Ms Yacey's Colour Poems

How to Write a Quick Colour Poem! 

Colour poems are good for when you have a couple minutes to write, or as a quick project that can be started and finished later.

These poems can be written by yourself or with a buddy- but they are a little more fun with a buddy!

Pick a colour, any colour........ even close your eyes, reach into your box of pencil crayons or felts, and write about the first colour you pull out!

Cut a piece of paper into about 6 - 8 strips (consider using two sheets of paper if you are working with a partner).

Write about what first comes to mind when you think of the colour on the slips of paper:

Some examples are:

Orange is a sunset

Red is the colour of love

Pink is the colour of Valentine’s Day

Green smells minty

Orange reminds me of warm pumpkin pie, fresh out of the oven

Make sure to consider items that are that colour, feelings that make you think of that colour, pictures, sounds, or smells that colour makes you think of or even tastes! Green limey Jello …....

Give some slips to your partner and have them write about the same colour.

When you are finished, rearrange the slips of paper in any order - shuffle them around until you have an order that you think sounds good, has a rhythm, makes the most sense, or can even tell a little story!

When you are done, you have just created a quick colour poem, just like that!

To complete your poetic piece, decide on a closing line (With your partner, or on your own)
It should leave your audience thinking about that colour and wanting to explore new ideas!

Here are some examples of closing lines:

What is your favourite colour?

Royal Purple, we bow down to you.

What do you think blue is?

Why oh why must I see red everywhere!

Here is an example:

Purple is royal
Purple is strange
The colour of Ms. Yacey’s favourite shirt
The colour of kings and queens’ robes
Always missing from my felt box
Mixture of red and green
Purple, why must you be such a mystery!

Feel free to leave your colour poems as a comment on the blog for others to read. Simply copy and paste your poem in from a Word Doc or Google Doc.

From,
Ms Yacey