Green, I love you green
or purple with green rings
or green with yellow rings.
It is summer and the sun loves a million green leaves.
Pipes water green until green water wavers
beholding all these green sides
and gold sides of green sides
and a green-and-copper brightness
in little songs of carmine, violet, green, gold.
See how it has shaped these green tents of silence -
the color of the grave is green.
Author notes
l. 1, Romance Sonambulo, Garcia Lorca
l. 2 & 3, Disillusionment of Ten O'clock, Wallace Stevens
l. 4, Mask, Carl Sandburg
l. 5, Snakecharmer, Sylvia Plath
l. 6 & 7, Nomad Exquisite, Wallace Stevens
l. 8, The Pike, Amy Lowell
l. 9, Each small gleam was a voice, Stephen Crane
l. 10, The Garden, Louise Gluck
l. 11, The Color of the Grave is Green, Emily Dickinson
From the Latin word for "patchwork," the cento is a poetic form made up of lines from poems by other poets. Though poets often borrow lines from other writers and mix them in with their own, a true cento is composed entirely of lines from other sources. Early examples can be found in the work of Homer and Virgil. ~ from http://www.poets.org
A contest entry
- Title & Scent Inspired: PERFUMES! by The Moonchild.
600 points, ended October 5, 7 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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this poem had such a joyious feel to it. it sounded like you're dancing for joy and shouting to the world that you love these colours (:
great job with the colourful imagery
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This is neat, I love the "patchwork!"
The end took a turn towards depressing, took me off guard
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I was uplifted by the main part of it, drifting on calming ideas, and the ending was sharply different but at the same time, in a way I don't understand, settling. A fine conclusion. Even in the quietly serious ending, I can feel the emotion, the love flowing through every word. Finely done.
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Wow. This is very different. You like the color green? Lol. I enjoyed this piece. It was wonderful. Thank you for entering and much luck to you!! I think I am going to check out other writes from you. You're writing stands out.
Ashley
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How nicely coloured are your lines eye catching and fascinting, belonging to the best of impressionists. Wonderfully done from authors patchwork. I love it!
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awesome
this is a good poem. i like the way you did it. it is really interesting. i have never heard about that way of writing. u must like the color green
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