Color Poems: Yellow

Yellow

Yellow is a daffodil trumpet,

alerting us to spring.

Yellow is the sun warming,

making all things alive to sing.

Joy, happiness, and even, hope too,

have an aura of yellow, just for you.

Yellow is bright or muted or soft,

coming in all kinds of tones to take you aloft.

Like a cashmere sweater, so cozy and warm,

yellow brings comfort when one seems forlorn.

The favorite color of a young boy who passed away too soon,

reminding us all of his sharp intelligence that was over the moon.

His love for nature will live on in the garden at school,

where his memorial stone sits amongst yellow flowers like a jewel.

When I see yellow, I smile, as it brightens my day;

yellow does not let anything get in its way.

Life-giving yellow, be it sunrays or moon,

shares a way of thinking that just leads me to swoon.

I’ve oft thought other colors would surely replace

the fondness for yellow that lives on as grace.

Grace in my heart for all to share.

Grace in this color that brings so much cheer.

Yellow lives on as a bright beacon of light,

guiding each and every aspect of our sight.

© Carol Labuzzetta, 2021, All Rights Reserved.

Carol is an American author living in the upper midwest of the United States. She writes on Medium.com where this poem was published recently and on her own personal blog The Apples in My Orchard since 2017. Carol has formal education in both child health and environmental education. She likes to write and explores poetry, nature, travel, and questions that boggle her mind in her posts.