I was driving home from my morning yoga class/workout and heard someone mention Earth Day. Dang, I thought, I should have posted an Earth Day poem for Poetry Friday. When I got home I figured better late than never. I searched my files for something appropriate, and came across this poem entitled “Recipe for a May Day.” That’s easy enough to adapt…so here it is, Happy Earth Day, Happy Poetry Friday, Happy April is Poetry Month, Happy Passover, etc etc.
Recipe for an Earth Day Celebration
Gather colors while you walk:
Choose the hues of sky and feathers.
Stir with greens of grass and trees.
Pick a pinch of petal purple.
Whisk with streaks of wormy pink.
Top with golden sun and breeze.
–Buffy Silverman, all rights reserved
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Earth Day splendor-visuals and poem! Buffy, would you like to offer this one to my upcoming gallery, Spring’s Seeds?
I am in with the “petal purple” and “wormy pink” lovers here, Buffy – wonderful poem! :0)
I like the idea that you can choose all of natures colors, and just enjoying them is a celebration we can do everyday.
“Pick a pinch of petal purple”
It’s so bizarre that most of the flowers I saw today were purple–as if the world was noting the passing of Prince.
This is perfect for celebrating Earth Day! I’m so happy you went home and found it 🙂
This is lovely, Buffy! “… wormy pink” – what a surprise!
Glad you did share this, Buffy. I love that “wormy pink”, have seen a few worms around, and so have the robins!
Splendiferous! I especially love “wormy pink.” Only you can paint something beautiful with worms, Buffy. Happy everything to you!
Lovely!
Love this! Perfection. 🙂 Happy Earth Day!