DAY 22 ~ "Nature Color Poem" for “30 Poems in 30 Days" #NationalPoetryMonth

DAY 22 ~ "Nature Color Poem" for “30 Poems in 30 Days" #NationalPoetryMonth 

OK, since today is “Earth Day” and we just practiced couplets recently . . . let's write a Nature Color Poem ~ It's fun and made up of a series of couplets (depending on how long you want it - or even just one couplet if you choose to only do one color).

A “nature color poem” tells about the color of something in nature using rhyme. 

Here are the guidelines:

Ø It’s made up of couplets.

Ø The first word in each couplet is the color of something in nature.

Ø The two ending words in each couplet are the words that need to rhyme and both lines should have the same number of syllables or beats.

This is my example from last year and I was really tired when I wrote it and I’m taking a couple of college courses right now and I’m fresh out of ideas this year too. It is on the silly side; certainly not heartfelt about our beautiful earth – in fact, it’s BEYOND lame, but I can’t wait to see what you come up with:

Yellow sunshine beckons me,

To come out so I can see.

Blue skies over my head,

I have nothing to dread.

Pink flowers are pretty to smell,

I have a cold, it’s hard to tell.

Green blades of grass seem to call me,

Oh, wait, I've got an allergy.

                       © 2015 Stephanie Abney

So, Happy Earth Day and let’s get writing!! Cheers!!

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