Violet Nirvana

A loving nod to the many shades and hues of violet...my favorite color...no others compare.

Glory be to the power of the red and the blue,

‘tis most lovely in the spectrum, their violet hues!

Varying colored shades of dark, and tints of white light,

give birth, in marriage, to profound violet sights!

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Sparkling amethyst, it shimmers profusely, with manganese presence,

the highly treasured tone, it is a translucent quartz with reticence…

               …shines lovely, omnipresent!

 

Pale child of violet, lovely lilacs, in the gentle breeze sway,

with their lax-haunting scent, flying free on the air, they d’oth convey…

               …springs forth blooms, in vast array!

 

Distillation of tradition’s royal imperial byzantine,

dark tone to be sure, next to eggplant, it is darkest violet seen…

               …doth shades the robes of the Kings!

 

Beautiful, in numerous light hues, this wonderful plant, farmed lavender,

World renowned for aroma, in white-violet shades, valiant member…

               …grows pure, ever remember!

 

 

                       

Fruits, fresh or dried, and darling Starlings, display red-dominated plum,

From the trees, to the prunes, to the plum-backed Star-bird, they sweetness come…

               …takes flight, a colorful chum!

 

Heavy-handed, it is the blackest of violets, narcissist's dream,

farmer “plants the egg,” oh deliriously demented aubergine…

               …darkness causes quite the scene!

 

One can choose to live, working for the future, where hastiness goes,

But that’s before one lays eyes on nature’s splendid magenta rose…

               …live now, rosy imposed!

 

Heart of hearts, ‘tis their beloved hearts of palm, from Belize to Peru,

Found on the Acai, delicate berries, t'is dark violet-blue.

               …sustenance, delicious true.

Fly high tones of pink, orange and purple, swaths across the painted sky…

sunset relentless, astounding beauty, gateway to the heavens to die…

               …black consumes the remnant light!

  

Named in honor of the Dutch master Anton, cousin to Van Gogh, mauve,

‘tis more grey and red, touch of blue, than sister violet tints, quite suave…

               …angel’s favored from above!

 

Deep-rooted child, as the Willow weeps, so cries the Wisteria,

white-washed violet, dripping vines in amazing treed hysteria…

               …does cut quite an area!

 

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So glory be to the violet shades, our world we’ve been thusly gifted,

as we breathe them in like pleasured tonic, our days immensely shifted!

For if you are red with embarrassment, or blue in jazzy manna, 

combine those colors, ‘tis a joyous spectral ride through violet nirvana!

©2012 Barbara Brown

All rights reserved

05/11/12

Author's Note

All parts of life are used in this piece to describe violet shades.

Note that the picture of the mauve colored tree is actually a painting done by Van Gogh in honor of his cousin-in-law, Anton Mauve, whom he revered, and is the actual source of the color mauve itself.

Reviews

[Sheila Kline]

Oh Barbara,

'Tis so very beautiful - especially since all shades of purple, including violet are my favorites! I have learned much about the various hues, colors of this majestic color from your presentation.

I am recalling because of your words that I once posted a thank you to another writer's poem and did a study of the origin of the color "purple" to write a proper response, which I found to be most interesting - even mystical!

Thank you for your wonderful write. I am enlightened because of it!!

Ah yes, it is violet Nirvana! Lovely, truly lovely!!! This is surely going in my "favorite"s!

[Patrick]

this piece of work is astonishing. It must have taken so much thought and is alive with your passion for the subject. My brain feels violet now :)

[ROSALIND]

So awesome very different from other poems that I have read keep up the excellent work my friend.....

[devon]

This is very beautiful!

You did a great job taking the topic shades and spreading them it out easily, like butter on toast, and making a quite delicious poem!

So beautiful!

[Emerald Seas]

Barbara, this is simply stunning!
Every description is so well crafted and to have each image vividly accompany each piece. You've done a grand job with this writing.