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Color Poems | Examples of Color Poetry

Was it tuna?
The world in black and blue, no visible outline, the colors blur. Headlights bright red, and the people covered in smoke as I stand in the back- alley surrounded by old graffiti stains and a half eaten tuna fish sandwich. The alley cats devour the carcass leaving the bones and eyes behind. I look at the eyes and I see my...

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Categories: city, color, conflict, dark,
Form: Prose Poetry
Evermore
While wending my way one sunny day in no particular direction on stopping for reflection I took a look at flowers by the rustic fence beside a gnarled old tree and was amused to see beautiful colours and textures which it seemed to me could only be a painting picturesque packed with pinks and reds yellows too while beyond there lay a field of green beneath...

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Categories: beauty, color, garden, memory,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Here for the Moment
Janice Avery loved deep green nature; like cherry sunset owls, gawping. She dwelt with her parents and Sissy, when old, golden days were walking. They lived out in the hilly country, where orangeish stars could be seen; And summer seemed to last forever, for days held a predominate sheen. Noons were filled with happiness laughter, that foreshadowed pink moon. Life...

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Categories: bird, color, fantasy, memory,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member hair accessories
hair accessories I wear come in bright colors, like vibrant rainbow ...

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Categories: color, hair, rainbow,
Form: Other
Premium Member At Least One Screw Loose
George was a prankster, at least one screw loose Peed in a bottle, tagged it orange juice His mom drank it all down ...

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Categories: change, color, humor, mother
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Dewfresh Morn
Damp sound of squelching grass beneath my feet ushers bright dew soaked morn on wild green plot of tangled twigs, stalks, leafs where young lambs bleat and blather without rein in frisky trot!...

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Categories: appreciation, blue, color, imagination,
Form: Other
Sweet Jazz Night
Bluesy swinging sipper— Sax in fancy suede taps, keys go snippety, ivory sprinkles...

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Categories: art, color, music, song,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member Sunshine Invasion
red heart of morning guilty shadows fled like dreams scattering moonbeams Blue jay on green rose caressed by gold creeping heat petals and concrete saffron veiled dancers of every scent and color city sun culture pearly paths faded plum day's grown a bit older sunshine's grown bolder ...

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Categories: bird, color, day, flower,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Canterbury Bells
canterbury bells so delicate and pleasant white, blue, lavender … ...

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Categories: beauty, color, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member in the gentle mist
a bouquet of white blossoms touched by a tinge of pink blushing at the thought of your smile in the distance AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Categories: color, longing, smile,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member After The Spell
I focus on the image of a stunning woman’s pose against a hue-tinged skyline canvas so mesmerising in its otherworldly scope that dream mirror brochure lure dashed by thunderstorms and rain...

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Categories: beautiful, beauty, change, color,
Form: Verse
Premium Member BLUE
Out of all the colors of the rainbow I choose blue True roses are red but I don't think violets are blue It's a dominate color and one that's quite known I tend to like blue in any shade, material or tone You have to be honest blue makes things look nice Have you saw diamonds that looked like blue...

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Categories: color,
Form: Rhyme
Eagle’s Challenge
_____________ meet me on high in limpid luminescent sky from whence you’ll catch my twigs perhaps there I cloudless am guided to harlequin horizons precision wings gliding pearly path to clarity’s timeless apex called unearthly eos heaven our mahogany missions in photons seared at azure axis of Giza activate starseeds dear akasha includes human evolution tough treading ...

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Categories: color, allegory, bird, change, character,
Form: Ballad
THAT GIRL IN PINK
That girl in pink glows She's so romantic She's very realistic She never forgets her history That's why she's so stylish Her lineage will never perish Because she's always staying to her roots. She belongs to no group She doesn't want Anyone to use her as tool She hate fools She loves swimming pools She's my crush She said let's...

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Categories: africa, color, creation, crush,
Form: Epic
You can't run from accountability
We know your game And we are not going to become slaves to it We've seen you spin your lies like a spiders Web Your crimes of deceit will come back to smite you The heavens will rain down on you There is no escape from eternity Hear these words said Let them infest your head Your silence will betray you...

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Categories: color, discrimination, prejudice, psychological,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Color Poems

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