And since I’m sharing more complex color poems, I thought I’d share an older one, just to make sure the day is sufficiently colorful. A nice warm poem, for everyone braving the cold.

A rose by any other name…
Image from WikiMedia by Stan Shebs.

Carnelian

An earthy blanket of rich chestnut mulch

neatly bound

by a ring of eggshell and gray-dappled limestone blocks

under a robin’s egg sky

Sun warmed and drowsing

glossy emerald leaves stretch out and up

toward that pale blue sky and inescapable light

anchored by thick gray-brown stems shading to

verdant hues

At the ends

red-tinged new budding curls of foliage

emerge

crowned by bright jewels

proudly lifted to entice passing bees

bright bold petal ruffles flushed carnelian

releasing sweet whispers

on the wind