The Inkwell#CYW #Periwinkle
Dancing around in the lightest of breezes
bringing a spot of colour to parks and gardens
before the frost comes in
the ground you sit in determines your colour
sometimes you’re pink, sometimes you’re purple
but most of the time you’re as blue as the sky above you
and you shore up your fellow flowers
the daffodils and tulips keeping them standing tall
while the breeze of the wind goes through the park
#CYW #PacificBlue
When i see you around
i’m reminded of warm summer days
and the waters of the ocean
lapping the sandy shore
Attracting the sportsmen
playing about for fun
in their watersports gear
Motorboats and Jetskis
tearing a white wave
through your dark blue waters
Your Colours more deep
than your Mediterranean cousin
but seamen still hang around your deep shades
hoping to land that one in a million catch
If anyone saw your recklessness
bounding from flower to flower
pinching the finest nectar from each one
I’m pretty sure – they’d be shocked
no wonder the bees are fed up
but people see your pale orange wings
and just smile
not knowing you’ve just done a heist in the garden
#CYW #Outerspace
ever wandered why the aliens keep on landing on earth ?
seems there’s something special here you just cant get
tween Jupiter and Saturn on their burger buns
space dust from the crab nebula and
particles of planet dust doesn’t quite match
the taste you get from the special sauce on a terran burger
or a “fillet of fish”
maybe that’s why they keep making so many return visits!
#cyw #orchid
Over time the orchid plant
Releases the colour hidden away in its stems
Crafting flowers of such beauty, you would have thought
Heaven’s angels had crafted each one
It takes time to grow an orchid with such colour and beauty, but its
Definately worth every second waited
An acrostic on the colour orange (or is that the fruit orange)
Of course, you all know this colour – its the colour of the fruit
Red meeting yellow in the paint mixing pot
As the two colours come together – colour of
Navel and Seville
Greet you as it hits the paper – its not just in fruit though
Expect to see it on the spice rack or the soup dish
#cyw #olivegreen #olive #green
Out in the summer sun
Living it up on Grecian shores
It’s like you were made, for the mezze
Vine Leaves and Feta Cheese
Even the tomatoes seem juicier when you’re around
Gem of a fruit of the vine
Roasted lamb seems to like you
Even served as a stuffing
Enjoyed more now – in jars and in pastes but
Never forget – how tasty you are off the vine
No denying the dish of the day
every rabbit around has been after
one since the man in the spaceship planted
nine hundred and ninety nine
Colourful seeds in the abandoned field
a whole host of wildlife had a share from
radishes to lettuce – with their extra special glow
rabbits enjoyed the carrots
of course – now they’ve eaten the alien crops
they’re easy to see – just not that easy to catch!
You couldn’t call him Black or white
he’s far too bright for that
dashing about the serengeti
and confusing all the cats
see his different coloured stripes are such
they make the whole place smile
so the lionesses don’t grab him for lunch
they’ve left him free for a while
The hippos think he’s amazing
The gazelles think just the same
The birds think he’s a great big flower
and land regularly on his frame
The bears are all a smiling
and the little ones all make their way
to say hello to the fellow with the rainbow stripes
the one who’s made their day.
Salford, 19th June 2020
#CYW
Maybe, you would call it purple – but there’s definitely
a shade or two of pink hiding in this colour
unless you were looking at it really close up –
very few would succeed to match it up
except of course the guys or girls at the wallpaper warehouse – who
like mixing up the reds blues and yellows
of course you spot its pinkish hues up by fellow plants
up in the garden
shades of pink popping up the yellows, purples and blues
