Responding to today’s prompt from Napowrimo.net to write a poem that repeats or focuses on a single color, so here it is!
Adoration for Fuchsia
A giant tube of magenta & one of rose
pigment feed my adoration for Fuchsia.
Pile it thick on canvas, mix in company of
red, pink, & purple & contrast loud
Fuchsia with yellow, backdrop
for self-portrait or sunflowers.
Fuchsia blossoms in folds, flutter
in the California breeze, cliffs of fuchsia,
flowers falling over planters, winging
from balconies, clinging to fences, pots & trees.
Fuchsia everywhere in the California sun
floods my mind with memories—
rocky moonstone beaches, daring Big Sur journeys,
tide pool, museum & music excursions,
even poolside in your backyard,
drinks and moonlight swims,
sharing secrets in the night, only
Fuchsia knows now that you are gone.
Jacquelyn Markham (4/21/2024)