Tangerine Nights

No. 5/No. 22 by Mark Rothko
No. 5/No. 22 by Mark Rothko

tangerine dust gone
awry hindering red
white groves danced

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tangerine nights gone awry
expose psyche
no thoughts obscure


Found this poetic form - Rothko at Mariacristina. How to Write a Rothko:
1. A Rothko (poem) can only be written while standing in front of a Rothko (painting).
2. A Rothko is three lines, three words per line.
3. Three of these nine words must be colors, and their position in the poem must be a tic-tac-toe.
4. Like all rules of poetry, break at your own risk.

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paisley said...

i love this... the whole idea of it... i saw it on christines and i am gonna have to try it on the ink pot....

catnapping said...

what paisley said! i love this!

i'm going to try it out.

thank you!

gautami tripathy said...

I am going to try too! I love yours!

Cool...

Fox said...

What a delightful new form to play with!

Tangerine is such a fun color.

I enjoy the playful short pieces. Your word choice is exquisite-which is critical with only nine words to work with.

UL said...

really nice...hey there's a gift awaiting you at my space, hope you will like it, i havent been able to come by lately, but wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts.

UL said...

i love this form, yes, i re-read, i am gonna try. with april coming up, i am gonna try all that i missed.

Frances said...

Amazing.
I'm off to Google Mark Rothko's work.
Much bloglove,
Frances

UL said...

Hey wanted to let you know that I attempted this form today -

http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/damayanti.html

I hope you are well, I know I have lots to catch up on. Soon, I hope, very soon.

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“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor, best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy, AD 121-180)