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RAINBOW BLIND

James_A_Knight
Thought Provoker
Palestine 1awards
Joined 24th Feb 2021
Forum Posts: 101

Poetry Contest

Describe a colour to the visually impaired
Pick one colour from the rainbow, or black, white, and grey.

Describe it to someone who has been born blind.

New writes only
One person persona

Any length
Any form, even prose


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PAULO ACACIO RAMOS
Dangerous Mind
Portugal 20awards
Joined 26th May 2022
Forum Posts: 306

yellows

mel44
Fire of Insight
United Kingdom 11awards
Joined 3rd Mar 2017
Forum Posts: 337

The Comfort of Green

Warm like the sun, shining on your face on a crisp September morning
Feels soft like leaves of sage when your fingers are exploring

Smelling of freshly mowed lawns during a hot summer day
and young stems on a Conifer tree in the middle of May

Sounding like Celtic music as the violin weeps into sound
or the rumble of a stream as it rolls over mossy ground

It tastes like spearmint but also of citrus discovered from a lime
Such is the colour of green. Its lively warmth, simply sublime

Written by mel44
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dimpy
dimpsmoon
Dangerous Mind
India 6awards
Joined 9th Mar 2023
Forum Posts: 137

those people

those people,  
whose blood is red  
but their sky is black...  
 
 
those people,  
whose dreams are colorful  
but their vision is pitch black...  
 
those people,  
whose journey came to a halt  
as soon as it began...  
 
those people,  
who feel the golden morning  
and saffrony evening in the darkness only...  
 
those people,  
whose life is laden with black  
and whose shadow is also adorned with black...  
 
those people,  
who do not feel any difference  
between the shine of  diamonds  
and the blackness of stones...  
 
those people,  
who feel suffocated  
but they don't cry...  
 
those people,  
who continue to struggle  
behind an innocent smile...  
 
those people,  
in whose life, the sun rises everyday  
but their sky has set..  
 
those people,  
they are the waves of the river  
that have stopped,  
but their journey is still going on...
Written by dimpy (dimpsmoon)
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Everavalon
Fire of Insight
Canada 6awards
Joined 19th Dec 2022
Forum Posts: 89

A blind man’s longing

 
 
Wading through life under sable waters  
Closed in  
Insecure, at best  
I finger the void in search of clarity  
But the sincerity of the empty is perpetual  
 
My blindness unclothes me  
 
I am an artist’s blank canvas  
I am a sculpture, unchiselled    
I am a scripture not fully written of this life;
my quill dipped in the tincture of venom
Black stains every inch of my fragments  
and I am enslaved by the world this bastard paints
Darkness— in bold
My world writ of yearning
 
Inundation of hues in the parlour  
And I can only feel them  
they’re gritty
like a mislain swoon
 
Speak to me in colour
 
I want to sensate in the cerise that defines your lips  
I want to breathe the carmine that spices your quips  
I want to inhale the scarlet of your indiscretions  
The crimson scold of hard-bitten lessons
 
I want more
 
Red is a cruel voice when life staggers off path  
Red is the depth of the reel of a wrath  
Red is the lust in a bitter indiscretion  
Red is the bite of the hand of oppression  
Red is the liquid of life’s treasured kin
Red is a wisp in the breath of a sin
Red is the wanton; the filthy— impure
Red is the essence of a lover’s allure
 
Tantalizing fermentation of the umbra
My senses, immersing in rich, vivid inhalations
with an essence of sweetgrass and honey  
woven on the vacuous loom of a blind man’s longing
Written by Everavalon
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ThePalestRider
Thought Provoker
United States 10awards
Joined 14th Sep 2018
Forum Posts: 42

"Whispers of Grey"

Space between sound and sleep
Where silence hovers, soft and deep
It’s the cool touch of early dawn
Before the world has fully drawn

Grey is the sigh of a quiet stream
Neither too bold, nor lost in dream
It’s the soft breath before the storm
A place where nothing shifts or forms

It feels like mist on a gentle breeze
Not cold, but calm, like distant seas
It’s the weight of clouds that never rain
A quiet peace without the strain

Grey is the pause when thoughts are still
When time itself bends to your will
It’s neither harsh, nor sharp, nor bright
But holds you close in soft twilight

It’s the touch of stone beneath your hand
The steady pulse of sleeping land
A space where all things simply are
Neither too near, nor yet too far

Grey is the balance, the place between
Not too loud, and never unseen
It’s the world at rest, a quiet hum
The serenity that’s yet to come

James_A_Knight
Thought Provoker
Palestine 1awards
Joined 24th Feb 2021
Forum Posts: 101

Thanks to everyone who entered so far.
I'm really impressed with the different approaches to this competition.
Regards James

Lilliputian
Thought Provoker
1awards
Joined 16th Feb 2024
Forum Posts: 7

Feel the Gray

If you can’t see it, you can smell  
If it doesn’t work, then touch it as well  
If fingertips are numb, then take a taste  
If none of those, listen to the echoes of sound  
 
You can smell it through the stillness  
Drawing you towards the ominous source  
During gloomy days, lingering in the cold air  
Fog filling your nostrils, with each respire  
 
You can touch it, your fingers softly gliding  
Over the edges of the dark and light converging  
Yet they never unite, you stand in between, tracing  
The silver line, finding balance in a delicate margin  
 
You can taste its shades in clouds cotton-shaped  
The flavor leaves ashes of bittersweet aftertaste  
It can be a chill metallic coating your tongue  
And a warm haze hollowing your insides  
 
You can hear it when you’re sitting together  
With loneliness, whispering in your ears  
Embracing you in quietude and solace  
Its hug is your only comfort in the silence  
 
All you need is one sensitive sense  
To feel the gray, its vast and placid existence
Written by Lilliputian
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James_A_Knight
Thought Provoker
Palestine 1awards
Joined 24th Feb 2021
Forum Posts: 101

Thanks for another great entry Lilliputian.

DennisCopple
Strange Creature
Joined 10th Oct 2024
Forum Posts: 1

Beautiful.

wallyroo92
Tyrant of Words
United States 154awards
Joined 11th July 2012
Forum Posts: 1870

A Girl Named Indigo

 
They say she descended after one summer storm
Like a pretty reverie arched right out of the blue
With eyes so expressive as if they whispered secrets
That men were entranced by that delightful hue

Some say she emerged from the sea late after dusk
A balance of dark and light that nature surely dyes
Designed and crafted by the hand of a divine being
Because the ocean depths were captured in her eyes

Others will tell you she rose from a field of flowers
As if the flora had tinted her windows to the soul
Bearing a delicate semblance of love and mystery
Like art captivating hearts so beautiful and bold

But…

It was I who witnessed her sliding down a rainbow
On a spectrum of imagination where fantasies go
In a stream somewhere between violet and blue
In a winged surreal dream of a girl named Indigo
Written by wallyroo92
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MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
United States 90awards
Joined 17th Feb 2013
Forum Posts: 5726

Smart-Ass Orange

It's not just your juice
squeezed from the citrus fruit
you hold in your hand.....

I'll tell you who "Orange" really is.

She's the smarmy, sarcastic
somewhat elusive being
who sits in the corner
away from everyone else
waiting....

for the right moment to strike
with perfectly timed
acid-tongued jabs
that cut right to the target.

You know the one,
who feels like a flame
when you hold your hand too close
^^that's "Orange"

She's the punk twin sister of Red
who does plenty
but never gets caught,
never gets pulled over for a speeding ticket,
makes you wonder if she's kidding
or going for the jugular
with her verbal perceptions of you.

You must think about her
and what she's said
until the realization hits
that Orange,
and her words,
are whatever you decide them to be

and she's completely fine with that.
Written by MadameLavender
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InDreamz
Dangerous Mind
India 1awards
Joined 22nd Feb 2020
Forum Posts: 159

Red

when soul is dipped in beauty,  
it blazes with a vibrant hue  
as resplendent as gypsies  
and as beautiful as a minstrel's muse...  
It is the colour within you-  
passionate and fiery;  
it emits a dynamic energy  
that grants you tenacity.  
a ruler of mars,  
a fighter's obsession  
ignites sparks  
of perseverance.  
it pigments the blood  
that flows through your veins  
yes, it's the colour red  
crowning glory of rainbow-  
a colour with many facets  
and diverse shades to behold.  
it flushes the sun at dawn and dusk;  
it's in the wild rose  
to woo your crush.  
it imbues the heat  
you feel,  
and the warmth and compassion  
that heals.  
when you feel the beauty  
of love  
bubbling in your heart,  
or the sensual rush through your bod  
when you hear your primal calls,  
it's the colour red  
that captivates your being's  
each and every part.  
it paints your cheeks red  
when you blush,  
or stains your lovely eyes  
when you cry,  
it embellishes your lips  
to lure for a kiss.  
it's a witch's spell  
when you wear it well;  
seduces your admirer  
when it inks the attire.  
but, red has a darker side,  
in anger it resides.  
it signals danger  
when fear confiscates    
like a creepy stranger  
 
but...  
   
whether you like or dread,  
Red,  
is the most sacred hue  
cos its the symbol  
of love  
which is a gift from The Above  
 
Written by InDreamz
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James_A_Knight
Thought Provoker
Palestine 1awards
Joined 24th Feb 2021
Forum Posts: 101

Thanks to everyone for your colourful imaginations.
I will put this to a public vote.
Great poems all round

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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.

Thank you to the following members for voting:

fianaturie8, Grace, Rew, WillowsWhimsies, lepperochan, Shilohverse, Honoria, Noble_Incubus, Anne-Ri999, Her, Phantom2426, James_A_Knight, Marks, slipalong, Everavalon, ReggiePoet, wallyroo92, SonderNinja, Lilliputian, Styxian, deadwolf, Kinkpoet, Detritus

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