The Poet’s Pallet, Wizard Award ~ The color of his words. Options

[Guest_Rosemerta_*]

This is a poem I wrote in October of 2003. It is one I am considering for a first collection of poems and really want to refine it. Thus any and all help will be greatly appreciated. The coloring of each stanza is intentional so you may have to highlight some of them depending on the color of your skins.

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The Poet’s Pallet

The Poet yellow
basks in sunlight
reflecting the beauty
that surrounds him
painting pictures
in season hues
ever mindful
of God's great gifts

The Poet orange
good humor brings
sometimes to share
the joys of play
at others to hide
his pain within
yet gives to us
the gift of laughter

The Poet red
reveals deep passions
tempting us
with erotic tones
lighting fires of
lust and love
his words affect us
and leave us spellbound

The Poet violet
sings of serenity
sharing peaceful moments
with gentle words
reminding us of God's love
and guidance through the storms
the language of hope
that lifts us from despair

The Poet blue
sheds tears for all
feeling our pain
and loneliness
so touching are his words
we can not deny these feelings
born from the depth
of the heart's confusion

The Poet green
lashes out in envy
exposing doubts and fears
seeking sympathy for his suffering
anger revealed when he feels threatened
defending his honor
desperately speaking
to save his dignity

The Poet pink
plays innocently
bringing back memories
of youthful folly
childlike tones bring joy
to transcend time
how we love those moments
to feel young again

The Poet teal
speaks with pride
as he teaches us valued lessons
upon cultures most diverse
much knowledge we receive
and greater appreciation gained
as we begin to understand
the beauty of variety

The Poet indigo
writes beneath the stars
weaving moonbeams
into love's canvas of silk
He speaks of longing
and hearts filled to the brim
of those moments most precious
where life truly begins

The Poet magenta
intrigues the mind
through surreal images
his words make us think
our thoughts dancing
in varied rhythms
as we each draw insight
from our own experience

The Poet black
hides himself well
for he is all colors held within
drawing on each
as he so desires
to feed his own needs
his is a game played out
in deceit to torture innocent minds

The Poet gray
rises from the ashes
speaking boldly of injustice
defending the meek
his words rest upon the sword
slashing through confusion
he battles without as well as within
exposing truths and multiple sins

The Poet white
speaks words of wisdom
he dips into each and every color
upon the Poet pallet
spreading them like raindrops
to help us grow
blessed are we
to receive such nourishment

So many colors upon the pallet
as authors we appreciate this tool
for it releases the creativity within
and the essence of our souls
Be it for ourselves
or unto friends
the magic of words
is a blessing to be told

Thus
choose your colors wisely

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Artwork: Insert photo from movie "Shakespeare In Love"
This was a graphic I created at the time to accompany this poem.

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[Guest_Rosemerta_*]

Hi Lori,

Thanks for the time spent going through this. I am always in much need of help with punctuation. It also brought this up and I noticed I had missed a few posts.

One note of personal opinion: I would not make the word ‘poet’ capitalized unless you also capitalize the colors following ‘Poet’.

This is a wonderful suggestion. I hadn't thought about it that way.

As you see, I haven't been keeping up with making revisions. I need to make time someday soon to sit down and go through all the works I have asked for help on. I've had so many wonderful suggestions from everyone that I need to put them into use before they are accidentally lost.

Thanks for the input.

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hi Lori,

Thanks for the time spent going through this. I am always in much need of help with punctuation. It also brought this up and I noticed I had missed a few posts.

One note of personal opinion: I would not make the word ‘poet’ capitalized unless you also capitalize the colors following ‘Poet’.

This is a wonderful suggestion. I hadn't thought about it that way.

As you see, I haven't been keeping up with making revisions. I need to make time someday soon to sit down and go through all the works I have asked for help on. I've had so many wonderful suggestions from everyone that I need to put them into use before they are accidentally lost.

Thanks for the input.

Glad to be of service Jackie.

It's easy to overlook page 2, 3 and 4 and so on but I always do that since there are more frequent posts these days and one might miss one if we don't look back...

I can also help you with the nifty 'search' tool as well if you need to locate your works to keep your files in order...

Cheers!
~Cleo

[Guest_Rosemerta_*]

Hey there Cleo:wave:

I can also help you with the nifty 'search' tool as well if you need to locate your works to keep your files in order...

Cheers!
~Cleo

I guess I hadn't figured out the search as well as I thought. I could only find a few. Is there a way to see where all your posts are? Also, is there a way to see all the work of someone else if you wanted become more familiar with their range over time?

Thanks -- Jackie/Rosemerta

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hey there Cleo
I guess I hadn't figured out the search as well as I thought. I could only find a few. Is there a way to see where all your posts are? Also, is there a way to see all the work of someone else if you wanted become more familiar with their range over time?

Thanks -- Jackie/Rosemerta

Why hello Jackie!

No worries. Give this method a try: If you click on your 'Rosemerta' hyperlink name (or anyone's for that matter) - it will bring you to your profile page. In the upper right hand corner, you'll see: PROFILE OPTIONS with a pull down arrow. Click on the second choice "FIND MEMBER'S TOPICS". This search tool will display only TOPICS you have posted. Yours is currently 2 pages long, but from there you can click into each topic and then use 'download this topic' from the OPTIONS poull down to the right of each topic (but you'll have to click into each topic one at a time). Then just back arrow to go to the next one in the list and so on...

Good luck!
~Cleo