Living flesh shimmering – v2 #plumeria #color

Living flesh shimmering, quickening,
alive under the many dewdrops, captured,
a gem of color, a deep red, hard to describe,
though I long to give the pigment voice
to shout, to sing of its existence…
 
Darker than candy-apple red, crimson,
more alive than blood, almost metallic,
Ruby in its name, in creation, but deeper,
there is more than that to its shade, its hue,
radiant-wet color drawing me in…
 
Seeing a dark sorbet, not raspberry,
blueberry or even blackberry, darker,
Häagen-Dazs Boysenberry Sorbet, that was it,
tasted once in Chicago, a bit of perfection,
while crocuses and daffodils were buried,
in new-fallen snow, forty years ago….
 
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Edited March 10, 2024
Living flesh shimmering – v2
 
Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
&
March 8, 2024
Living flesh shimmering
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/living-flesh-shimmering.html
Inspired by picture of
JL Black Ruby plumeria bloom
March 8, 2024
posted by Clark Little
on his Facebook page
&
March 7, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v4.html
Inspired by picture of
Nebels Gold Plumeria bloom
March 6, 2024
posted by Clark Little
on his Facebook page
&
Edited February 13, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v3.html
Edited February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning-v2.html
February 12, 2024
Kissed by the breath of morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/kissed-by-breath-of-morning.html
inspired by picture of
Light yellow Plumeria bloom
February 12, 2024
posted by Clark Little
on his Facebook page
 
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poetry, flower, Hawaii, beauty, JL Black Ruby, plumeria, ruby, blossom, dew, gelato, sorbet, color, boysenberry sorbet, red, purple, creation, joy, spiral, opening,
 
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