Cerulean & Cyaneous
A "C" Entry for The A-Z of Unusual Words Challenge
Cerulean & Cyaneous: deep blue in color like a clear sky
My Connection: My favorite color is blue, especially light and bright shades. I also love to look at the sky whether I'm outside or catching glimpses through my windows.
My Acrostic Poem:
Cloudless sunny day and I’ve got the blues
Every shade between baby and sapphire
Refreshing shades, not the miserable ones
Until rain falls and steeps them in grayscale
Leaving hues of storm and steel in their place
Even those I crave with sad song lyrics
And yet I’m addicted to electric
Nothing quite like the allure of azure
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Celestial iris, just out of reach
Yearning to be filled up with helium
Ascend to join cumulus company
Nerves soothed out by the canopy of calm
Energy recharged by releasing sighs
One more second becomes several minutes
Until it’s past time to go back inside
Stuck sneaking peeks out my open windows
Author's Note: This piece was created for Penny Fuller's The A-Z of Unusual Words Challenge. Check out the details in the story linked below.
About the Creator
D.K. Shepard
Character Crafter, Witty Banter Enthusiast, World Builder, Unpublished novelist...for now
Fantasy is where I thrive, but I like to experiment with genres for my short stories. Currently employed as a teacher in Louisville.
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Comments (13)
These are very beautiful words. I find acrostic poems to be so difficult, but you set it up nicely
Love your poem, especially the twist on "I've got the blues". 😁
We use the term "shades of gray" to describe a sort of blase ambiguity in everyday life, but here you've keyed us in to the idea that each color has its shades, to be explored rather than endured! Well-wrought!
What a sweepingly gorgeous acrostic, D.K.! Some seriously exquisite lines and wording in here. Really love all the expressions and shades and blue!
I've heard of cerulean and cyan but not cyaneous. So that's a new word for me. Loved both your Acrostics!
Both are impressive; I especially liked the tantalizing nature of the first line of CYANEOUS.
I love that your favourite colour is blue and how elegantly you painted us a picture of the blue world you live in! I adore the metaphorical and literal meaning of that first line regarding you having the blue!! Just so clever!!
Wonderful, exhilarating, beautiful. The best blues happen in the sky and the seas. Loved your colors and your evocation of them in your poem, DK!
Amazingly done, in both beauty and technique
Brilliantly executed! Delightfully uplifting. I especially like the first three lines 🩵.
well as usual-beautiful! knocks mine out the way! love the words and acrostics, Dk!
That was beautiful, and quite descriptive. Well done.
Blue's my favourite colour too. So many wonderful shades. Your poem was wonderful!