This week’s Rough Cuts are both about colors and nature. As very visual beings, we’re heavily influenced by the colors around us. The affect our moods and emotions; our energy levels; even our appetite. As you read this week’s poems, I invite you to think about the colors suggested and how they make you feel.
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Both images in this post are mine.
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This one is sunshine and happiness,
energy and creativity,
a last kiss of summer.
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This one is cheerful and optimistic,
daring and adventurous,
a flake of flame.
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This one is power and prestige,
the highest standard,
the signature of success.
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This one is passion and performance,
danger and desire,
the look of love.
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This one is honest and reliable,
silent and wise,
down to Earth.
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Copyright 2022 by M. E. Forbes.
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That Witch Hazel and the Japanese Rose,
Daffodils and Forsythia,
rhapsodic optimism;
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Stella d’Oro and Black-Eyed Susan,
sunshine, laughter, and ice cream,
unfiltered happiness;
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The Gingko and Quaking Aspen glow
the color of treasured yesterdays,
and we forget gold and all we’ve been sold.
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It’s the eternal moment
between the last jump off the cliff,
and splashing into the river;
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It’s all we’ve lost
and everything we live for.
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Copyright 2022 by M. E. Forbes.