Purple....[humor; Short] Poem by Bri Edwards

Purple....[humor; Short]

Rating: 4.7


What can I write about purple, the color?
Over that above question I shall mull …. or
just make some stuff up you might just believe.
Let's see what Bri has up his sleeve.

Purple was the seventh color discovered by man.
It's the most often used color in a Chinese fan.
When someone acts silly, we say they are 'acting purple'.
The only word it rhymes with is the archaic word snurple.

Purple was my hair color when I was born.
That that is true, my oldest brother has sworn.
In England they spell purpple with one, two, three p's.
A billion years ago it was the color of all the tree leaves.

You'll forgive me (I hope) for acting purple today.
Now that I'm retired it is one of the way……..
zi get along ….. without too much knowledge.
It may be one big reason ….. I was kicked out of college! !
(July 2012)

Thursday, July 12, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: lies,colors
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I was feeling purple the day i wrote this. i'm not sure about why i have 'zi' in it, but i'm leaving it.

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now July 2016. did i really NOT know the reason for 'zi'. i guess, if so, ............i am a....................dummy.

i accidentally wrote my 'real' name in this poem, and only discovered it in July 2015. oops! :) bri
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bharati Nayak 11 August 2020

I was unable to understand 'zi' factor in this poem.Kim Barney's comment throws some light on it.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 31 March 2018

Hi Bri, I am beginning to read your poems through 'the colour purple'. Purple is my favourite colour. For healers, it is their favourite colour too. So, if you are feeling purple, i feel it is something you should be proud of.

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Kim Barney 17 August 2015

I know exactly why you have 'zi' in it, and it's great! Together with the last word on the previous line, you have said 'ways I'. Old clever Bri has done it again!

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Mark Walters 28 July 2012

That's cute, Bri. Thanks, Mark

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