The Color Green

Grasshoppers and katydids
Cactus, growing in the sand
Palm trees near the ocean
May-apples in the woodland

Parrots squawking in the jungle
Moss creeping over rotten logs
Luscious ferns filling forests
Huge dinosaurs, tiny tree frogs

Watercress and lettuce leaves
English ivy, honeysuckle vines
Grass snakes and lunar moths
Cedar, fir, spruce, and pines

Myriad grasses, filling meadows
And blanketing every lawn
Fields of corn and sugarcane
Fat caterpillars, tiny inchworms

The stem of every flower
the fat shell of every bean
Looking around, it would seem
Our Father favors the color green
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Mika-Stevens Avatar
March 2, 2016 at 2:03 PM
This was quite cute ....
Adams Avatar
March 5, 2016 at 12:13 PM
Thank you Genevieve, for reading and taking the time to comment. Blessings.
Petersen Potter Avatar
October 17, 2014 at 1:16 PM
Green is a beautiful color and in nature the most, so glad our Father created colors, Koda.:) xxxxx D.
Adams Avatar
October 17, 2014 at 5:50 PM
Yes, my husband is somewhat color blind; can't see all the colors I can, and some of the ones he sees are distorted. I am grateful for all the colors I can see. I've done the same type of poem on the color blue. Thanks for reading, Dorian.
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