The Orange Red Moon
the orange red moon
declaring autumn comer
had kissed the ocean
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Categories:
orange red, adventure,
Form: Haiku
Autumn
Trees starting to shed,
Bright hues of red and orange,
Pile on verdant grass
As the ebony crow glides
Through brilliantly crisp air.
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Categories:
orange red, appreciation, autumn, beautiful, day,
Form: Tanka
Hooded Pitohui
Black and orange passerine with red eyes
In the woods of
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Categories:
orange red, beautiful, beauty, bird, flying,
Form: Tetractys
The Sky Is a Fierce Orange Red
California and Colorado are burning up.
Millions of acres gone, wildlife displaced and misplaced.
Sixty people are missing. A one year old died yesterday.
The sky is fierce, orange red, a hostile warning to evacuate.
Why didn’t they leave sooner? We ask when we hear the horror stories.
They were optimists, hoping things would get better, of course.
Optimists sometimes stay
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Categories:
orange red, america, usa,
Form: Free verse
Pink Orange Red
Haunting,
Guitar cries,
Pink orange red,
Angelic voice exhales,
Chilling.
Inspired by the Cocteau Twins song Pink Orange Red. It's one of the songs on my Desert Island playlist.
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Categories:
orange red, art, love, music,
Form: Cinqku
Orange-Red Dreadlocks
She wore orange-red dreadlocks
Danced on the horizon far away
Setting the woods on fire
Stirring up all kinds of desire
Roosters arose with voices of power
Sleeply pines in silhouette still stood
Dormant in cold and frozen twigs
She stirred the air to warm and play
Happiness she brought
Sent the cold swiftly away
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Categories:
orange red, nature,
Form: Rhyme