The Autumn wind
Brings with it a chill
Tearing the leaves
From their branches
To create a carpet
Of crisp colors
Most people
Will never look at
Take a minute to admire
Mother Nature’s palette
Painted across Autumn’s trees
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – chill
Kodak color memories
Beneath a neon sky
Rainbow kissed wishes
Begin to take flight
Dreams drenched in dyes
Brighten the evening gloom
Hopes rush around inside me
In tinted shades of you
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – dreamer
Red sparks fill the skies
As the first of the fireworks explode
Blue stars
Gold smiles
And even a red heart
Ignite the sky with light
White percussive blasts
And multiple explosions create
The sounds of the Fourth of July
Kids laugh and gasp in awe
As they exclaim, “That one was my favorite!”
More than a few times
The adults delight in dangers
Of setting off their own colorful shows
And I just set back and take it all in
One blast after another
Until the last of the smoke clears the sky
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – fireworks
The music created an image in her mind
The bass was blue splashes of water
The rhythm was waves of purple wind
The piano solo played red ribbon curls
As the music soared in intensity
The colors build in brightness
When the melody softened
The colors appear in a fog
If only she could share this abstract world
The world of music she can see
Leigha Robbins 