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The Rainbow at the Beach
I see with my artist’s eyes a rainbow in the sky. It has lots of color: Blue, purple, pink, orange, red, white, and green. I am at the beach. At first, the water is cold. Then the water turns hot. My...
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Wa, Wa, Wa
When I’m in the hospital, I feel colors going crazy inside me. I go, “Wa, wa, wa.” That’s what my picture says, “Wa, Wa, Wa.” “Wa, Wa, Wa” by Xavier, age 4 Filed under: art, illness, writers in the...
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Free This Saturday 2pm: Prize Poets
Filed under: event, Houston, poetry, Reading, writers in the schools Tagged: color poem, free event, Free program, Houston, Houston Public Library, public poetry
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Yellow
Yellow is a sun lighting the day. Yellow is a banana in my stomach. Yellow is my mother forever cleaning in the kitchen. Yellow is cold as gold. It is a rock a child paints. A yellow blanket wrapping...
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Azul (Blue)
Photo by Nate Eagleton via flickr Azul, que bailas en el cielo Azul, las cachapas de Venezuela Azul, como “Mary” Alas de un pájaro Azul, el pelaje Azul Que te oigo En el mar Azul Como si ves el bien En...
View ArticleColor Me by Dani
Color me like the oceans in the afternoon. Color me like the sun in the morning. Color me like the lime in the bowl. Color me like the tomato in my backyard. Color me like the light in the sky. Color...
View ArticlePurple
Purple is a velvet veil across a snowy flowerbed Purple is fuzzy and silky Purple is zingy hot tea sizzling in your mouth Purple smells like a combination of fresh berries and peach skin Purple is a...
View ArticleIt’s In You
Once, a man never let his feelings out. He remembered everything. One day, he became an explosion. He threw pink and gray and all the other colors, and for the rest of his life, he was playful. By...
View ArticleThe Blue
The blue Of The coral, The Texture of the shell. It looks Like Fish, Fish that Are sad. The feel Is Peace. The Feel Is lonely And The sky, So quiet, The rocks, All so Smooth. By Madison, 3rd grade...
View ArticleColors and Blah
I never thought the day would come. The day when I would feel the dullness of the gray, the anger of the yellow. I remember clearly, why I painted my emotions. By Sophia, 4th grade [True Colors by...
View ArticleRed is a Rose that I Gave to My Mom
Red is a rose that I gave to my Mom for Fourth of July. Yellow is a banana that my brother and I shared together. Blue is the sky. Blue is the sky that has clouds, bright white clouds. It gives us...
View ArticleRojo que te quiero rojo (Red, I Love You, Red)
Rojo el agua salpicando rojo en las hojas Rojo el cielo Roja la luz Rojo los animales Rojo el tronco sobre el suelo y las hojas sobre los árboles Rojo, que te quiero, Rojo Roja la sangre Rojo el mar...
View ArticleI am Eunice
I am tickle me pink. I am strawberry ice cream. I am soft sweetness that comes with coolness. I am tickle me pink. I am blush. I am the shyness from a little girl’s cheeks. I am tickle me pink. I am a...
View ArticleBlue
12 pale silhouettes dancing in a moonlit courtyard glistening under a gossamer fog. That is why the sky is blue. A rather odd remark. The silhouettes were clouds swaying in the moonlit courtyard of...
View ArticlePink
Pink is a soft as my jacket. Pink tastes like cherry pie. Pink smells like sweet corn candy. Pink sounds like a song. By Triniti, 1st grade Photo by tanakawho via Flickr
View ArticleColor Poems
Yellow Like a beaming, little bugs shining for attention, it sticks out like the sun sticks the world out with light. Red Steaming creatures sparkle into flames of one little color. It sounds like a...
View ArticleGreen
What is Green? Is it the fresh cut grass or the lime in your tea? Does it feel like the powder when you put your makeup on? Green is life. Looking at the bright green field makes you root for your...
View ArticleYellow Planet
I see the golden sun Rising upon me Like a star in the black Shadows of night, Shining on the palace of Gold and happiness. I see you, sun. I see a beautiful woman With her gold hair shining, Yellow...
View ArticleThe Birth of Color
The beautiful sunset making shades of blue, green, red, pink, yellow, and orange, eyes of the wandering beings opening, looking, watching from their windows, the golden yellow tree, the sunset lake,...
View ArticleSonic Lime
I once met a tiny strange martian named Louie. He told me he had a deep temptation to leave his home and escape to the lush green world of sonic lime.
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