Color Poems

Brazilian poet, Adelia Prado, writes passionately and intensely about the color "Purple," sometimes using it in unusual ways. After I read Prado's poem in English, a student read it in Portuguese; students were asked which words 'sounded' more purple to them -- "purple," "morado" or "púrpura" -- and which version of the poem they preferred, regardless of whether they understood it in Portuguese. We discussed parts of speech and personification as well. Students were then asked to write their own poems, using a favorite color in as many ways as possible.


Ms. Fialkowski, 5th Grade

Colors
Bella R.

Green like a beautiful garden
black the deep side inside you
yellow like a sun
the beautiful blue like the ocean
divine colors
brown is eager
the bright color pink
that Navy blue color
the passion of red
white like a construction
paper
orange the color of the
juicy orange fruit
purple the purple grapes
one by one
those beautiful colors
there and here comes and
goes
those colors
I love those colors

Pink
Katy R.

Pink feels soft
like a soft petal
of a rose blooming under
the shining sun,

pink looks bright
like the blue sky
shining in the
morning with the sun.

Pink sounds like a
quiet ant trying to
escape from the
anteater,

pink tastes like
a pink cake with
strawberry ice cream inside
with red juicy strawberries
on top.

White
Johnny S.

White is a silky web
White is creamy white milk
White is a splashing white wail
White is a big ice cream cone
White has been in Egypt
or likely France
but the reason I like
is not the big blue it is
red white and blue

Ms. Michel, 5th Grade

Rainbow
Vanessa L.

I am painting with pink
I love blue
I love a good shower and a hot sun
and love a curve so come out of the sky stop
hiding rain come out rainbow so
I can see the world.

Black
Magdalena R.

Black bananas.
Black hair.
Black is a TV screen when it is off.
Black coffee.
Black bags.
Black shirt or pants.
Black pens, pencils.

Blue
Daisy V.

Blue is when it is sunny
outside. Blue like the ocean.
Blue as a blue house. Blue
like my blue pen.

Blue like the blue color.

Blue sky when I went
to Mexico.

Blue as my blue socks.

Blue as my sister's gym
shoes.

Ms. Hughesdon, 5th Grade

Color Blue
Claudia A.

Blue sky at morning
and at dark at night.
Blue shoe that goes
and comes.

I like blue and
red likes blue
how narrow can it
be. Blue's what name, can it
flight Blue's Clues?

Blue ocean blue
morning. Oh blue
oh blue what can
you do?

Blue December
and blue planet.
Oh oh oh blue
shy blue.

Brown
Jose B.

Brown is the color of
chocolate cake, chocolate milk.
Brown is mean, a brown dog
barking, trying to bite.
Mud is mean to me too
it gets you dirty. Brown
reminds me of a football
when they throw it.

Green
Carlos M.

Green is light of the grass. Green
is a rich color because the dollars are
green. The sky in Antarctica has
a green color. I smell like fresh
trees. I taste like green Doritos.
I sound like the air blowing
the trees. Green is an interesting
color you see it all around you.
When I see it it makes me
think like dirty water. Even though
green is a very special color.

Ms. Montoya, 5th Grade

Black
Ivan M.

Black – really dark
Spooky maybe
Some people's favorite color, some not
Black like a wolf for attack
So sad
A hollow word
So mysterious
Black really ferocious
A bright color's enemy
People's nightmares
Black like enemy's attack
Black so evil
Black

Yellow
Cristian O.

yellow brings out the light
and sprouts like a blooming
flower rises from the ground
and lets us see the world
nothing like a sour lemon
but actually like a
dandelion just waiting
to sprout

Blue the Color of Life
Diana R.

Blue is the color
of life, passing
by light blue in
the morning dark
blue at night
blue like the rain
crystal like a
diamond blue
is the ocean
blue is the dolphins
blue is a violet
blue is too many
things with or
without movement
blue is to that
night when stars
were alive blue
is when the
stars are moving
through the night
or the moon
shining bright.
Blue is to
the ice age
but blue will
always be the
color of life.

Ms. Graefen, 5th Grade

Green
Magdalena F.

Green is everywhere you look.
A green sky morning and night.
Green trees and flowers
And even snow
Green rain
But one little thing is not green
The huge bright yellow sun.

Blue
Jacob S.

The sky is blue
it's blue. The ocean
is blue I see
my reflection in it
as if it were a
mirror. Splash I
hear from sea
animals when
it's raining. The
sky purples I hear
splash from blue
rain drops dropping
blue, blue, blue, blue.

Blue
Osvaldo T.

Blue, the color of the sky
added with white of the clouds.
The color of the ocean, rivers, lakes,
streams, flow, flow, flow.
Blueberries, sweet and juicy.
Blue color of the world with green.
Favorite colors of many people,
and I am one of them. Blue.

Mr. Heredia, 5th Grade

Red
Deisy C.

Red puts me in a
good mood. Red
is the color of
an ugly sweater
my aunt gave
me. Wine that
is red that
looks like blood.
A red car speeding
and passing the
red light. Red
the color of
my necklace.
Red the color I
chose to
like. The red
cheeks on
someones face
in the winter.
Red the color
of hearts
on Valentine's.
Red the color
of my favorite
team, Las
Chivas.

Gray
Carina G.

The sky is gray
oh I see a yellow
crazy man running
oh wait a minute
it's Homer Simpson.
A rose turning black.
A gray man walking
with a cane.
I see small pink children
with curly tails,
a brown reindeer without
antlers,
a brown and black fly flying
everywhere.
The clouds have danger.
A pink man shoveling.

Lavender Lilac
Stephanie M.

Lavender makes the world color.
Like a lilac.
The lilac lavenders into a flower.

A lavender lilacs into a color.

Me, lilac and lavender walking
down lilac garden.

Lavender such a rich, radiant
natural color that expresses
the fresh rivers, nature, and
style.

Me, lilac and lavender.