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on being purple
by Shonda ChrissonberryIt is said that if you use
purple in a child's room,
it will evoke imagination.
I never had a purple room
while I was growing up.
Mine was always white.
The first room I painted in
my own home was my bedroom.
The color is grape gusto.
My nephew picked it out.
It is also said that 75% of
children prefer purple over
all the other colors.
Is the same true with adults?
Because purple has always
been my favorite color.
But then I suppose I'm just
a child at heart.
At least I finally got
my purple room.
As far as the imagination goes,
I guess I have always been a bit
of a dreamer.
06/18/2005 Author's Note: original title was ~ becoming purple ~ thanks to Rula for helping me see that I have always been purple
Posted on 06/18/2005
Copyright © 2025 Shonda Chrissonberry
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rula Shin on 06/18/05 at 10:26 PM "As far as the imagination goes, I guess have always been a bit of a dreamer" - Yes, always been purple inside, you don't become what you already are...this is lovely. :-) |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 06/18/05 at 10:53 PM ...shon, been gone-back now...but bam! yours is the first i read and the purple theme...lovely...a lady writer writes that 'today she's gonna wear purple'...sorta a short, short, short story where she lamented having to always wear other colors that others had chosen and in her 80s she bygolly said she's gonna wear purple!!! and your poetics say it too, standback world, i'm a kid(at heart)dreamin'...lovely lyrics here shon...peace, chaz |
| Posted by Mary Ellen Smith on 06/23/05 at 04:04 PM Ah...the wonderful purple in you shining through! |
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