The Human Hues

She slipped clumsily in a 
café
Looked all around her
from the corner of her 
eye
Felt all eyes upon her
Bit her lip
and flushed crimson 
disconcertedly.

He was sacked, literally 
fired
Got down in the dumps
Was down and out
and was left feeling blue 
so gloomily.

He gave her a blossomed 
rose
Blood rushed to her 
cheeks
She blushed a deep red 
so joyously.

She watched her rival 
from afar
Summed up her 
envy in reflex
and she turned green 
jealously.

It looked hale and hearty
Ooh the cherubic chubby 
cheeks
Baby looked in the pink
as it babbled away 
innocently.

She heard of a loved 
one's demise.
That was a shock indeed
She went white as a 
sheet
as she then wept so 
woefully.

She saw a teeny-weeny 
spider on her skirts
Talk of arachnids and 
phobias, yikes! 
She turned a pale yellow 
in fright
as she screamed fearfully.

He found his sweetheart 
in another man's arms
Doubted his own charms
and his face went purple 
with rage
almost immediately.

He faced his lifelong 
enemy
Hate brimmed up in him
as his bitterness found a 
vent
He shot him a black glare
most scornfully

well well, it might seem 
that the worst of all the 
human hues
are the melancholic 
depressing blues
But I think being green 
for jealousy
and the black of hate
top the list in deserving 
poohs.

Mind you these human
pigmentation of emotion
are a matter of reflex
for you can't choose
which of the human hues
you'd like to wear, on 
party day
and which you'd rather 
not use.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 11/12/2015 1:03:00 PM
Assalamoalaikum, lovely sis.......quiet a feat to express human emotions through colours....fantastic
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Date: 7/15/2014 11:37:00 AM
Great depiction of the hues of color in life
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Date: 4/25/2014 10:15:00 PM
Fun cycling through the colors with their assigned emotions. Orange you glad you didn't have to rhyme this one, door hinge being the only thing that fits at all. Seriously, however, very nice work and thoroughly enjoyable.
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Date: 4/24/2014 1:39:00 PM
Nice narrative, and layered with detailed imagery. You are a solid writer. Bravo, Poet!
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Date: 4/16/2014 3:43:00 PM
this was sure an interesting one. Doing the contest by using the expressions to depict human emotions thru colors. Yep, green is a really nasty one!!! I like sunny yellow!!! mellow yellow!
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S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri
Date: 4/17/2014 8:47:00 AM
Helo, andrea, yeah but without any basis westerners only, have signified green as the color of jealousy. But no colors are bad by themselves. Green actually i read is a pervasive color of nature, of the spring of life and other merits. All colors r gud. Thanx n take care.
Date: 3/28/2014 10:35:00 PM
Bravo, written with great skill.
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Date: 3/27/2014 12:59:00 PM
really enjoyed visualising the colours to express the emotions - very well written. Jan xxx
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Date: 3/27/2014 7:48:00 AM
Nice use of colors to express emotions. The the rhythmic situations enhances the beauty. Enjoyed it a lot.
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