Color
Can we speak of color?
And what is it for?
Perhaps, so we can tell one flower
From another
Can we speak of color?
a simple tool
It must be seen
The beauty of the world
Added drop by drop
In perfect harmony
Every color of the rainbow
And then some
Can we speak of color?
Each moment of the day
Rendered to help
Us find our way
Can we speak of color?
A lifetime study
No way to know them all
Primary colors, secondary colors and on and on
Can we speak of color?
Nothing definite
Absolutely changeable
Just when you think you know
Color will become something else
Mysterious, unnamable
Changing right before your eyes
An outlaw element to be sure
Can we speak of color?
And the mysteries that surround
How is it different from the other elements?
It is the only one we respond to with love or hate
No usually we do not say,
“Oh I love that shape”
Or, “I love that line”
But we do say, “I love that color!”
Written for: https://newwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com/2024/02/colors-passing-through.html
11 comments:
I knew your poem would be interesting, Annell, since you are an artist as well as a poet. A wonderful poem about the colours of the world. I love the closing, where we respond to colour even more than form. So true.
"An outlaw element to be sure"--wild wild color, like a chimera in some of your lines! I like how it guides us though it's hard to speak of. And I love how you carry the questions through this poem to the aesthetic that clings only to color.
As an artist, you are an expert on colour, Annell, and I enjoyed reading your poem exploring what colour is – I especially love that it is ‘so we can tell one flower / From another’ and ‘Nothing definite / Absolutely changeable’.
Interesting conclusion...and so very true, that color is something that triggers positive or negative emotions. And people seem to have strong feelings about it, moreso than with shapes or lines.
Nothing definite
Absolutely changeable
Just when you think you know.... those lines speak to me... so true, it is all perception in the end.
'Color' in this poem is quite a character Annell! It's beautiful, harmonious, helpful in its own way, whimsical as you don't know when and how it will change, mysterious and of course lovable. I smiled when I read, "An outlaw element to be sure". An enjoyable read.
I love "an outward element to be sure" colour was never to be kept within lines. Well done.
Fascinating reflections on color! I love the inquisitive note you strike from the beginning, half quizzical, half philosophical. Beautifully done.
Hope you will be able to comment on mine. Thank you.
True, that is what we say. I remember learning the primary colors. How two of those can make a third.
Color has so much impact. It speaks, reflects, invites...I could go on and on. Beautiful writing.
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