2, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Hi Ink, thanks for the placement and kind review! I think your prompt of love and pain influence me to put in a little of both. BTW, related to a comment you made on another poem, I'm just about to fire up some ginger tea:-) first time I made it.
Bartley Avatar
October 25, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Very nice love poem. A very well deserved POTW. Thanks for sharing.
Crandall Avatar
October 25, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Thanks Benjamin!
Rodrigues Avatar
October 25, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Oh I think once this was read…oh, yeah. Green was the grass, and too, your eyes, that flicked and danced like butterflies…romance, something went awry… Love this, David! Congrats on POTW!
Crandall Avatar
October 25, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Thanks Kim, glad you liked it. One thing I was worried about was the word "flicked". It didn't seem quite right, but I decided to go with it since it was what popped into my head. It might be a malaprop for something else.
Read Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Hi David, enjoyed reading your well deserved POTW congratulations.
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Hi John, thanks a lot!
Rodgers Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Hello David, A big congratulations on getting POTD. I love the romantic aspects and the fall from romance, desiring to get it back once more. A wonderful Inked Poem! Autumn Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Hi Daniel! Yep, happy Autumn!
Jones Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Yaaaaay. So happy to see you’re enjoying potw honors! Congratulations David!
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Thanks Karen. It's fun to have my week in the sun - lol!
Kitchin Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 2:55 AM
David, beautifully romantic, congratulations on POTW.
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Thanks Tania!
Williams Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Congrats on your POTW David, good job and well deserved. Hugs Maria
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Thanks Maria!
Nicole Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
' our souls, like our fingertips touched, intertwined and flew. ' This thought is so beautiful and romantic. The emotions within caress gently around me, David. So tender and loving are your thoughts. Congratulations my sweet friend, on Poem of the Week. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Thanks Brandy - I'm glad you liked it :-)
Greenhough Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM
This is a beautiful, solemn poem. It has deep emotion. I was carried along the loving emotion. Congratulations on POTW.
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Thank you Hilda!
Kendrick Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Ahhh!! Such promising love then the spark disappeared. Yes, one can reignite the flame, it takes time, patients, and understanding. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Sara K
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Thanks Sara!
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October 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A lovely colourful poem David. Sometimes love is like a rainbow, deep and colourful at first, then fades away as loves goes astray. Congratulations on receiving the honour of poem of the week… Beryl
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Thanks Beryl. At first I was going to make it about a color wheel, and mixing colors, like I learned as a kid, but that seemed to complicated!
Fowler Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 2:17 PM
This is truly romantic and I love the color entwined throughout. Nice Dave! Congratulations! Elle :)
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Thanks Elle :-)
Goldsmith Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Congratulations on your POTW win. What a wonderful yet sad Rhyme write. Hope it works out for you. Have a very blessed day/week writing away.............
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Thanks Paula!
Cunningham Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Very romantic verse, hope it ends happy ever after David, congratulations to you on the honour of POTW Tom
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Thanks Tom!
One Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 3:53 AM
This is a wonderful poem, I hope she gives you one more chance David... everyone deserves another chance...
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Thanks, Silent One! I one more chance, maybe...but I'm a bit beyond that - lol!
Vaso Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Beautiful, not sure if I missed the first line, I have no ida why but now and then soup seems to cut off the top of a posted poem, as is 5 lines per verse seems not yet above is a line half cut off, weird!
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:06 AM
In the version I saw, they cut off my note about the poem being entered into a contest.
Meadows Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 12:41 AM
A lovely poem. Well done.
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Thanks Daisy!
Williams Avatar
October 19, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Yeah David, go for it - no harm in giving it one more try. Lovely romantic rhymes. I'm there cheering for you. Though on the other hand, people touch others lives and if they leave, they have given each other and left them enriched. A Fave. All the best for the competition. Thanks for sharing. Hugs Maria
Williams Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
The Gambler's song is so true David, I like that one. Maria
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:13 AM
oops, got my reply jumbled up, but you know what I meant, I just remember another song lyric, "like the gamblers say, read 'em and weep". - lol - it's all part of life.
Crandall Avatar
October 20, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Thanks Maria. There's a time to appreciate what you've had, and move on, continue the journey. Some things exist only for a moment in time, and aren't meant to be caught, like the songs they say "you can't catch the wind" and "know when to hold them and when to fold them". definitely agree with you - "no
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