DAY 4 ~ "Nature Color Poem" for “30 Poems in 30 Days" #NationalPoetryMonth

OK, let’s string together some couplets since we know who to write them… some of you already strung them together but this time we are going to be writing 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:

~ It’s made up of couplets. (I can’t see where you need the same beats for the entire poem so unless I learn otherwise, I’ll say just keep the syllables the same for EACH couplet that you use in your poem.

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

~ 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.

~ It can be as long as you wish, just start with a different color for each verse (couplet) . . .

This is an example I wrote a few years ago and I was really tired when I wrote it, but since I’m still kind of busy-crazy with finishing up a couple of college courses right now, I’m going to use it again – it’s on the silly side; certainly not heartfelt about our beautiful earth – but it illustrates the poetry form and 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, let’s get writing!! Cheers!!

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