There are two times during the year when the longing for color almost kills me.. the first is in the last grey part of winter– some days it gets really bad and I wanna stretch out on the ground, dig my fingers in the soil to find those first ambassadors of spring &life, and I almost get sick with yearning and waiting. One year – it was a very long and cold winter – I thought I’d die while waiting for these tender yellow and green sprouts everywhere… (ok I didn’t but…)

the second time is in autumn when the world gets drunk on color – dark red, brown in all its rich shades, that certain rusty yellow, moss green – and there’s this yearning again, the scent of soil and earth and how life should smell – I seldom use perfume during these times cause for me it would smash a bit of the holiness… ha… you already knew that I’m a little bit crazy – smiles…

OK – the theme for today is color… color symbolism (you can find a color symbolism chart HERE), the feel of a certain color, color to describe a mood… red with rage, melancholic blue… what about taking a ride on the color wheel or personalize a certain color and give it a voice or describe a person with color attributes… where ever you take this… let the colors bleed from the page… smiles…

Happy Saturday – my name is Claudia and it’s my pleasure to be your host tonite.. If you’re here for the first time, this is how it works…

• Write a color poem, post it on your blog – then take the direct URL to your poem and copy it into the Mr. Linky widget you find below / don’t forget to add your name as well

• If you like, say hello in the comments and dive a bit into the conversation

• Visit others that have taken the challenge as well, leave them a comment and tell them how their poem made you feel

• if you like, share the links to your and other poems on the social media platforms of your choice. If you tweet, add @dVersePoets to your tweet and we will further promote it

That’s about it – hope you’re having fun and looking forward to what you’re coming up with…