Emerald Sea

For the Poetry and Lyrical Challenge Group. Title and theme were given: Emerald Sea, swaying tree. I thought the form would enhance the words a little.

Cyan               
sky    and
             canary
sun         were
washed               away,
usurped           by
slate                  and
gunpowder                                   
                           clouds,
impregnated               
and                                      swollen
with                       phthalo
sheets             of
tepid             rain,
as a                     grove
of                             celadon
trees                     swayed
en-masse,             sailing
westward                       as
one               emerald
sea--                          trailing
cotton              candy
blossoms                   across
                             lapis
lazuli                            
                           lagoons,
inundating                      
terra
                                  cotta

hillsides           
             with   
         the
           future's
          fertile
          forests

Reviews

[Daniel Gardner]

The format does enhance the words. Each word is very punctuated. The use of color helps too.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I love the gunpowder clouds... that is a great description... as for the poem I find this to be a wonderful lesson in working together despite differences just as the way you describe the way many different parts of mother nature do.

[Ed Hart]

puts me in mind of the line from Paul Simon song, "I'm nothing but a land-locked sailor, searching for the Emerald Sea." You so easily push the limits of invention...