Painter's Palette
[or perhaps Palate?]
A thousand words for each picture
The author paints with literature
Though to be properly literary
One must bypass any primary
Shades and hues
/ Shifting views /
An Australien sun rises
Bastard-amber beams down
Drake's-neck on mallard lit like
Flame-of-burnt-brandy
Fluctuating between
Lusty-gallant cherry blossoms bloom
Neath a Nattier canvas by noon
Pervenche in the peaks of perfection
Sinoper rays later that day illuminate
Verditer leaves everywhere; sky pales to
Watchet while we watch it—then softens
Zaffre as the moon sets at azimuth...
About the Creator
Obsidian Eagle
Anti-Poet Extraordinaire + META-Fiction Aficionado. He/Him. Here for my favorite bands and brands; representing them with a pen sharper than any sword. WARNING: Extreme Linguaphile! Toltec Storyteller & Herald of Quetzalcoatl #LATINX
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