Welcome to Artistic Interpretations. Imagine being the one naming all the paint colors Sherwin Williams offers! Perhaps the next best thing is to write a poem using these creative names.
The challenge is to use 5 names from the "fan decks" below and write a new poem. The paint chips are randomly selected by me but please click on the names if you want to see the colors not represented with a square of color. (I have linked every name below a color square to an internet link)
Perhaps the names themselves will inspire, perhaps the color. It is wide open to interpretation. You are NOT restricted to staying with one paint chip - there are 3 - 4 colors on each strip. You may mix and match... just use at least five names below.
Note (I don't mean to make this complicated) If the name of the paint color uses the "color" - for example - Plie Pink - you can opt to NOT use the word "pink" and just "plie" in your poem. It is up to you.
I prefer a new poem, however, you may re-work an old poem - sometimes past poems benefit with a bit of a facelift.
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To find a kiss of yours what would I give A kiss that strayed from your lips dead to love
My lips taste the dirt of shadows
To gaze at your dark eyes what would I give
Dawns of rainbow garnet fanning open before God—
The stars blinded them one morning in May
And to kiss your pure thighs what would I give Raw rose crystal sediment of the sun
(Translated by Sarah Arvio)
[Por encontrar un beso tuyo] Spanish Version
Por encontrar un beso tuyo, ¿qué daría yo? ¡Un beso errante de tu boca muerta para el amor! (Tierra de sombra come mi boca.) Por contemplar tus ojos negros, ¿qué daría yo? ¡Auroras de carbunclos irisados abiertas frente a Dios! (Las estrellas los cegaron una mañana de mayo.) Y por besar tus muslos castos, ¿qué daría yo? (Cristal de rosa primitiva, sedimento de sol.)
Born on June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada province, Spain, Federico Garcia Lorca was the most influential and popular poet of Spanish literature in the 20th century. He possessed quite a unique style of writing in which he liked to make use of various symbols in order to convey the meaning behind his work.
Throughout his writing journey he used vast amount of metaphors as powerful literary tools. Whereas in terms of themes, Lorca’s work consisted of folklore and fables combined with a modernist sensibility of despair and depth of soul or heart.
I am also including one of my favorite songs by Sixpence None The Richer:
Welcome to the Tuesday Platform, the weekly open stage for sharing poems
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some time this week visiting the offerings of our fellow writers.
