Colorful Tributes

 

 

A Poetic Demonstration of Showing vs. Telling in Writing
Honoring our friends, family, and loved ones

I am auburn like autumn leaves.
Takashi is navy like the ocean.
Cindy is burgundy like grape juice.
My father is emerald like a forest.
My mother is coffee like a cup of coffee.

Byong Kim

I am aqua like a big ocean.
Woody is plum like a burning sun.
Eric is cobalt like a deeply beautiful sea.
Ozgur is fair and white like transparent,  clean water.
Hon is black like a great horse.

Hee-kyung Ahn

 

I am sapphire like water.
Mom is scarlet like a firecracker.
Jun is violet like a pervert.
My uncle is dreary like stone.
My oldest sister is cherry like a cherry blossom.

Takashi Otsuka

I am golden like optimism and the bright side of everything.
Mom is navy like the wide sky.
Betty is auburn like my favorite chocolate.
Dad is gray like a devil.

Hsing Hui Wu

I am golden like jewels.
Frank is ruby like flowers.
Brice is hoary like my pullover.
Herman is ashen like angels.
Khaled is azure like the sky.

Wilfried Danvide

 

I am azure like the sky.    
My fiance’s eyes are jade which means very much to me.
Renzo is crimson, ready for a party.    
My uncle is ginger like a chili food.
Berk is pallid like a sensitive diamond.    
Life looks cherry to the people, but sometimes it’s getting spicy.
There is no way out to the sunset without doing something in the aged world.

Burak Suyur

Sometimes my feeling is crimson like the sun on the horizon.
I am azure like the ocean.
Grandmother is fair-haired like a full moon in the sky at night.
Peter is emerald like a new tree in spring.
The people who are in love are cherry like blooming roses.

Saisawang Duangrat





 

I am navy like the ocean when the fishermen return home.
Maria is ancient like time.
Mom is white like sugar.
Dad is lime like jade.

Luis Demaria

Goichi is sky blue like the sky.
Mom is cherry like a rose.
Wakaba is tan like a fresh orange.                                        
I am white like a cloud.
Uran is lime like a new leaf in spring.

Mikako Hibi

 

I am natural like mountains.
My father is tan like a big tree that never falls down.
My mother is white like clouds flying with the wind.
Malcolm X is black like the motherland.
Bush will be crimson like blood which soldiers have shed.

Takehiko Kato

Ji Hyun, my best friend, is white like a sheet.
My mom is cherry like a cheeky girl.
Dad is blue like the heavens.
I am pink like crimson.

Sang-Eun Park

I am scarlet like a fire during the winter.
Children are rosy like angels.
Al Pacino is black like Pandora’s box.
Sunny is sapphire like a dolphin.
Chris is tan like a tree.

Shih Ping Wu

I am azure like the sea and sky.
My girlfriend is ruby like a rose.
My mother is tan like chocolate.
My father is gray like a rainy day.
My friends are bright like a sunny day.

Kao-Chun Li

I am blue like the immensity of the ocean
when the sun shines on the waves
trying to trespass the sunfish.

My girlfriend is yellow like the sunflower
that follows the light.
She goes
and shows her beauty
and makes me whisper.

Renzo Gobea

 

All poems written by students enrolled in
 IEP 0630: Structure and Composition
Georgia State University
Intensive English Program
Spring 2003

Glassworks images provided by Molly McHaney

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