Okay, I love how many community challenges/competitions/writing prompts have been going around Vocal at the moment and wanted to join in by creating another one.
So here is my simple but open-ended writing prompt:
Write a poem about a colour.
It can be a basic colour like blue, or a specific shade like cerulean. It can be about something or multiple things that are that colour or what you associate with that colour or even how that colour makes you feel. It can even be multiple colours, whatever you want.
This one isn't a competition, just a prompt, but I'd love for you to drop the links in the comment section if you take part, which I really hope you do!
Here's one to get you started:
Songbird
There is always pain in life. It seems as if life isn’t worth living if there isn’t pain involved. To grow is to know pain. To love is to know pain. To learn is to know pain. Children are cruel. They poke fun at anything they can notice that is different about another. They migrate into groups of the haves and the have nots, but on the outskirts of those groups are the undesirables. The ones that don’t fit into any mold offered to them.
By E.N. Gussler4 days ago in Humans
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I know it's long finished, but here is one I recently published that was still in me! - https://vocal.media/poets/black-fdzv0auv
https://vocal.media/poets/i-bleed
And another one - https://vocal.media/poets/rising-ember-dawn
Another one, part one of two on Red - https://vocal.media/poets/in-defence-of-red
I'M DOING THIS! Your poem "Red" had me so inspired!!
Paul and I both did a Yellow one this week, how funny! This was a fun prompt, even though my poem is not exactly happy...But anyway, been meaning to get to this; sorry it took so long, lol. https://vocal.media/poets/coal-mine-feathers
Here be another! https://vocal.media/poets/the-shine-of-the-sun-heart-of-the-fire!
Possibly not “Better late than never!” My first poetry attempt in over a decade… weighty content! https://vocal.media/poets/rambunctious-red
Great one! I wrote mine 😀
Did another - https://vocal.media/poets/all-the-leaves-are-brown
Heyyyy! Here's mine! 😁 https://vocal.media/poets/erubescence?via=dharrsheena
Hey Poppy, I wrote this today when I discovered the challenge. I...I'd love it if you would take a look. https://vocal.media/poets/the-symphony-of-purple
Hey Poppy, is there a deadline for this prompt?
Here is another about white versus black. https://vocal.media/poets/white-vs-black
Here is my input on blue. Hope you enjoy it. https://vocal.media/poets/blue-jr2v0a2x
Hi y'all. Here is my poem. Hopefully more to come. I really love this challenge. https://vocal.media/poets/scarlet-r03ot07rm
I did it! https://vocal.media/poets/summer-leaves
Here are my links to three of my color Haikus! I have 90 “blue” Haikus but I’ll link 3 lol https://vocal.media/poets/blue-variety-flowers https://vocal.media/poets/blue-whisky https://vocal.media/poets/blue-cheese-vepsyk0xgi
https://vocal.media/poets/blue-dream-n1ipji0yaf
Annnnd, here's another - fresh off the brain! https://vocal.media/poets/the-deepest-blues
Whether black is a colour may be up for debate, but here! https://vocal.media/poets/bleakest-raven-black
Here is one I did earlier in the year - https://vocal.media/poets/red-to-blue - it's funny because I'm working on one about blue at the moment for your prompt and guess what word is in the draft at the moment (oxygenating...like your poem with Mackenzie hehe)
I have written many pertaining to colour, this was for my first Vocal Challenge but I forgot to enter https://vocal.media/poets/what-colour-is-you-canvas?via=mike
Wow, everyone's submissions so far have been incredible! I am excited to try my hand...What a wonderful idea, Poppy! It's making me remember our convos about words now, haha.
Smashing idea! Working on one now!