Color My World
- Cathy Stenquist
- 3 hours ago
- 2 min read
Happy Spring, everyone! This year, the change in seasons has been a long time coming. But this week I saw little buds starting to form on skinny maple branches—their red color popping against the blue sky. It made me so happy! And then the surprise of a single crocus flower in my snowy backyard inspired this little ditty!
The promise of growth, new life, and the resurrection of plants from their winter beds fills me with hope. Color is about to explode in the coming weeks, announcing spring.
Bring it on!
Thank you to poet Alan J. Wright, who mentioned Petula Clark's song, Colour My World in his comments last week. Such a fun song that takes me back. Crank it up!
In honor of spring, these are the colors I chose this week:
Dandelion
Wild Strawberry
Spring Green
Dandelion
When I saw the name of this golden color, I did some research and was fascinated to learn about the dandelion's history. For gardeners, it is a great companion plant, as its taproot brings up nutrients for shallow-rooting plants. Maybe we should see this little herb in a new light.
Wild Strawberry
"It's the berries!" is a 1920s slang phrase meaning "an event that's highly enjoyable or desirable." The color, Wild Strawberry, reminded me of Kevin Keanne, a cute little blonde fellow who attended my licensed daycare years ago. He disappeared on a field trip to a local U-pick farm and was found with a smear of berries on his face. The cutest thing I ever saw. How could I be mad?
Spring Green
On a walk one spring day, I noticed new baby maple leaves that had just unfurled, hanging wet and limp from the branches. It reminded me of butterflies' wings, which need time to dry and inflate so they can fly. I called the poem, Eclosion, which means "the emergence of an adult insect from a pupa or a larva."
Thank you to Tanita S. Davis for hosting POETRY FRIDAY Round-up on her blog SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME this week. Be sure to stop by to check out the other poetry links. Tanita has a powerful video about the power of poetic words in songs. Seeing people coming together in peace to sing of a better way moved me so. Spring is a time of new life, new beginnings and hopefulness. Let's "Hold On" and sing our way to love and peace.
Happy Spring Everyone!
Ta-DAH! Thank you for the explanation on how to comment - admittedly I've missed the "keep scrolling!" message from the universe prior to now! I LOVE, love, love the 'hocus pocus' poem - the most wonderful and obvious truth about crocuses is that they're SHEER magic! I miss seeing them popping up from when I lived in colder climates. We've definitely got the dandelions here, though!!! I haven't tried eating them in years, though I see large families out in the green spaces in our town with bags and baskets, picking them and mustard greens for their tender, bitter bite. For some people, bitter IS "the berries." Happy Weekend, poet!