Someone has gathered
a bunch of monochrome moons
and tied them to a grey
bridge, beneath a grey
sky, where they collect grey
city dust, when all they want to do is drift away…
At the end of the day,
sunset splashes paint
across the cityscape,
reveals a rainbow
cloud of balloons,
no longer moons
but bright red apples, oranges
and lemons, sweetening the view.
Kim M. Russell, 11th June 2019
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Bits of Inspiration: You Write the Colour
Today Susie is making it simple by providing images for inspiration and for us to write the colour. She asks us to choose one or more of the images and bring at least two colours into our poems.
writing in north norfolk 
I love how the introduction of light – the sunset – fills the world with colour. The red, yellows, and oranges and how they are represented by fruit. Very sweet indeed.
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Thank you, Lori.
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Marvelous work, KR! Grey, grey, grey–then POW! Sunset rainbow balloons! Yep. That’s how it’s done!
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Thank you kindly, Ron!
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This is absolutely gorgeous, Kim! ❤️ I love how you introduce color into the poem with “beneath a grey
sky, where they collect grey city dust,” and then a burst of sweetness in shape of “bright red apples, oranges and lemons.” 😀 Inspired ~
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Thank yoy, dear Sanaa. 😊
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This is great Kim. Liked how you envisioned moons to flip them to colorful balloons!
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Thank you, Rob!
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the whole idea of “gathering moons” is wonderful!
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Thank you, Margaret!
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Oh, I love this. The tone of gray transforming to color by the end of the poem is perfect. I originally took the photo in color, but the black and white version of it just spoke poetry to me. Thank you for taking part in the prompt!
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Thank you for your kind comments and for a great prompt Susie!
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I like this a lot. I love how you gather the moons to be colored by the sunset. Great work!
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Thank you, Toni!
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Very pretty picture you have painted. I would like to see the action in animation.
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Thank you, Jim, and that’s a nice idea!
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Very little room to swap then swing a wild brush but you did it.
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Thanks Brendan.
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I love the image of the monochrome moons, Kim!
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Thank you, Kerry!
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