Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Color ?





Color? 


why is the sky blue?  asks the child

is the sky blue? asks the philosopher

why is the earth brown? asks the child

is the earth brown? queries the scientist

in all manner of shades shimmering on

the wings of birds in flight, dipping into

seas and lakes, streams rippling over

rock, toads sitting on lily pads, insects

buzzing on fields of flowers, 

mountain tops and graveyards, 

infant skin and elders’ hair, 

conflagrations and quiet meadows, 

savannahs, and crayons 

throughout the chaos of this life

pulsing with blood, bone and 

imagination … throughout it all

color runs, flies, crawls, seeps,

bursts, or ...  does it? 

is all a mere inking over the 

raw lines of existence - yet...

should the spectral spectrum of 

brilliance shared be so – 

does it finally fade to black as

do we? ...

Is all tint, but a human construction 

for this otherwise bland world?


What is real? What is color? 

Is death the absence of hue ... 

Or...?


Perhaps there shall come a 

conclusive, cosmic, collaboration 

of color, a klieg lit nova of luminescent 

illumination, formerly elusive,

entirely incomprehensible 

mimicked by mere mortal imagination -  

only unlocked with the loosening

of physical coil      

beyond 

any rainbow

18 comments:

  1. I love the swirl of colour in this poem, and all of the images.......especially love the closing where there is even more colour than we can comprehend beyond the earthly zone. I am hoping heaven has even more beautiful scenery than earth, as I love it here so much!

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    1. Aww Sherry - thank you .. I am just reading these comments and they are coloring me with joy!

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  2. I like that you include "infant skin and elders’ hair" and "blood, bone and
    imagination" in the questions you pose about color. Is it all a human construction? I hope not! Sometimes I know there is more than what we have named and therefore "see." Your "perhaps" is astounding! Bravo!

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    1. Oh thank you Susan.. I am so delighted that you enjoyed! and thank you for the "Bravo" .. my goodness !

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  3. A philosophical poem, Pearl, and I love the way you explore colour, especially the shades
    ‘…shimmering on
    the wings of birds in flight, dipping into
    seas and lakes, streams rippling over
    rock…’
    and
    ‘imagination … throughout it all
    color runs, flies, crawls, seeps,
    bursts…’
    I like the thought of it as ‘all a mere inking over the / raw lines of existence’.

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    1. Thank you - Thank you - Thank you KIm... I am so very pleased that you enjoyed the poem and took the time to let me know your reaction!

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  4. You began with the many colors found in nature, then turned a philosophical corner, and ended in a depthful 'perhaps' that is above my pay grade! So much to contemplate.

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    1. Aww Mary... thank you so very much .. so deeply appreciated.

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  5. There's a kind of endlessness that one faces when the queries about anything begins leading to the vast baffling unknown. You express this so well. Myriad colors of life is experienced but what about death....I like the word 'perhaps' in this context.

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    1. Thank you Sumana ... I love your response and your reaction to the perhaps. Delighted that you enjoyed.

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  6. So colourful. so many questions, so vibrant, this is very alive, excellent.

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    1. Oh Alan ... thank you - deeply appreciate the "excellent" !

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  7. So much to like!! A wonderful poem! Thank you. annell

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    1. Hi there Annell - thank you for identifying yourself.. I'm pleased as the proverbial punch that you enjoyed!

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  8. Loved it! The philosophical musings lend a color all their own, a tinge of deep extrospection that grips and glories in the mystery of life and being.

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    1. Wow Dora - your comment is a poem in itself. Thank you very much.

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  9. Oh how we question...This brightly colored poem implores us to look inward and outward. Brilliant

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    1. Awww Susie- deeply deeply appreciate your comment and a "Brilliant" reaction .. well does it get any better than that... color me delighted! Thank you!

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