Tag Archives: color poems

Seven years after she makes her escape

Posted on May 4, 2021 by whimsygizmo

,  all she remembers is blood -red wine in fragile glasses,  and empty plates the color of bone.   ::twiglet #225

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

seeing red

Posted on April 5, 2021 by whimsygizmo

the anger fades in lurid liquid shades of burgundymerlotsangria ,and the claret-y comes in wine and waves,saves us slowly sip by sip.  we slip our hands together in prayerand painand praise of slight squashed dreams and mangled grapes.  Linda’s got a great word for us over at dVerse … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 46 Comments

When the sky is just the perfect shade of blue

Posted on November 11, 2020 by whimsygizmo

,  ‘it’s the color of my wedding dress!’ she saysand he always fires back ‘periwinkle?’ and there’s a wink built right in and then she says ‘cornflower blue.’ and after 22 years it’s something            that never gets old, always new, this  laughter borrowed over blue.  :: written for poetic asides November … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

i can’t imagine her wild

Posted on November 28, 2018 by whimsygizmo

{mood ring: forgiveness, and other disasters} i. midnight-maroon, for her darkest hour swoon, her great craving for protest and anti -hate, war. ii. gun metal gray for her weary worn heart and its shaky veins, brave un -broken beat. iii. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Grad(u)ations of Color, Light

Posted on May 23, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. We are still learning, yearning for some diploma -cy, some salutatorian sunrise promise. Hold this crimson close, that one in a vermillion horizon to heart; start asking all the right questions: Can I pocket this praise? Can I fill … Continue reading →

Posted in poetic asides poems | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Struck by Macaw {W61.12}

Posted on January 20, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. I knew it when I tum -bled here into this jungle: life ain’t got an easy streak. Didya know the world ain’t flat? But that’s a misnomer cuz I’ve still got all this gray, today. Per -haps, on impact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Mermaid Soul

Posted on October 8, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. When it’s fin -ally time for her to go, just dip her ….. in ……….indigo.       . Prompted by OctPoWriMo, day 8. 

Posted in mermaid poems | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Swatches

Posted on September 23, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. Give us your poor, your proud, your purplest mountains and most amber shades of day. Give us your periwinkle, puce, your silver-gray, longing to be free, and framed. Brush my skin in 47 hues of brightest boldest mutest blue, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 18 Comments

pallid palette

Posted on September 2, 2015 by whimsygizmo

  .. these wings could use some color be -yond the pale-pooled milky moon murmur of their own skin. let’s shade ourselves in indigo and jade, play up our verdant eyes and surprise the world in saffron ver -million splendor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Local Color

Posted on June 4, 2015 by whimsygizmo

.. Fling green everywhere you go and throw a little in digo in, too. Azure tide, alpine blue, free spirit; let’s gather-spatter wandering willow, fancy flirt, frag -rant cloves. Dunk your hungry hands in and finger-paint this sky in all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments