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Bilby
Junior Member

since 2001-07-31

Posts 14
Northern Territory, Australia

0 posted 2001-09-19 01:23 AM

Colours

the colourless face of a scientist
with lots of letters after his name
said that the human eye can perceive
around ten million shades of colour.

so many! a generous amount
indeed with which to enliven
reflection’s canvas and flickering
shades of vision sublime.

yet, there is no denying the purity
of putrid, purple poverty
enveloping despair-drenched
shantytown slums of Jakarta,

the rippling, ochre vibrations
radiating from rock-topped ridges
in the endless tableau of
Central Australian desert

and the spurting, shamrock
tendrils of burgeoning hope
curling furtively to grasp
the sourcelight of first love.

such are the vivid hues of
experience, glowing effortlessly
with fleeting glory and candour
in each marching moment.

suddenly ten million colours
seems a shallow palette for
life’s crazed kaleidoscope,
rainbow-radiant in every fragment.

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 2001-09-19 08:24 AM

Bilby, your vision is indeed acute. I know that we, as Americans, can surely benefit from a more 'worldly' awareness.

Thank you for this portraiture..

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2001-09-19 11:31 AM

did I not say..that your talent would shine through?...very nice... the colours are brilliantly exposed in your words...

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Charisma

Member Ascendant

since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

3 posted 2001-09-19 01:31 PM

Beautiful!!!!!

Charisma

Masked Intruder

Moderator

Senior Member

since 1999-05-23

Posts 1231
Near golden sunsets

4 posted 2001-09-19 02:05 PM

Such a wise view! And such wonderful wonderful gosh everything! I love your word choice and the images you create, and the way everything sounds so beautiful separated from each other, but even more awesome as a whole!

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