The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Colours

  • #CYW #Pinegreen Perhaps you would say Its probably the most recognisable tree Next to the horse chestnut and English Oak – Its seeds hanging from its evergreen branches Growing commences when these seeds find their way under ground Released into the air slowly and then Enjoying the journey towards the clouds Expect a squirrel to…

  • #CYW #Piggypink Pink piggies like the ones in the farm on a plate with instant charm really tasty with their marshmallow noses krafty icing with a number of poses perhaps you’d be worried – about poor mr pig in fact – when i tell you – you might do a jig news is – i…

  • #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…

  • #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…

  • 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…

  • #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…

  • #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…

  • 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…