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Color Poems
Students in Ms. Shane's fifth grade class wrote poems using descriptive language in order to set a mood. Each of the poems is about a color they chose.

Blue

Blue is the sadness filled teardrop sliding down your cheek on a bad day. 
The light colored, clear water you drink on a scorching hot day is blue. 
A bluejay soaring through the blue sky on a sunny day.
Blue is electrcity surging in the clouds on a stormy day surronded by blue rain drops fluttering down.
Blue is the color  of trust.
Blue is the color of a recycle bin . It is the gorgeous sapphire sparkling in the sunlight in the jeweler's.
Blue is the cold you feel in your bones on a fridgid winter day.


Red

Red is a strawberry shake with a cherry on top.
Red is caring for people you care about or even peole you don't know.
Red is a volcano anxious to blow up.
When you are up on stage you are Red.
Red demands that we stop.
The fresh picked strawberries that you eat are Red. 
       


Orange

Orange  is  the  color  when  your  nervous  about  failing  a  test.
Orange  is  a  tiger  trying  to  burst  at  people  who  come  near  him.
Orange  is  the  basketball  who  fly  in  the air  trying  to  go  in  the  bakset.
It is the color of fairness, helping others even if it is a stranger.
orange is the color of war. people sacriticing their lives  our country.
It  is  the  color  of  when  I  feel  nauseous.
It  lights  my  room.


Click Below to see how 1st Graders
used color to express emotions
in masks they made.
First Grade Mask

 


Black

Black is the feeling after a death.
The feeling of loss is a dark black.
Black is the heart of an unloved body.
The color of your pupil is black.
To venture into the unknown is the darkest black ever to be seen by the human eye.
Black is being terrified.
Black is the void of emptiness in space.
Black is the nervous quiver feeling you feel on your first day of school.


Blue

Blue is the wave that smashes against the coarse shore.
The color of the stone rich ladies wear on their rings is blue.
When I lose a soccer game I am blue.
When you are blue you are trustworthy.
The color of rain that falls in April is blue.
It is the color sky on cloudless days.
Blue is the color of the bird that sings merrily in the backyard.
It's the color of taxi cabs that speed around on the roads.
The color of your toe when you break a bone is blue.
Blue is the peace in this world slowly edging away.                                                
Blue is one of the tricolors on our flag waving freely.



Green      
                                                              
Green is where Grasshoppers live
It is the color of leaves on the trees
Green is responsibility
It’s the color of apples and grapes.
Green is school back packs
The flowers are green in dirt
Green is the color of soft pillows
Green highlighters used in school.

 



 

Pink

Pink petals on a flower
Pigs are not pink after a mud bath
Pink is a big fluffy blanket
Pink is a diamond ring
Pink is a valentine's card sitting on your desk
Lemonade that cools off you on a sunny day is pink
Pink is the whole rainbow that fills up the sky
Pink is a seashell that floats on the beach
Pink is the color of love and friendship





     

Purple

Purple is a bowl of plums and grapes.
It is my garden of lilacs petunias and violets.
Purple is a shy, unsure rookie Viking QB, taking his first snap.
It is a royal king putting on his ornate purple robe.
Purple is my math folder.
It is the jelly on my sandwich.
The prunes that used to be plums are now a wrinkled purple.
Purple is my garden of heliotropes.
It is the face of a flustered person.



 

Green
When you really want something you are green.
If you are responsible you are green.
Green is the color of the frog.
When you are excited you are green.
Green is the color of spinach.
Some of our apples are green.
Tornado clouds are green.
Green is the color of grass.
The color of lettuce is green.
When you are overjoyed you are green.





     

Red
            
Red is the sparkling ruby you always wanted.

The care you give your parents is Red.

It is the Red roses you see in the summer.

The juicy cherries you eat in front of the television are Red.

It's the frustration on your face.

The delicious fresh strawberries you pick from your garden are Red.

It's the back pack you take to school everyday is Red.

 

Red
Red is the rose that your true love gives you on Valentines Day.
Red is the color of my face when I'm angry.
Red is the color of the fiery volcano spreading lava.
Red is the color of a hot pepper.
Red is the color of a bright blood star fish.
Red is the color of the blood cell's floating in my body.

By Paola

     

Red                                                            
Red is the color of juicy tomatoes in a hamburger.
Red is the color of the stop sign that makes you stop when you come to it.
It is the color of tart fruit punch.
It's the color of anger when you’re mad at someone.
Red is the color of sweet strawberries.
It's the color of blood that squirts out your body when you get hurt.
On Valentine's Day you get red roses.
It's the color of burning hot peppers.
Red is the color of your heart when you’re in love.
It's the color of huge mistake's you make on a test.
Red is the color of fire burning a house.

 

Sky Blue
Sky blue brightens up our days.
Sky blue is a grocery bag
It is a water bottle that refreshes you when you're thirsty is sky blue.
It is a name tag that is on your desk for the first day of school.
Sky blue is a marker that you use to draw a beautiful rainbow.
Sky blue is wrapping paper to give to make people happy.
It is stylish and it's sky blue.
Sky blue is a book that fills your mind with excitement.
Sky blue is a room that lights even in a cloudy day.



     

Yellow
Yellow is the old torn out piece of paper.
It so energetic it lights a light bulb.
Yellow is as bright as the sun.
Cheetahs are as fast as the color Yellow
Yellow is the sweet sour taste of a lemon.
Yellow tastes so yummy just like a cup of noodles
Yellow is so obedient just like the character trait respect
It is sad like a fall leaf falling from a tree.


 

Pink

Pink is the petals on a flower
Pink is a pig that rolls on mud
It opens your eyes and takes you to a happy place
It is a color that some girls like
Pink is the color of citizenship
Pink is the color of my cheeks when I an shy
It brightens your day and puts a smile on your face
Pink is a beautiful color.


     


Blue


Blue is the light shining down from the heavens.
It's the sparkling water from a hotspring.
Blue is the sappire gleaming in your eyes.
It's the bleach stains on your clothes after washing.
Blue is the numbness when your freezeing.
When you are sick, you are Blue
Blue is the emtiness when nothingelse is linked to your life.
Blue is the sea crashing aginst the shore.
Blue is the memories left behind from years ago.


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Green
Green is a big bag of money.
Leaves are green when in the trees.
Green are cucumbers growing in gardens.
It makes you sick.
Green is a pickle ready to be eaten.




     

Pink
Pink is the color of a bright pig's skin.
Pink, the color of a gorgeous rose given to you on Valentine's Day
The color you get on your face when you are embarrassed.
Pink the juicy fresh lemonade in your mouth.
The color of your love for someone is pink
Pink is code for girl
Pink is the color of a soft fuzzy pillow
It is the color of the morning sun rise
The color of your loving heart
The color of Valentine's Day is mine
Pink has a heart of its own


 

Red

Red is raging fire
A phoenix is swift a red bird
Lava is the burn of red
Red is anger.
Hot peppers are hot like red
Strawberries are sweet like red
Red is the stare of evil
Red is swift like a fox.
A leader is like red.


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