Is not man exaggerating a lot
When he gives fantastic names to something he has bought
Its hard to find someone who calls a spade, a spade
For the advent of new words had been introduced in every trade.
Take the world of clothes for instances
Are you prepared for the names they do give
To the different shades and hues
That in your imagination live?
They call white – ‘frost white’
Even ‘coconut white’ would do
Pearl’s yet another name
For the same set of hue.
Peppermint green is now in vogue
But there are so many sorts of green
In the peppermints that we do eat
So how to determine the sheen?
‘Dawn pink’ is popular with the teenagers now
Who greet it with an explosive ‘wow’
But what I just can’t imagine is
How dawn being orangish, could be branded pink??
Another name that puzzles me a lot
And indeed touches a really raw spot
Is ‘gay blue’ – how can one be gay if the blues are around him
At least in the use of words couldn’t man be proper and prim.
Pray, tell me also what ‘fantasy’ is
Is ‘fanfare’ a color somewhat similar to this
And then there’s ‘vapor’ which troubles me too
For how could man know, its very exact hue?
And what about ‘fresh cream’
I thought it was a dish
And if there is a ‘kingfisher’ blue
Why not something alluding to fish?
Cloud grey, orchid and delphinium blue
Are some of the shades that are now on view
While bitter lemon, pistachio, almond and musk melon
Are colors, not eatables, that would entrance even Helen..
‘Charcoal’ and ‘steel blue’ have succeeded in making me mad
‘Tusk ivory’ was another that exposed man’s fad
And another last question, before my list is over
Does ‘spring’ depict a green color of a leaf found in the bower?
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So many sorts of green..I ike it !
thanks they fscinate me too, though i prefer the subtle shades
I think you have just cracked it immediately above here: (Become a big company's marketing manager). Rename at least some of them "Subtle Blue", "Subtle Green", etc....
Thanks for a fun write.
will need your input to make it really great and start marketing -
thanks for the comments
A shade palette. I love all those names when I am searching for colours to paint my walls. They all sound so poetic. Frost white is poetry lol. I mean plain white is positively dull and boring. A beautiful poem Safina. Much enjoyed. Hope all is well with you.
hello.
yes, white is white just like a rose is a rose by any other name, though these fancy names make it sound more interesting.
thanks both for the feedback and your concern, all well - though it's been a hectic month on all fronts and have to really find the time for what i love - reading/writing poetry being one of them
hope you are doing well too, have a beautiful weekend
Your poems deserve more reads they are really well metered and rhymed and the messages are well thought out
glad at lease some people feel that way - am honored - thank you so much
Lobsters are only red when they are dead, a bit like old poets books really .. A fun read indeed, my literary friend .. Neville
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