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Poetry Friday: Back from Vacation with An Ode to St.John
A colorful Caribbean island inspired me to write poetry today.
We returned to the gray skies of Minneapolis yesterday, where I noticed upon leaving the airport that everything was gray — not just the skies! The buildings, the roads, the bark on the trees — even the State Capitol building — were all gray.
My husband and I were returning from a week in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) where it was 79 and sunny every day! Even though it’s February, the colors there are vibrant and alive. The flowers, trees, and flowering shrubs were all in bloom, the water was crystal clear, and various shades of teal, aquamarine, and turquoise, the sky was cobalt blue with white clouds, and even the buildings reflected joy in bright pinks, oranges, blues, and yellows in true Caribbean style.
Noticing the gray, upon our return prompted the following poem. It’s not finished, still in draft form, but will eventually be added to my Color Poem Collection which I hope to publish this spring.
