Color Poems | Examples of Color Poetry

Ominous leaden clouds sink low in the sky overhead. Tiny sparrows cease to fly and seek shelter instead. Shadows fade, the sun slinks away and disappears. The gloomy day only increases all uncertainties and fears. Everything seems to have turned the colour of ash. Morose feelings overcome me, as rain falls with a splash. As I walk along it stains the...

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For Color My Mood Poetry Contest 26th May 2025 Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud ________________________________________ Ominous leaden clouds sink low in the sky overhead. As shadows fade the gloomy day increases uncertainties. I don a sullen expression as morose feelings engulf me. The ambience that...

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They say a picture may paint a thousand words but I can't read what he wrote household paint poured onto a horizontal surface ain't what I call works of note splashed with no pre-planned end-result for art's sake to me does not art make known for his 'drip technique' yes he was a drip and no mistake yet a few of his spills...

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aquamarine exudes that dreamy state of happiness carrying with it the glitter of the sun while stirring memories of the sea...

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dandelion seeds, blowing across the summer’s silence rising up, a full moon – glowing with its music, its poetry singing to the stars with their radiance, sparkling, wistful while autumn thrives in her clearest skies, with tender clouds and the winter breathes her music in flakes who create drifts COLOR MY MOOD Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud Written on May 25,...

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I have a story to tell One that doesn't end well So I advise you to take a break For this will cause your heart to ache A fourteen year old boy Used as a decoy To manipulate and destroy A message sent to employ A hatred to kill joy He was a child A boy who...

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"Yellow is a bright and fun color to enjoy." By Poet Yellow is my husband's favorite color, my fun surprise was going to cost more than a dollar. We were dating and he was coming to see me, I was dressing in all yellow looking like a big bee. When he got off the airplane, he said - you look breathless...

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haiku : protea ~N A T I O N AL flower~ hoary pinky Proteus ** sticKy ** f i N g e R ...

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haiku : leaves d e w on washing line l e a v e s RED o P e N thirsty throats veins R E L E A S E ~ green blood ~ ...

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Silhouettes glide into my forest dream Draped in ash haunting foggy mindscreen My despair slithering through furrowed twigs Relentlessly invading unconscious thought, Father, I still run with you past winter's dirge. Contest of nette onclaud , Color My Mood May 22, 2025 *Poem's Note is locked ...

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Laughter spills like spice from a careless hand—alive. A flame in the orchard dreams of breaking free—unbound. Hope wears citrus perfume, dancing through dust—bright. Each ending tastes like summer that won’t let go—longing. The sky, mid-fall, can't choose: fire or farewell—unsettled. Contest Name: Colour as Emotion: A Poetry Challenge Date Posted: May 25, 2025 Sponsor: TSP Creative Writing Faculty...

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Written, May 24, 2025 For the International Contest, Color My Mood Sponsor, Nette Onclaud ___________________________________________ I wear a gemstone locket aways that holds ashes it has oceanic hues and I get lost in the endless blue my most precious possession filling me with emotions of harmony, tranquility, peace, acceptance and calm energy a treasure forever as mom and dad are...

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Flowing across the page. Everything comes to me at once. The colors dance upon the paper. Like a performance on a stage. The only one in the audience is me. Observant and thinking about the next step. I am voiceless. So I let the dancers speak for me instead. As a voice for the voiceless. They understand my heart. Colors flowing across the page. The colors...

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gazing wistfully through a deep mysterious ocean door into a swimming dream of you and me a confluence of what maybe was and what might have been...

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When I look into my grandmother's eyes I see what she's had to sacrifice When I look into my grandmother's eyes I see a lifetime of pain she's carried When I look into my grandmother's eyes I see the hurt of not being accepted When I look into my grandmother's eyes I see Someone who once despised her beautiful...

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