by Kathryn E.
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January 15, 2006

The naming of colors

May 25, 2007 01:31 AM EDT (Updated: May 26, 2007 11:34 PM EDT)
views: 87 | comments: 53

Blue, bright, a baby blue,
Is a boy dressed in sailor blues;
The word pops from the mouth, like blowing raspberries;

Blue, is a baby boy
Whom we chuck under the chin
To make him laugh;

Pink, like cotton candy,
Is a newborn baby girl,
Her soft skin, smooth against your cheek
Shy and hides behind her smile;

Red, a red, red poppy, bright like hot dogs, flaming red on the grill;

Lemon yellow, the summer sun, high at noon over blue pool of cool water;

Bathers sport neon stripes to match neon tumblers, filled with neon drinks, lime Rickey, lemon ice,  and tangerine Orangina;

Green, green grass, cool, wet to the touch; toes tingle in the dewy morn.

This is the day, rejoice.

Kathryn Esplin-Oleski, (c) copyright 2007. 

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Comments: 53

Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom' May 25, 2007, 1:42am EDT
Kathryn . ....I like all the shades of your articles...This is indeed a colorful one.Tell me when you were writing this what inspired you to write on the colors personalities...?
*LORA* M. May 25, 2007, 2:02am EDT
very nice. I like it.
subroto s s. May 25, 2007, 2:04am EDT
Excellent! Kathryn. There are some color superstitions:) Blue is true. Yellow's jealous. Green's forsaken. Red's brazen. Pink's sweet. White is love. Black is death. Hope you don't believe it!
doria c. May 25, 2007, 2:13am EDT
So glad you could do this....Thank you for sharing......Nature green is my favorite,many shades.
Ellen M. May 25, 2007, 3:13am EDT
nice poem, sounds like new beginnings
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 3:24am EDT
Bhawana, I was thinking of this today at work. I work in a department store. The summer colors are especially nice.

subroto, oh yeah, I believe it NOT
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 3:25am EDT
Thank you, doria, Cindy T. and Elllen.
M M. May 25, 2007, 5:01am EDT
Love the way you elicit colors' personalities - then sum it up with "This is the day, rejoice." Nice coda.
Life is a pageant of wonderful colours - as is this poem.
elizabeth e. May 25, 2007, 5:56am EDT
...the world is a rainbow...that's filled with many colors...rejoice...it could be just black and white.
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 6:11am EDT
Thank you, MM, Magi and elizabeth.
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 7:02am EDT
Have a great day, all.

Enjoy your day, rejoice!
Pat M. May 25, 2007, 7:23am EDT
Colours really are emotions, and vice versa. They can be like smells and be a powerful links to times past.
Kim E. May 25, 2007, 7:37am EDT
A wonderful way to express the colors of ones' life. To bring them out into the open, to appreciate all that they are and how they affect our lives and make us wonder.
So true to see what color can provoke from one to another!
Thank you for your true wisdom on color....
May the Spirit of our brother Wolf walk with you in this life and the beyond, always!
Christine P. May 25, 2007, 8:04am EDT
I love your poem!
nathaniel s. May 25, 2007, 8:09am EDT
wow what a great piece of work. I loved it.
Tracey W. May 25, 2007, 8:21am EDT
The imagery is very captivating.
Jennifer Oliver May 25, 2007, 9:56am EDT
A brightly colored poem! I so enjoyed it!
LK Hunsaker May 25, 2007, 9:59am EDT
Beautiful; excellent word choices and imagery!
Lisa J May 25, 2007, 10:20am EDT
What would we call blue if it wasn't?
Cheryl W. May 25, 2007, 10:56am EDT
Very nice, Kathryn. I enjoyed reading this.
Ann M. May 25, 2007, 11:37am EDT
I enjoyed your color poem. It made me think about my best friend whose daughter is having her second child making him a grand father for the second time.
I also enjoyed the flow of the poem. Good associatioins to the colors.
Cecile V. May 25, 2007, 12:41pm EDT
A colorful delight, Kathryn!
Ron B. May 25, 2007, 3:28pm EDT
Good job. I really liked it.
Tina Coruth May 25, 2007, 4:47pm EDT
Delightful!
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 6:44pm EDT
Thanks Pat, Kim, Christine, nathaniel, Tracy, Cheryl, Jennifer, LK,

Thanks,
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 6:48pm EDT
Thanks Lisa B., Sheryl L, Cheryl, Ron B., Ann M., Cecile, Tinch, Christi B., Tina.
A Ahmad May 25, 2007, 6:48pm EDT
colorfully written, great job :)
Enoch Allen May 25, 2007, 6:50pm EDT
White is jealous that you left him out.
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 7:01pm EDT
Enoch, oh I never thought of THAT !!!

Thanks Jerry !
Saira Wasif May 25, 2007, 9:55pm EDT
great playing of words.colorful.
Donna R. May 25, 2007, 10:35pm EDT
I really like this. Thanks for sharing it. It made me smile tonight.
Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 10:38pm EDT
Thank you, Saira and Donna.
Mariana T. May 26, 2007, 2:24am EDT
Since I love colors I was attracted to this article - I do love colors - reminds me of that Cher show about her son who had that facial affliction and he was describing clouds to the blind girl he met at camp. That was a great way of talking about colors. SAlud.
Elisha E. May 26, 2007, 2:37am EDT
I like it.
Kathryn E. May 26, 2007, 2:38am EDT
Wow, Mariana, I've read poetry from blind people. Yes, they have a wonderful and unique way of describing colors.

Salud and goodnight.
Kathryn E. May 26, 2007, 2:38am EDT
Thank you, Elisha.
William Dotani May 26, 2007, 4:09am EDT
I also liked the color associations, but hesitate to call this a poem. Parts have the form and style of a poem and parts are prose. I never heard 'chuck under the chin' before.
Kathryn E. May 26, 2007, 5:30am EDT
Hi William, prose poem, or poetically incorrect; free verse.
Jay M. May 26, 2007, 5:33am EDT
Very nice!
Cathy K. May 26, 2007, 7:39am EDT
lovely colors!! I love your poem!! :-)
Kathryn E. May 26, 2007, 9:30am EDT
Thanks Jay and Kathy.
Aurora D. May 26, 2007, 5:52pm EDT
Beautiful! I can almost taste the colors and feel them the way you describe them!
Kathryn E. May 26, 2007, 10:42pm EDT
I am so glad, Aurora!
Karolyn Q. May 27, 2007, 6:54am EDT
This was beautiful.
Kathryn E. May 27, 2007, 1:20pm EDT
Karolyn and Janie: You two are traveling in pairs, today. Thanks for stopping by.
samantha b. May 27, 2007, 7:21pm EDT
A very colorful article that I enjoyed a lot! Thanks!
Kathryn E. May 29, 2007, 5:36am EDT
thank you samantha.

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