Orange You Glad It's Poetry Friday?

So happy to be back this week to celebrate COLOR!!!

My precious granddaughter, running with joy through the tulips.

This Crayola color journey has been an interesting one so far. I am amazed at all the "fandom" over crayons! These are just a couple of sites to check out if you want to know more about those "broken-colorful-wands-of-creation-filled-with-possibility," that you have in a Tupperware container in your closet ;)

Check it out HERE

Check it out HERE

In 2013,

Smithsonian Magazine featured an article about how the same basic crayon color—BLACK, for example— has been repackaged over the years with many different names.

Read more HERE.

It kind of makes sense, really. What a great cost-effective marketing strategy. I mean, why reinvent the wheel? New collection of crayons? No problem! Take a basic crayon, print up new paper sleeves, and Voila! Black has turned into Leather Jacket, Licorice, Black Hole, Muscle Shell Black or New Sneakers!

This captured my curiosity. I decided to do some research and made a chart of all of ORANGE's aliases over the years and which collection they were for.

Here's what I found:

One of the challenges I have had with this collection of poems this year is that there are so many angles that you can take when writing poems about a color name. I thought, why not do a post where I look at one color from several angles? So I chose three of the ORANGE color names and went to town.

These are the colors I chose this week:

• Freshly Squeezed

• Grandma's Perfume

• Huggable Bear Orange

Freshly Squeezed

Nothing says summer mornings like freshly squeezed OJ. Sticky-sweet, finger-licking deliciousness. And making it with your family? The best! For this Haiku, I imagined the orange as a king, not wanting to share his treasure.

Grandma's Perfume

Coming up with a topic for this name was easy. My precious Grammie always smelled like Youth Dew. Here is the description of the fragrance:

"Embody the timeless elegance of another era when you wear Youth Dew, a classic eau de parfum for women released in 1953 by Estee Lauder. Absolutely captivating, with opulent flowers, rich spices, and precious woods. It has been called one of the sexiest fragrances ever created, and more than 50 years after it was launched, it continues to entice with its sensual, yet timeless appeal." - Estee Lauder

All I know, is that to me Youth Dew smelled like love.

Huggable Bear Orange

Who doesn't love Winnie the Pooh? When I saw this name, I searched for some clips to remind myself of this huggable "hunny-loving" bear. I came across a quote:

I immediately noted the double dactyl words "Rumbly, Tumbly" and knew the right poetic. form to use. I imagined him seeing a hive with his beloved "hunny" up in the tree.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend, noticing all the lovely colors of spring making their appearance.

Be sure to stop by poet Rose Capelli's blog IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES! for the Poetry Friday Round-up this week. I am very excited to be hosting next Friday May 8th, so I hope you'll come on by!